Incident Response

US Treasury Warns Against Paying Ransomware Gangs

Ransomware payments sent to countries under sanctions could result in fines… An article review. Whether or not to pay the organization behind a ransomware attack has been a hotly debated subject for many years, but a new advisory issued by the Treasury Department...

Intelligence Agencies Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory

Intelligence agencies from five nations contributed to the new advisory… An article review. For the first time, the cybersecurity divisions of the nations in the “Five Eyes” alliance (The United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) ...

Data Breach Laws: A State-by-State Framework [As of August 2020]

What you need to know for compliance coast-to-coast. Please Note: This article has been updated since its publication, and the current version is available here.  We are retaining this older version for historical purposes only and have not updated it to reflect any change...

Incident Response for Directors Webinar Movie

Back by popular demand! You are ready to bring your board on-board . . . the incident response process. Incident Response for Directors is the movie meant to play directly to your Directors. It is the “movie within a movie” from the webinar, called Teaching Incident Response...

Zoom Security: No longer an Oxymoron

Lessons Learned from Zoom’s Rise… The only constant is change. An illustration of impermanence in information security. Zoom’s popularity is in a large part thanks to its ease of use and low cost. How can you go wrong with an application that is popular, cost ...

Incident Response Testing – What to Expect

A short. This presentation is intended for those who are planning to participate in an infotex incident response test. Please let us know what questions you have, when we have our Plan Walkthrough and Test Plan Approval meeting!  

FFIEC Releases Updated Pandemic Guidance

As reports of Coronavirus spread, the agency has updated its 2007 guidance… An article review. As what began as a few isolated incidents late last year have bloomed into a what some are calling a pandemic, fears of Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) have spread in...