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Tag: breach response plan
Is your business prepared to respond this quickly to a data breach?
Customers and the public expect a very quick response to a data breach — within a matter of a few days. That is the new standard. If your business is not prepared ahead of time for such a response, it will be impossible. Your business needs a response plan in place with all of the key…
Why every CIO needs a cybersecurity attorney (my comments on why this is my favorite article ever)
Wow, this article seriously just made my day. I will apologize in advance to my friend and CSO writer and Michael Santarcangelo (@catalyst), but this may very well be my favorite article — anywhere — of all time! And, thank you, Tom Hulsey (@TomHulsey), for sharing it with me! As for you, Ms. Kacy Zurkus (@KSZ714), all I can…
Why Your Company Needs a Breach Response Plan: Key Decisions You Must Make Following A Data Breach
Companies must be prepared for a data breach. It is just a fact of life, plain and simple. The developing standard of care requires that companies give some thought to how they will respond when the inevitable occurs — and they really, really, really should have a written Incident Response Plan in place. This is part…
Cybersecurity & Data Breach: You Don’t Drown From Falling Into the Water
“You don’t drown from falling into the water, you drown from not getting out.” Think about that — and think about how that applies to cyber security and data breach issues facing companies in today’s cyber world. Here, in my first ever video blog post, I explain this issue with more detail.
Cybersecurity Presentation at ACFE 25th Annual DFW Fraud Conference
I am really looking forward to speaking to the 400+ attendees at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) 25th Annual DFW Fraud Conference event on Friday, May 15, 2015. My address is titled Addressing the Most Current Cybersecurity Threats: Don’t Be the Next Victim. You can learn more about this event at this LINK…
Will Officers & Directors Be Held Legally Responsible for Companies’ Data Breaches and Cybersecurity Incidents?
Will Officers and Directors be held legally responsible for their companies’ data breaches and cybersecurity incidents? That is the question I addressed in Cybersecurity Risk: Law and Trends – A Director’s Duties Must Evolve With The Company’s, which was recently published in the Spring 2015 issue of Ethical Boardroom (see article below). The article is short…
Executives & Board: The conversation security leaders need to have about Amy Pascal’s departure
This is an excellent article that covers a very important topic you need to consider. You — as in Executives and Board Members of Companies all around the world. Stop, close your eyes, and ask yourself these three questions that are in this article: “What did you think of the announcement?” (i.e., put yourself in…
Happy Data Privacy Day!
What are you doing to observe it? Today is Data Privacy Day! If you have been wondering “what is Data Privacy Day?” then this is your lucky day because not only is today Data Privacy Day, but here is the answer and an explanation for why it really matters to you and your company’s future…
Boards Had Better Start Paying Attention to Cybersecurity
Yesterday Forbes featured an excellent article that explained why it is important for companies to create Board-level committees to focus exclusively on the issue of cybersecurity. Here is just a teaser but I encourage you to read the entire article. Step one for every board is to understand that it is supposed to be offering oversight on…