12 Days of Cybersecurity: Day 3

Dec 3, 2020 | Cyber Attack, Data Security, Financial, Healthcare

Can we afford an investment in cybersecurity? This is often a question pondered by organizations looking to invest in a cybersecurity program. Is it worth time, resources and investment to protect against a threat that may not ever occur? A cybersecurity investment is...

Prepare for Any Existing or Future Data Security Regulation with the NIST CSF

Feb 27, 2020 | Financial, GDPR, NIST CSF

Organizations across many different sectors need to comply with various government regulations. Compliance standards such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, NERC CIP, FISMA, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, and GDPR all commonly cover data security. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST...

Industry Spotlight: Credit Unions – Getting the Board On-Board With Cyber Security

Apr 12, 2019 | Financial

The fight against cyber threats continues to grow more difficult every day, particularly in the financial sector. In fact, the threat of cyber security may very well be the biggest threat to the U.S. financial system. It’s best to mitigate this risk with a complete...

The Government Strengthens Small Business Cybersecurity

Aug 23, 2018 | Financial, GDPR, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Nonprofit

Within the past couple months, the government has taken big steps towards addressing cybersecurity in the small business sector. As of August 17, 2018, President Trump has signed the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act into law. The law is designed to help small...

The Cyber World We Live In (first half of 2017 information)

Nov 6, 2017 | Financial, Healthcare

New statistics released by Gemalto, for the first half of 2017, show that cybercrime increased exponentially, in the first half of 2017 compared to the previous 6 months. 918 data breaches occurred that led to 1.9 billion records being compromised worldwide in the...

Financial services cybersecurity law deadline coming soon….

Aug 26, 2017 | Financial

On March 1, 2017, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) enacted new cybersecurity regulations for Financial Services Organizations.  The new regulations not only affect Financial Services Organizations that reside in the state of New York, but...