You know compliance does not equal security. We wonder if the folks who write all these compliance rules believe that, but we know you know it. Still, if you do it right, you can use compliance reviews and evaluations to help you reduce risk. The art form is to find balance. You have to make sure … [Read more...] about Leveraging The FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) To Improve Corporate Culture and Raise Security Posture
Complying With The GDPR: Easier with a CTO on your side
If you interact with companies in Europe or hold data on any EU citizen you must comply with the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It much easier to do that with an experienced CTO on your side. For a good update on the GDPR see: EUGDPR.org The GDPR is the most … [Read more...] about Complying With The GDPR: Easier with a CTO on your side
Technology Due Diligence for Mergers and Acquisitions Now Requires Cybersecurity Assessment
Historically due diligence assessments before Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) transactions have focused on traditional risk areas that could pose a significant financial risk, like issues of tax, employment, compliance with regulatory environments, intellectual property protection, and of course … [Read more...] about Technology Due Diligence for Mergers and Acquisitions Now Requires Cybersecurity Assessment
The Cost Of Cyber Crime Is Growing: Apply economical mitigation strategies to protect your business
In cybersecurity it is hard for stakeholders to get a picture of the full impact of cybercrime. Two reports this week are the latest to take a crack at it. One of the reports is from McAfee in collaboration with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). It shows that cybercrime … [Read more...] about The Cost Of Cyber Crime Is Growing: Apply economical mitigation strategies to protect your business
The Cyber Threat: Best selling cyber intelligence book updated for 2018
The Cyber Threat, the bestselling book from pioneer of cyber threat intelligence Bob Gourley, has now been updated for 2018. The book provides up to date insights into the threat actors in cyberspace including their history and current tactics. The book is full of information of use to executives in … [Read more...] about The Cyber Threat: Best selling cyber intelligence book updated for 2018
Crucial Point LLC Founder and CTO Bob Gourley Named To List Of Top Data Miners
Crucial Point founder and CTO Bob Gourley has been named one of the top data miners by Import.io, the platform for web data extraction and use. From the report: In the blossoming world of big data, the data miner is king. Although your own business may already see the value in data, it’s more … [Read more...] about Crucial Point LLC Founder and CTO Bob Gourley Named To List Of Top Data Miners
Intel Inside? TheCipherBrief Experts Debate Threat in New Chip Flaw
Bob Gourley is a member of the cyber advisory board of TheCipherBrief.com He was interviewed on the topic of the flaws recently announced in Intel and AMD chips. The following is from that interview: Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two major software vulnerabilities in the Intel … [Read more...] about Intel Inside? TheCipherBrief Experts Debate Threat in New Chip Flaw
Things Cyber: Reference to our connected future
ThingsCyber.com is a portal into our future, tracking cloud computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, IoT, Big Data and Cybersecurity. The site also tracks entertainment, including the very helpful world of science fiction, which can be very helpful in getting us all thinking about what the … [Read more...] about Things Cyber: Reference to our connected future