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Cambridge, ON – eSentire Inc., a leader in Active Threat Protection solutions and continuous managed cybersecurity services, proudly announces Bob Gourley, intelligence expert and cybersecurity author, as the newest member of its Advisory Board. Bob Gourley began his career as a naval … [Read more...] about eSentire Appoints Cybersecurity Veteran Bob Gourley to its Advisory Board
Bob Gourley was featured in a collection of expert opinions on Big data. Gourley comments included: The adoption of the enterprise data hub concept will result in immediate enhancements to developer agility. Result: There will soon be two types of companies: those using big data to dominate in … [Read more...] about Big Data in 2016: 3 Bold Predictions from Industry Insiders
Our favorite cybersecurity model is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Here is a short overview of the mental bins of this framework: Understand and Identify: Organizations need to understand and identify cyber risks to business, assets which need to be protected, as well as resources … [Read more...] about This Simple Framework Can Help You Evaluate Your Security Posture
If a state like China was behind the OPM breach, as many analysts believe, it will most likely hold onto the information and exploit it. “An adversary like China, who knows a person’s weaknesses, can use that to intimidate or influence that person, and start them on a path to recruit them as a … [Read more...] about Cyber War: Sex, Fingerprints and Spear-Phishing
Bob Gourley, former naval intelligence officer, says the OPM should have known an attack was coming even without data analytics. “Enhanced analytics were not necessary in warning of impending attacks in this case, Gourley told DC Inno. “There was plenty of warning in very clear and unambiguous ways … [Read more...] about OPM Breach: Data Analytics To Stop Hackers, Gov Cybersecurity
Bob Gourley, who has an extensive background in cyber security and is currently publisher of both CTOvision.com and ThreatBrief.com, kicked off the session by laying out the intense landscape of cyber threats, which is becoming ever more scrutinized amid Government Accountability Office (GAO) … [Read more...] about Experts Speak to Cyber Security in Aviation
Bob Gourley was interviewed by AP radio news for context on the recent OPM hack. Listen to the result here: Do you agree with the point about the value of this information to adversaries? For more see: Bob Gourley Featured On AP Radio News Providing Context On Cyber Attacks vs Federal … [Read more...] about Bob Gourley Featured On AP Radio News Providing Context On Cyber Attacks vs Federal Government
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure and highly functional cloud computing environment. CSA harnesses the subject matter expertise of industry practitioners, associations, … [Read more...] about Cloud Security Alliance Federal Summit 5 May in DC