The Security Briefing
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Cybersecurity steps to mitigate breach costs and improve security
Every year the financial impact of data breaches on organizations rises. Just this past year, IBM’s Data Breach Report revealed that the cost of a data breach has risen 12% over the past 5 years to $3.92 million per incident on average.
Study shows how cybersecurity increases your business value
We’ve always talked about the business value cybersecurity holds for companies, but many business executives continue to have doubts…
Three tips for webcam security hijacking
Nobody thinks of webcams as the way in for a hacker; and yet, every aspect of business operations is a way that cyber criminals can get in.
A three-step cybersecurity guide for the CEO
In this day and age, where everything is going digital; CEOs can no longer, and aren’t any longer, ignoring cybersecurity. Some CEOs do their best to adopt a cybersecurity posture that secures their organization, but others are still in a place of insecurity, and...
Three important cybersecurity questions to improve your risk management now
Whether you’re a CIO or CEO looking into cybersecurity steps you can take to secure your overall enterprise, there are an array of questions that can help you pinpoint where you stand at the moment and what’s next, we’re going to give you three to start off with.
The importance of business continuity and disaster recovery plans
When it comes to business continuity and disaster recovery plans, businesses always seem to have challenges with keeping them in the forefront.
SMBs can protect against risks at little to no cost with MyCSO Cybersecurity Training
When 48% of small businesses say that a major data breach would likely shut down their business permanently, it is quite concerning; and knowing that one of the major challenges to onboarding cybersecurity for SMBs is cost, makes this truth even more heartbreaking....
Conducting a security assessment
All you need to know about security assessments…
Two areas of focus to overcome the problem with patch work cybersecurity
As technology advances, so do the cybersecurity options that can assist in securing the enterprise. However, these options are tools, and although they provide a solution to the cybersecurity skills gap, they also create a false sense of security that executives are not aware of (due to them not being experts in the areas of cybersecurity and tech).
Understanding the business value from your cybersecurity before breach
There’s a great disconnect within companies on the business value that comes from cybersecurity. The reasons are many, one of which, the lack of flow in communication between the CEO and IT department.
Overcoming the risks that come with technological advances for every business
With every year that passes CIOs and executives around the globe know there will be more security risks and incident threats to deal with due to advances in technology and the adoption of these technologies within the workplace (needed to stay in business as the world goes digital).
How to implement cybersecurity even without in-house experts
A study by (ISC)² reveals that the shortage of cybersecurity experts is now at 2.93 million, this creates a challenge…
The importance of security and data privacy to keep customers
One of the biggest problems from a data breach for companies is the loss in consumer trust following a breach event. This loss of trust involves loss of customers and an effort on the part of companies to regain that trust to keep customers. Both regaining and/or keeping consumer trust can present a challenge when CEOs aren’t pushing for holistic security measures.
Two important cybersecurity trends for CEOs and CIOs to focus on in 2019
As the end of the year nears, it’s only normal for the cybersecurity industry to start talking about what to expect in 2019. Recently, Gartner talked about some of the security trends that senior executives and CIOs want to keep in mind to stay ahead of risks.
Four things that keep the CIO up at night and how to fix this
A recent rundown of trends that keep CIOs up at night shows that companies are facing almost exactly the same challenges from years ago…
Why businesses need to take email security up a notch
When you realize that email is the means to breach in 96% of the cases, you can’t deny the importance of taking the necessary steps to protect against this security threat; yet studies show that despite this knowledge companies are not allocating enough resources to reduce email risks.
Why holistic cybersecurity and incident response matter to business success
The reason why a cybersecurity posture should be holistic is due to the array of risks organizations have to manage. When you consider that cybersecurity threats involve anything from a DDoS attack to malware…
Security spending lacks effectiveness when the people component is missing
Companies worldwide spent $114 billion on security products and services in 2017, and by 2021 this spending is expected to reach $140 billion…
What businesses need to know about the California equivalent of GDPR
At the end of June, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. This law is the California equivalent of GDPR; and it affects all companies who do business in California and any company that the business sells customer data to.
Patching, The new Whack a Mole Game
A report by the Ponemon Institute takes a closer look at one of the cybersecurity areas organizations continue to have challenges with: patching vulnerabilities. While the study reveals that businesses are planning to hire more cybersecurity staffing resources to help with vulnerability response, the solution needs to go beyond that to truly beat this ongoing issue.