The Security Briefing
Breaking Information Risk Management News and Trends
3 tips to harmonize your cybersecurity 2021 budget with business
If you are looking for effective ways to harmonize your cybersecurity 2021 budget with business, here are some helpful tips to guide you.
Keep up cybersecurity for last minute holiday shopping
A cybersecurity checklist to protect your business from two top online holiday shopping threats…
A new year cybersecurity plan that includes the remote workforce
A checklist that gives you the possibility to create a strong cybersecurity posture with your remote workforce in mind for the new year and beyond.
3 keys to a successful cybersecurity plan for the new year
This year businesses have had to learn how to deal with uncertainty and plan on the fly. While many executives and their teams have done the best they could, the transition to a predominantly remote workforce puts some new pieces in the forefront when thinking about...
CCPA expands and will be replaced by California Privacy Rights Act
Get ready for CPRA: For executives and security leaders that are keeping an eye out for data privacy compliance regulations, note that the proposition to expand CCPA’s regulations passed on November 3, 2020. The date that you want to mark on your calendars is January 2023. The expansion of CCPA is called the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). It is meant to provide the consumer their complete data rights.
Get a highly effective CISO for your business
A recent study reveals that only 12% of CISOs (chief information security officers) are considered “highly effective”…
Three areas of focus for SMB cybersecurity spending post-COVID-19
The good news for the security sector, in these challenging times, is that Gartner foresees security spending to grow in the new year. This is optimal when we acknowledge the uncertainty that is still around and that will continue post-COVID-19. The pandemic brought...
Study shows CEOs can expect to take the fall when cybersecurity fails
A recent study by Gartner shows how much the CEO has on their shoulders related to the risk management of the company…
Charting a course for a security strategy that includes your remote workforce
While we’ve discussed pandemic plans and various guidelines for security and business executives to put into place as COVID-19 shifted the workforce to remote working, we have yet to share an overall checklist of things you can do to set your security strategy on course with remote working long-term.
M&A cybersecurity due diligence guide for selling or buying a business
With everything that has taken place as a result of COVID-19, a number of businesses have been put in a position of struggle for survival. While there are business owners ready to fight the fight to stay in business, other CEOs and business executives are ready to move on to something else, and to sell their companies. Whether buyer or seller, cybersecurity due diligence for M&A is something of great value for your business.
Bringing to focus SMB cybersecurity needs
Recent research found that small and medium businesses (SMBs) use free cybersecurity tools for the most part, that one fifth of SMBs have no endpoint security and that almost half of SMBs have no cybersecurity defense plans. These notions are not new to us, as a...
Cybersecurity guidance for executives to stay ahead of COVID-19 risks
For every company, it is important to have someone to turn to for security. Typically, that’s the CIO, CISO, and your IT security team. However, not every business has the security staff they need to stay on top of things; particularly with this large of a remote workforce as we’re experiencing at this time with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Rethinking cybersecurity priorities amid the coronavirus pandemic
With the majority of employees working from home, business executives have had to take a good look at setting up a foundation for efficient cybersecurity practices ASAP.
Reduce your chances of getting hacked due to coronavirus cybersecurity risks
Today we want to give you a couple steps that you can take to share cybersecurity measures that help employees to avoid falling for COVID-19 risks.
Three cybersecurity tips for SMBs with employees working from home
Three cybersecurity tips to help businesses safeguard against risks, while employees work from home during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Pandemic plan checklist to manage the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on your business
In an effort to assist you to protect your business and stay in business during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, we have a straightforward checklist that you can use to plan for the pandemic situation at hand.
The benefits of privacy for security and business costs
We regularly discuss the topic of privacy and security as something company executives should keep in mind not only for meeting compliance regulations, but also for an effective holistic cybersecurity posture that brings with it a multitude of benefits…
Three infosec metrics to track cybersecurity
Since many businesses, particularly small and mid-sized ones, continue to face multiple challenges with cybersecurity (like dealing with a shortage of cybersecurity experts and budget restraints that hold company’s back from taking even the smallest steps towards cybersecurity), a list of infosec metrics that can allow you to identify where you stand with cybersecurity can be of great assistance.
Cybersecurity planning checklist for a new year
With every new year, there comes new cybersecurity tools, updates, cyber threats, and the usual transformations that take place as the digital era goes through its changes. This means that every executive, whether business owner, CEO, security leader, CIO, and the board members of big organizations, are already setting up their meetings and planning for at least the first quarter’s goals.
A simplified checklist to meet CCPA compliance
On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) becomes effective, which means that many companies who do business with Californians will have to be prepared to meet the requirements of CCPA to avoid fines…