Former Oracle CEO Larry Ellison once famously said, “Privacy is Dead.” However, privacy had been resurrected and killed more times than a Tyrannosaurus Rex in a Spielberg sequel. A recent data breach https://www.wired.com/story/exactis-database-leak-340-million-records/ involving more than 340 million records of U.S. citizens demonstrates why privacy is dead. Again. It’s dead because you never heard of…
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You might be perfectly happy in your job right now, but at some point in your career, you might decide that it’s time for a change. Or perhaps your company will be acquired, and the decision for you to move on won’t necessarily be yours to make. Whatever the scenario, the time to prepare for…
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Over the years, I’ve counseled numerous information security leaders on how to assign a monetary value to a security solution. It’s important to be able to speak in terms of protecting asset value because that is the language of the board of directors and other executive leaders who must approve a significant expense. In many…
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CISOs from across industries selected Aqua Security and LogicHub as the winners of Security Current’s Security Shark Tank® during RSA 2018. The event brought security solutions providers face-to-face with CISO buyers. Participating vendors were given 15 minutes each to pitch their solution in a rapid-fire question and answer format to a panel of information security…
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One of the fiduciary responsibilities that CISOs and their fellow C-suite executives have is to ensure that their organization abides by all laws and government regulations pertaining to their business. Failure to follow the letter of the law – or a federal regulation, which operates with the same force and effect as a law passed…
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Over the past year or so, board members have become more aware of cybersecurity and their responsibility in this area. As a result, more security officers are being invited to present at a board meeting for the first time. Perhaps you are one of them. If you are a CSO or a CISO and you…
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There are specific state and federal laws that require companies to disclose when they have had a data breach, but there are few actual requirements to notify a law enforcement agency when a criminal cybersecurity incident takes place. However, it’s in your best interest to contact a law enforcement agency if an incident or…
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) becomes effective on May 25, 2018. It is an extensive and unifying regulation pertaining primarily to the privacy of personal data belonging to or derived from EU citizens and residents. With its focus on personal privacy, the GDPR is quite different from US regulations which tend…
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) was enacted on April 27, 2016, with the enforcement date being May 25, 2018. It replaces the European Data Protection Directive (DPD) (Directive 95/46/EC), which was the previous privacy and data protection scheme for the European Union. GDPR is intended to strengthen and unify data protection…
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Women make up half the workforce in America, yet they hold fewer than 20% of board seats among the 2017 Fortune 1000 companies.[i] However, the Fortune 1000 companies are comparatively progressive, given that nearly 90% of the world’s board seats overall still belong to men. It’s important to have women serve on boards. Studies show…
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