I received a LinkedIn message on Monday (from a good friend of mine Leland) and after a couple of messages (first Leland thought I was doing some kind of test – his initial message asked if I was security testing with a casino link) Then late in the evening he sent this: Notice the … Read more
I agree with the Governance people at ITgovernance: http://www.itgovernanceusa.com/blog/technological-cybersecurity-solutions-address-only-half-the-threats/ Technology only addresses some of the potential Cybersecurity hurdles that a company may have. The poster child of massive data breaches (Sony) was due to an internal breakdown, that plus previous documented failures show a lack of concern for IT Governance. In my mind I have … Read more
(Weekend Edition) I was going to start with “Crisis of Confidence” but our executives are not lacking confidence, I think it is a lack of understanding of theNEW reality of the conundrum we are in as far as Cyber Security goes. This article is also in the language of the executives: The LegalIntelligencer Why Cyberrisk … Read more
Why are we so Slow to Detect Data Breaches?: http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/why-are-we-so-slow-to-detect-data-breaches/d/d-id/1139970? I like this quote: {“The longer it takes to respond, the more firmly rooted the attacker will become, and more difficult and costly it will be to find and remove all of their implants,” says James Phillippe, leader of threat and vulnerability services for the … Read more
The story at Quartz.com: http://qz.com/356274/cybersecurity-breaches-hurt-consumers-companies-not-so-much/ The reason is that the retailer themselves are not fully liable, since the financial institutions that issued the credit and debit cards had to reissue the cards hackers are out there. And of course Sony: “The now infamous Sony breach supposedly perpetrated by North Korea at the end of … Read more
