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Organizations move on plans to strengthen security policies, increase training, and invest in technology The lasting impact of 2020 on cybersecurity has come more clearly into relief, as security professionals reported more mature, effective strategies and approaches spanning threat prevention, detection and response – with many businesses reallocating resources to address risks tied to the workforce. Please register to continue.

The 117 th Congress kicked off its First Session with, among other initiatives, oversight hearings on the SolarWinds cyber hack. On February 23, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the high profile, far-reaching breach; followed by a joint hearing on February 26 in the House of Representatives held by the Oversight and Reform and Homeland Security Committees. At both hearings, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO of SolarWinds, Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, and Brad Smith, Pr...

Its Time to Break the Rule of Steve Today, in a room full of cybersecurity professionals, there are still more people called Steve than there are women. Discussions about recruitment trends and how people can further their careers in cybersecurity are common topics at industry conferences these days. Recently, at Black Hat Europe, one of the most striking career discussions revolved around audience demographics, which reminded me of a point Id heard earlier in the week: the "Rule of Steve," a c...

Reducing Cybersecurity Risk With Minimal Resources In this exclusive interview, Mike Davis, CISO for alliantgroup, offers practical ways to assess, mitigate and manage cybersecurity risks in your organization — even on a tight budget. How can organizations protect critical information resources? What processes and procedures work best? What are the challenges to reducing risk? To answer these questions and much more, I turned to a cybersecurity industry thought leader from Texas: Mike Davis. ...

The 117 th Congress kicked off its First Session with, among other initiatives, oversight hearings on the SolarWinds cyber hack. On February 23, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the high profile, far-reaching breach; followed by a joint hearing on February 26 in the House of Representatives held by the Oversight and Reform and Homeland Security Committees. At both hearings, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO of SolarWinds, Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, and Brad Smith, Pr...

CNA’s Cyber Risk Services Program, CNA CyberPrep, Launched in Canada March 5, 2021 CNA announced that CNA CyberPrep, a proactive cyber risk services program, has been launched in Canada. Already available to CNA’s customers in the United States, CNA CyberPrep helps cyber policyholders with threat identification, mitigation and response. The CNA CyberPrep program is based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework ...

Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the Solarwinds Hack and a joint hearing in the House of Representatives held by the Oversight and Reform and Homeland Security Committees. Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO of SolarWinds, Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, and Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft, testified. 

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In February 2021, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST"), which is a subdivision of the Department of Commerce in the United States Government, announced its nine priorities for the coming year. While its guidance is voluntary, businesses would be well advised to follow NISTs lead, as it has become the gold standard for general Privacy and Data Security compliance in the United States. Whether business leaders wan...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced priorities for the coming year. Whether business leaders want to keep their regulators unconcerned, their clients happy, or their brand strong with regard to Privacy and Data Security, they'll need to know NIST's new focuses.

Takeaways - Boards need to take an active role overseeing cybersecurity measures. - Directors may be held personally responsible for lapses that result in attacks. - U.S....