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Combating Complacency: Getting the Most Out of Your Data Breach Response Plan

Analyzing the EDPB’s draft recommendations on supplementary measures

In the wake of Schrems II, the EDPB’s much-anticipated recommendations provide extensive guidance on supplementary measures parties can use to legally transfer data out of the EEA in the absence of an adequacy decision.
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David M. Stauss
November 20, 2020

In a flurry of activity last week, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Commission made major announcements affecting cross-border data transfers out of the EEA. First, the EDPB announced the adoption of draft recommendations on measures that supplement cross-border data transfer tools as well as recommendations on the European Essential Guarantees for surveillance measures. The below post will examine the EDPB’s draft recommendations on supplementary measures. The draft new standard contractual clauses will be discussed in a separate post.


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Cyber resilience through deception: What businesses can learn from federal cybersecurity frameworks

Michael Saintcross
November 20, 2020
With cyber resilience, it is the same kind of philosophy: reducing your cyber incident risk and not just relying on one line of defense or one capability you think will be the one that finally stops the bad actors. Looking at the standards for cyber resilience in federal agencies will help businesses understand both the essentials and the additional steps they need to take to fully safeguard their assets.
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Cybersecurity doorways left ajar in the race to remote work

November 20, 2020

SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. released an international study uncovered several security threats with every worker whose access was freely granted without proper security controls in place, including phishing attempts, using personal devices for work and vice versa, and sharing passwords with friends and family.


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The Long and Winding Road to Cyber Recovery

Continuous Automated Red Teaming (CART): The future of security testing

Bikash Barai
Bikash Barai
November 20, 2020
Today's cyber environment is one of rapid and constant change. Stepping up in technological savvy, threat actors are using an arsenal of new and sophisticated techniques that make recognizing their attacks harder than ever. There are several thousand products and thousand different threats and risks. Cybersecurity seems as elusive and probably as impossible as the “happiness problem.” 
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the standoff

The Standoff wraps up; Attackers breach perimeters of all six organizations and gain access to corporate networks

Maria Henriquez
November 19, 2020
The Standoff, an online offensive/defensive competition in which defenders (blue teams) compete against attackers (red teams) to control the infrastructure of a simulated digital city, has concluded. The event took place Nov. 12-17, 2020, pitting information security veterans against skilled hackers in a battle to hack mock banks, utilities, airports, downtown hubs, IoT systems, cargo and public transportation, telecoms systems and more.
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5 mins with Soroko

5 minutes with Jason Soroko - The importance of zero trust during COVID-19

Maria Henriquez
November 19, 2020
​​​​​​Between distributed workforces and scattered schedules, there’s no doubt the work environment has faced enormous disruption over the past few months, forcing enterprises to modernize their security measures. The solution? Jason Soroko, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Sectigo, believes it's a Zero-Trust Security Strategy. Here we talk to Soroko about the importance of a zero-trust strategy, especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 
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