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Terry Phillips appointed Chief Security Officer at Leidos

January 11, 2022

Terry Phillips, a U.S. Air Force veteran and security expert, has been named SVP and Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Leidos, where he will direct the Leidos Global Security Organization.

Information security: Developing practical policies and procedures

Michael J. Del Giudice David R. McKnight

July 28, 2021

To be effective, cybersecurity policies and procedures must do more than merely help an organization achieve check-the-box compliance with regulatory requirements or security frameworks.

European Commission and EDPB provide update on efforts to address cross-border transfers after Schrems II

Keypoint: Representatives of the European Commission and EDPB advised that further guidance on cross-borders data transfers are forthcoming.

David M. Stauss

September 11, 2020

Last week, Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice, and Dr. Andrea Jelinek, Chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), appeared at a hearing conducted by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and updated committee members on their work since the Schrems II decision. In his remarks, Mr. Reynders identified three main areas on which the Commission is focusing.

How Does the NIST Small Business Security Act Affect Your SMB?

Heather Paunet

February 7, 2019

2018 brought a lot of change to small business. In the wake of many new cybersecurity threats and breaches, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Cybersecurity Act was passed into law in August 2018, and it requires NIST to provide cybersecurity resources to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to help protect them against future problems.

Compliance and Congress – How to Build an Effective Cyber Strategy

Dhaval Jadav Chuck Wilson

February 7, 2019

The growing threat of cyberattacks is a huge cause for concern. According to some of the country’s foremost intelligence experts, the U.S. may encounter a massive cyberattack on the horizon. An attack of this scale is predicted to cause damage comparable to a Category 5 hurricane, where everything from vehicles to pacemakers could be compromised. The country needs to be ready – and not just the public sector. Private businesses, regardless of size, would be taking an extreme risk if the necessary precautions are not put into place.

GDPR Implementation Costs Enterprises More than Expected

Only 29% of healthcare organizations report having a comprehensive security program in place.

December 1, 2018

Six months after the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, enterprises are finding that privacy regulation is costing more than anticipated.

Clear, Purge & Destroy: When Data Must be Eliminated, Part 2

Part 2 of a 2-part series on information disposal requirements

Steven Chabinsky

November 1, 2018

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to implement a sound data sanititization program.

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FERC Approves 3 New Supply Chain Cybersecurity Standards

October 29, 2018

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a final rule last week approving three new Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards addressing supply chain risk management for bulk electric systems.

Clear, Purge & Destroy: When Data Must be Eliminated

Part 1 of a 2-part series on information disposal requirements

Steven Chabinsky

October 1, 2018

Even at their most basic, information security programs are complex and include a seemingly endless combination of controls to detect, prevent and respond to data loss.

Is Payment Card Security Slipping?

September 25, 2018

A new report shows that only 52.4 percent of organizations maintained full PCI DSS compliance in 2017, compared to 55.4 percent in 2016.

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