Dateline: November 17, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. For the past couple of blogs, we have been focused on the CFO's role in cybersecurity. In this week's Friday WRAP, we share an article from CFO.com which published an opinion piece about viewing cybersecurity as a valuation issue. The article, Why Cybersecurity is … [Read more...]
The CFO’s Role in Cybersecurity- Part 2
November 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: November 10, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. As mentioned last week, I'll be moderating a session on cybersecurity at the MIT CFO Summit and this prompted me to dig deeper into the CFO's role in cybersecurity. In an interview with Steffan Tomlinson, CFO of Palo Alto Networks, titled Why Cybersecurity Should Be the … [Read more...]
CFO’s Role in Cybersecurity- Part 1
November 3, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: November 3, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. In a few weeks, I'll be moderating a session on cybersecurity at the MIT CFO Summit. This prompted me to dig deeper into the CFO angle of cybersecurity. What does a CFO need to know and Is there a specific CFO role in cybersecurity (other than that of every employee--to be a … [Read more...]
Offensive and Defensive Cybersecurity
October 27, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: October 27, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. The complexity of being cyber-resiliant can be overwhelming. Knowing what to do, and how much is enough is difficult to figure out for almost everyone. Recently author Michael Lewis, the CIO at Copper State published an opinion piece at Information Management about a … [Read more...]
Boards Are Interested in Cybersecurity Too
September 29, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: September 29, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. With all the media attention focused on recent cyber events, it's no wonder our Boards are getting involved. Certainly a catastrophic event such as Equifax experienced recently shows Board leaders that a large vulnerability might exist in their company. Making sure these … [Read more...]
Cybersecurity: Don’t Leave the Keys Under the Mat
September 22, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: September 22, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. With information security in the headlines over the past few weeks, it's also time to remind ourselves that all the technology in the world won't help our organizations be cyber resilient if the people in the organization inadvertaintly create vulnerabilities. That was the … [Read more...]
Equifax’s Reminder: European GDPR On the Horizon
September 15, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: September 15, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. The barrage of articles about Equifax reminds us that our data is not protected, even when we think it is. As this breach becomes better understood, it raises all types of questions such as how do we protect ourselves? to who would do this? to what is the liability? to will … [Read more...]
Reducing Cybersecurity Threats From Ex-Employees
August 4, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: August 4, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Most cybersecurity breaches are aided by insiders...either intentionally or unintentionally. But a recent study showed that ex-employees may also be a threat, but this one is more easily managed with the right processes in place. According to Bob Violino, a free-lance writer … [Read more...]
Machine Learning Shows Promise for Data Security
July 28, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: July 28, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Security of our data continues to be a struggle for many information systems leaders. Recently an article was published at CIO.com titled, Machine Learning is Transforming Data Security. In this article, data security was thought to be a big problem in part because of the cost, … [Read more...]
The Business Mindset of Cyber-Criminals
July 21, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: July 21, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Cyber-criminals are organized, smart and well-funded. If we think of cyber attacks as the 'service' of a 'well-organized business' then we can come up with strategies to 'compete' against it. By compete, we mean become more cyber-resilient, not go into the cyber-crime business, … [Read more...]
