Dateline: June 23, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Getting our hands around cybersecurity is a top priority for many executives. CIOs and CISOs understand cybersecurity is more than a technical problem to solve. Other C-suite executives are quickly coming up to speed, understanding that being cyber-resiliant is the … [Read more...]
Strategic Cybersecurity Plans
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Dateline: June 16, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Building a culture of cybersecurity is one tool available to senior leaders who want to make their organizations more secure. In a recent article, cybersecurity expert Adam Meyer, Chief Security Strategist at SurfWatch Labs, makes a case for strategic cyber threat intelligence … [Read more...]
Cloud May Not Be the Solution for Cyber Security Concerns
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Dateline: May 19, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. For the past few weeks, we've shared startling statistics published in a blog at Information Week titled, Nearly 90% of organizations victim of data breaches. Many managers believe their security concerns are eliminated if they move to the cloud, because cloud providers will make … [Read more...]
Cyber Attack Statistics Startling, Part 2
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Dateline: May 12, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Last week we blogged about startling statistics published in a blog at Information Week titled, Nearly 90% of organizations victim of data breaches. This week we share additional statistics from the study done by Bitglass and CyberEdge Group, who administered a survey to the … [Read more...]
Ransomware Succeeds Due To People-Oriented Mistakes
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Dateline: April 28, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Have you been the target of ransomware? Recently a post by Greg Slabodkin, the managing editor of Health Data Management, suggested that the epidemic of ransomware is not showing signs of slowing down in a post at Information Management titled, Ransomware epidemic will continue … [Read more...]
Cyber Resilience Planning
April 21, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: April 21, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Cybersecurity continues to be top of mind for many as story after story of breaches emerge. In an earlier Friday Wrap, we shared a thought that it's just a matter of time before your organization has a breach, and that's the new normal. Today we share another similar thought … [Read more...]
Cyber Security’s Weakest Link
April 14, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: April 14, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Keeping your information systems safe and cyber secure is a challenge under the best of circumstances. Bad actors abound, trying to steal data, disrupt systems, and general cause chaos. Building a secure environment is more than just getting the right technology in place. The … [Read more...]
Raising a CIO
March 31, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: March 31, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Becoming a CIO continues to be a noble goal for many technology- and business-minded executives. "Every company is an IT company today," as the saying goes, and being the leader of this area can be exciting and impactful. But becoming an effective CIO means having strong … [Read more...]
Is Blockchain for You?
March 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: March 24, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin that allows information shared on a network to be coordinated, secure and current, is taking innovative thinkers in industries outside of financial services by storm. Recently consultants from Oliver Wyman's energy practice published an … [Read more...]
The Importance of Promoting Cyber Resilience
March 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: March 17, 2017 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Cyber attacks are inevitable. As our world becomes increasing connected, the bad guys will continue to find ways to infiltrate our networks and our systems. Recently, leaders at the World Economic Forum discussed cybersecurity. A brief summary of the discussion, What … [Read more...]
