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With many still reeling from the aftermath of the SolarWinds hack, enough dust has settled that we’ve started to ask the important questions: How did this happen? What can we do to prevent this in the future? And will it happen again? The good news is that this cyber attack...
Penetration Testing Our globe is linked through a fragile network that deals with healthcare, government, banking, and corporate data, while DoS attacks, website defacement, and other cyber-attacks are on the rise. The number of phishing attacks alone has skyrocketed over the last few years. Cyber Risk By the Numbers In...
Vendor Management COVID-19 has introduced many challenges to personal and professional lives. While we continue to adapt, we must remember to continue to perform sound security and privacy practices, including when it comes to vendor management. We look to vendors as trusted partners for many aspects of our supply chain,...
Third Party Risk Management HITRUST puts on regular webinars to help educate individuals on the components, tools, and programs offered by the organization. As a HITRUST CSF Assessor, we make it a point to attend these webinars to stay up-to-date on the latest information. The webinar I listened to on...
Dridex Malware Last week, the Department of the Treasury Financial Sector Cyber Information Group (CIG) and the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a joint alert focused on notifying financial institutions that an increasing number of cyberattacks utilizing the Dridex malware and several variants of that...
Enterprise Risk Management In the wake of the risks surrounding cybersecurity breaches, ever overarching regulatory scrutiny from the Office of the New York State Comptroller and the myriad other state and federal agencies, and the demands of key stakeholders, municipalities are faced with increasing audit and assurance demands on a...
