Good news and bad news — After five years and many false starts, it looks like CMMC may happen this fall – MAY HAPPEN. That is good news if you are concerned about national security. But bad news if you will have to comply, likely some time in 2025, with CMMC and get certified. A […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]NYC’s Gotham Restaurant Forced to Close After Cyber Scam Hopefully they will be able to re-open, but for businesses, the law is much less forgiving. The ritzy Greenwich Village restaurant fell for a business email compromise attack that had it send its payroll money to what they thought was their payroll service’s “new” bank account. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The American Privacy Rights Act bill has been contentious from the start. Businesses would definitely prefer a national privacy law replacing different laws in almost 20 states. They would also prefer a weak bill with no teeth and very minimal requirements for them to comply with. With the changes to the various drafts, many privacy […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]NOTE: I generally try to steer away from politics in this blog but this year that is going to be hard to do. There is no way that either social media or the legal process is going to be able to curb the disinformation coming from all sides. I have another post that I am […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Earlier this month the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) was hit by a cyber attack. The breach affected 24 million students and about 50,000 teachers. Now we are learning more about it. For students, the data includes: For teachers, similar data was breached but more teacher specific data. Part of the problem is that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Are You Prepared for Fifth Party Risk? Boeing and Airbus are in trouble, again. Except it is not them. Boeing and Airbus sell to airlines. Lets pick one at random – Delta. That is the first party. They buy their planes from, lets say, Airbus, a THIRD party. Both Boeing and Airbus use a FOURTH […]
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