I talk about the importance of vendor cyber risk management programs all the time. Vendors have been at the root of many very major breaches such as Target and Home Depot and more recently Capital One. Here are some thoughts around vendor cyber risk management. The vendor is big and publicly traded so surely they […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]After a horrifying independent review of the Navy’s current cybersecurity posture, the Navy asked Congress to approve a new position of Assistant Secretary of the Navy to handle cyber. This comes after the Navy eliminated the role of CIO last year. Congress turned them down, so now they are going around Congress to create a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Remember, this only counts reported breaches. Marriott, for example, didn’t detect its breach for FOUR YEARS. And tens of thousands of breaches likely go both undetected and unreported. The midyear data breach review by Risk Based Security said there were 3,816 breaches REPORTED in the first half of 2019, up 54% from the first half […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hackers are nothing if not creative. Combine that with businesses not paying enough attention to security and you get a mess. Researchers discovered an unprotected database with over 5 million client records belonging to Choice Hotels. The hotel says there is good news. Only 700,000 of those records were from real customers. Doesn’t that make […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Everyone has heard about the Federal Trade Commission fining (tentatively) Facebook $5 billion for sharing your data – with Cambridge Analytica – without your permission. The FBI has sought proposals for third parties to hoover up everything that is visible on social media and build a database so the FBI can search it for information […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Alarm companies like wireless alarm sensors because they cost less to install and are prettier since there are no wires. They are also remarkably less secure. It is useful to understand that you neighborhood junkie might not be able to pull off the attack, but any serious burglar would not have a problem. In this […]
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