July 15, 2021 Cyberattacks Continue to Wreak Havoc – What Can Compliance Teams Do? It’s déjà vu all over again for cybersecurity professionals around the world, many of whom are now scrambling to recover…
June 14, 2021 Colorado Passes Privacy Act The Colorado Legislature recently strengthened personal data privacy rights with the passing of the Colorado Privacy Act (Bill SB21-190), becoming…
June 10, 2021 New Gartner Report on the State of Privacy Regulations Gartner predicts that by 2023, 65% of the global population will be covered by privacy regulations and by 2024, over…
June 1, 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report Released As cybersecurity continues to be the hottest topic right now with another data breach reported from the world’s largest meat…
May 11, 2021 DOL on the Prowl for Cybersecurity; Goes Further than SEC and NIST A large cyberattack on U.S. infrastructure – this time a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline – has…
April 20, 2021 Virginia Joins Growing List of Jurisdictions Regulating Data Privacy. What’s Next? Jurisdictions are creating privacy laws with competing interests of protecting consumer data without unnecessarily impeding companies’ ability to do business…
March 22, 2021 SEC Expects Updated Cybersecurity / BCP Policies: Takeaways from the SEC’s 2021 Exam Priorities The Securities and Exchange Commission has released its 2021 Examination Priorities a little later this year than in years past,…
August 5, 2020 Do You Feel Confident Your Password Hasn’t Been Hacked? As a cybersecurity consultant, I am often asked if some of the threats we industry practitioners talk about are overstated….
July 13, 2020 SEC Issues New Cyber Risk Alert to Financial Firms Financial firms have a bigger target on their backs at the moment, according to a new risk alert issued July…
June 24, 2020 CCPA Enforcement Begins July 1, 2020 – Violators Already Being Pursued Financial institutions are down to one week left to update their privacy notices and privacy practices in order to comply…
April 2, 2020 Where Are Your Cybersecurity Blindspots with COVID-19? Google Data Reveals 350% Surge In Phishing Websites During Coronavirus Pandemic More financial firms have shifted to a remote workforce…
March 13, 2020 Pandemic Puts Business Continuity Planning to the Test; Regulators Take Notice The rapid expansion of the novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 pandemic has caused extreme stress if not panic throughout the…