The spate of unprecedented cases of accounting fraud at the turn of the century left heads of industry like Enron, Tyco International and WorldCom egg-faced and Congress in reckoning.  These last-straw scandals shed light on the inadequacies of the regulatory framework of the time and how members of the American corporate landscape were uncommitted to… Continue reading Getting on Board with Privacy

When computers ran on punched cards and information was stored and communicated using paper, suspicious individuals could sometimes be seen loitering close to the large rubbish bins or dumpsters used for corporate refuse. The idea was to fish discarded documents out of the bin to glean information useful for hacking the enterprise that had thrown… Continue reading Data Lake Hacking is the New Dumpster Diving

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – As the FEMA registration deadline of Jan. 30 nears, Minnesotans affected by the September 2016 severe storms and flooding who have not registered for FEMA assistance need to call 800-621-3362 or register online at disasterassistance.gov. Residents of Blue Earth, Freeborn, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele and Waseca counties who suffered damage during… Continue reading FEMA: Minnesotans Continue to Recover from September Storms

It seems like we are constantly talking about data breaches, but as a couple of recent studies show, we may be under-reporting their frequency and severity. The 2016 Data Breach Trends report released by Risk Based Security said 4,149 breaches were reported, compromising more than 4 billion records. That’s 3 billion more than exposed in… Continue reading Data Breach Numbers Hit Record Highs in 2016

Each year at the end of summer, several members of Forrester’s Security & Risk research team look back at publicly reported breach events and data privacy violations of the previous 12 months to spot trends and identify cases to feature where we feel there are lessons learned for S&R pros. In 2016, this was a… Continue reading 2016 Privacy Lessons Learned And Looking Ahead To 2017

Imagine if you will a 48 hour DDoS attack at your organization.  How would you cope? How would you continue your business and service your customers? Ask Lloyds bank! Lloyds Banking Group suffered 48-hour online attack this month as cybercriminals attempted to block access to 20m UK accounts. The denial of service attack ran for… Continue reading Could you cope with a continuous 48-hour DDoS attack?

Turn on CNN, pick up a newspaper, or spend anything more than two minutes on the Internet and you’ll see—there’s not a day that goes by without some kind of threat to business as usual. Severe weather events. Terrorist activity. Wildfires, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. Cybercrime. Power outages and widespread blackouts. School or workplace… Continue reading Secrets revealed: implementing an EMNS

Looking back 20 years, there were fewer people with emergency management titles and less clearly defined emergency management organizational structures. There were also fewer certification and training programs for emergency managers. The profession has evolved along with people’s understanding that crisis management and the need to prepare for disasters is critical, said California Office of… Continue reading The Making of a Profession

We spend time preparing for major data center or facility outages. We perform a risk analysis and write plans; we put in technologies to keep the business running and perform various tests. We report that we are ready. We feel confident our business can continue to run. But much of that could be considered what… Continue reading Resiliency Theater – You May Not Really Be Prepared for an Outage