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What can the military teach us about cybersecurity?

Michelle Drolet

Teaching the workforce to create a heightened state of awareness. It’s time for the business world to toughen up on security. The threat from cybercriminals is pervasive. Successful attacks on financial institutions, large retailers, and even government bodies, are all too common. There’s a reason that the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community

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Towerwall’s Latest Article "Secure Your Future with a Virtual CISO" Featured in Infosecurity Magazine

Michelle Drolet

Towerwall Founder and CEO Michelle Drolet’s latest article “Secure Your Future with a Virtual CISO” is featured in the Infosecurity Magazine. Read more below: The enterprise is facing a dangerous combination of mounting cybersecurity threats of increasing subtlety and a widening gap in the skills required to identify and combat them. Knowing how to lead the charge

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Throw your vendor under the bus? Not quite so fast

Michelle Drolet

  Tips for your third-party risk management program “Home Depot said the crooks initially broke in using credentials stolen from a third-party vendor […] Recall that the Target breach also started with a hacked vendor…” — Brian Krebs, Krebs on Security In everyday business, a complex set of external relationships is commonplace. Services, infrastructure, and

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Michelle Drolet quoted in TechTarget

Michelle Drolet

Our Michelle Drolet is quoted in TechTarget’s article “Four ways DevOps can boost AWS security“. Read more below: Many IT teams believe security belongs to someone else. Building security into the DevOps process can be a tricky but rewarding move. Combine the “It’s not my job” belief that many IT administrators have about security tasks

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Introducing Towerwall’s vCISO Services

Michelle Drolet

Towerwall is proud to offer our new vCISO Program. Introducing Towerwall’s vCISO Program, our unique approach to Virtual CISO. Offering three distinct partner options, our vCISO solutions are tailor fit to your organization’s security needs. Recognizing many small and mid-sized companies have security concerns, yet do not warrant a full-time position, the Towerwall vCISO Platform

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Data Privacy Alert Vol 13.83 – Anthem Healthcare Breach

Michelle Drolet

secuProvided by William Gallagher Associates Insurance Brokers, Inc. News broke last week that Anthem, the nation’s second-largest health insurance carrier, was the victim of a data breach by external hackers. This breach affects both current and potentially former clients of Anthem. WGA is monitoring the situation on an ongoing basis, and here is what we

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"Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap: 3 Big Steps" Featured in InformationWeek Dark Reading

Michelle Drolet

Towerwall Founder and CEO Michelle Drolet’s latest article “Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap: 3 Big Steps” is featured in the InformationWeek Dark Reading. Read more below: The stakes are high. Establishing clear pathways into the industry, standardizing jobs, and assessing skills will require industry-wide consensus and earnest collaboration. There is a dangerous dearth of qualified Information

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Save the Date: Please join us at the Information Security Summit 2015

Michelle Drolet

Please save the date and plan to  join us for this timely forum on what you need to know about the latest security issues, threats, and technologies that will help you protect your business! June 4, 2015  8:00AM – 1:00PM MassBay Community College 50 Oakland Street  | Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 Pre-registration required. Join us

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Data Privacy Alert Vol 13.81 – Massive breach at health care company Anthem Inc.

Michelle Drolet

Anthem, the nation’s second-largest health insurance company, is the latest target of a security breach. Eighty million customers, including the company’s own CEO, are at risk of having their personal information stolen. VPC SAN FRANCISCO – As many as 80 million customers of the nation’s second-largest health insurance company, Anthem Inc., have had their account information

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