Focus Area: Compliance

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Get Serious About Consumer Data Protection

Michelle Drolet

With the CCPA coming hot on the heels of the GDPR it makes sense to get your consumer data management in order. Taking steps to protect all private data today will pay dividends tomorrow. The idea that organizations should be doing more to protect the personal data they hold about individuals has been gaining ground

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Save the Date: ISSA New England Chapter Meeting – September 25, 2018

Michelle Drolet

ISSA New England Chapter Meeting You are invited to The ISSA New England Chapter’s September Meeting for a morning packed with well-known practitioners in the field of Information Security as well as networking with your peers. Attendees will earn 4 CPEs When: Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 8:00 am – 12:30 pm Where: Boston Children’s Museum

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How to Build a Robust Incident Response Capability for Financial Institutions – 8/16/18

Michelle Drolet

How to Build a Robust Incident Response Capability for Financial Institutions Our own Michelle Drolet will be discussing the need for developing a solid Incident Response Program and doing Tabletop exercise throughout the year. An Incident Response Plan (IRP) will ensure information security incidents, once identified, will be handled and communicated appropriately. Consistency of how

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8 Security Strategies for Unmanaged Devices

Michelle Drolet

Click Here to Watch the Webinar Now > View the Presentation >   About the Webinar Enterprises face an exploding number of unmanaged and IoT devices on their networks, and cyber attacks are increasingly targeting these vulnerable devices. Join Armis and Towerwall to learn about 8 ways that you can secure your enterprise from these

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Why Should I Care About Privacy & GDPR?

Michelle Drolet

Are you ready for GDPR? Do you meet the new requirements? Do you know your risk exposure? A lot of companies do not know. To give you an idea of the uncertainty surrounding the Regulation, Vanson Bourne surveyed 1,600 organizations. A staggering 37% of respondents did not know whether their organization needed to comply with GDPR, while 28% believe they did not need to comply at all. This uncertainty will not provide any protection from fines.

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The Cost of a Data Breach in 2018

Michelle Drolet

58 data records are stolen every second at an average cost of $141 each. Trading in intellectual property and personal data is so widespread that someone invented a calculator that can estimate the potential harm to your own business. Nearly 5 million data records are lost or stolen worldwide every single day, according to the

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8 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch for in 2018

Michelle Drolet

New challenges and threats will face IT departments in the year ahead. As we stand on the threshold of another year, the war for our cybersecurity rages on. There have been many data breaches in 2017, most notably for Equifax, Verizon, and Kmart. But if you seek a silver lining in the cloud, perhaps you’ll

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Michelle Drolet profiled in Boston Voyager

Michelle Drolet

Today we’d like to introduce you to Michelle Drolet… Thanks for sharing your story with us Michelle. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there. As founder of Towerwall, I have to say my proudest moment was when I sold my company and then… I rebought it! I remained active

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Four Important Things Cannabis Businesses Can Learn from the Recent Equifax Data Breach

Michelle Drolet

The headline-making Equifax data breach was one of the worst ever. Equifax exposed approximately 143 million consumers, but did not notify any of them. This data breach exposed vital information, such as driver’s license, credit cards, social security numbers, addresses, and birth dates. According to the Ponemon Institute, which conducts independent research on privacy, data

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