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How to Build a Robust Incident Response Capability for Financial Institutions

Michelle Drolet

Click here to watch the webinar now > Our own Michelle Drolet will be discusses 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 incidents are handled

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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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10 Things I Know About… Cybersecurity trends

Michelle Drolet

10) Data breaches. Nearly 5 million data records are lost or stolen worldwide every single day, or 58 records every second. According to an IBM report, the average cost of a data breach is $7.3 million. 9) Machine learning will play a bigger role in cybersecurity. Because the battle against cyber criminals moves so rapidly,

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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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Why every business needs a WISP

Michelle Drolet

Non-compliance is a risk, and the Attorney General’s office carries a big stick for those who don’t follow the rules. If you don’t have a written information security program (WISP) in place for your business, then you could be risking data theft, legal action, and punitive fines. The law in many states now dictates that

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Towerwall Security/Vulnerability Alert Vol 13.96

Michelle Drolet

 The “Stagefright” hole in Android – what you need to know Provided by Paul Ducklin at Sophos, Inc. The conference circuit can be a competitive arena, especially when there are multiple parallel streams. For example, back in 2010, I was at Black Hat in Las Vegas, and I attended the talk next door to the late Barnaby Jack’s now legendary

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Software vulnerabilities hit a record high in 2014, report says

Michelle Drolet

Are you patching quickly enough? How safe is the software you use? Do you have a system in place to identify vulnerabilities and patch them when they are discovered? How quickly do you react to vulnerability reports? There’s evidence that software vulnerabilities are on the rise, and few companies are taking the necessary action to

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Known vulnerabilities pose biggest IT security threats

Michelle Drolet

Cyber risk report cites server misconfigurations as the No. 1 vulnerability. It’s often said, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” And that appears to be the case in the world of cybersecurity where hackers most often exploit known vulnerabilities to gain access to private computer files, according to HP’s 2015 Cyber Risk Report. Maintaining strong computer security,

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