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Cybersecurity Predictions for 2012 Report Released

November 18, 2011 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

In a recent PR release from Websense Security Labs, Dan Hubbard, chief technology officer, writes about his company's predictions of what will occur in Cyber Security in 2012. Since last year’s Websense Security Labs predictions were very accurate, Hubbard’s predictions could prove to be very useful guidance for information security professionals trying to mitigate the expected risks involving cybersecurity in 2012. Here are some highlights of the seven (7) areas of predictions released: Your social media identity may prove more valuable to cybercriminals than your credit … [Read more...]

Cybersecurity Compliance Mandates in the Cloud

January 19, 2011 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

So often, our readers comment about the difficulty of getting management to address information security as more than a critical component of the Information Technology department’s business continuity planning process. And in doing so, failing to realize that ownership of information security belongs to everyone and every department in the organization – especially to the point that failure to enact information security controls in any single part of the quality management system and control process can well cause economic penalties beyond the organization’s ability to survive those … [Read more...]

Security Updates

Cyber Security and Its Importance to an Organization

For quite some time, business continuity professionals have been associating Cyber Security as an important Business Continuity Planning (BCP) concern, but, like so many other issues in the world of BCP, without full buy-in from upper management (or the Board of Directors), it will be almost impossible to truly implement effective Cyber Security policies, plans [...]

NIST Offers Free Download of SP 800-53, Rev 4

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has now made available the Final Release of SP 800-53 Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations – representing the most comprehensive update to the security controls catalog since its inception in 2005. This update was motivated primarily by the expanding occurrences [...]

Online Privacy Rights Remain Under Attack and Unresolved Issues for Many in 2013

In a recent article, posted by PC World and written by Melissa Riofrio, the topic of online privacy for individuals was addressed in the light of growing threats to that privacy predicted for 2013. And, while a debate may exist about the meaning of privacy between different generations of individuals, the fact is that the [...]