Keeping Your Cyber Risk in Perspective: An Interview with FAIR Founder, Jack Jones Putting a Price on Cyber Risk Today, industry experts widely recognize the need to quantify cyber risk. Intuition alone cannot guide assessments of challenges in the cyber information domain. Qualitative determinations can lead to a misdiagnosis of risk, which can lead to […]
Year in Review: 2018’s Biggest Cybersecurity Compliance Issues Compliance. Just hearing the word may make you want to shudder. And for good reason: Being compliant with cybersecurity and data privacy regulations can be a huge hassle for organizations. Unfortunately, the effort did not get any easier for your Chief Compliance Officer and their team in […]
Preparing for 2019 – Forecasting the Top Cyber Risk Issues As 2018 comes to an end we are reminded of what a dynamic year it has been in the realm of cybersecurity. Threats continue to proliferate, the regulatory environment is expanding, and technology continues to advance at a rapid pace. We’ve seen Congress interrogate tech […]
Going on Offense: State-Sponsored Offensive Cyber Operations The Trump Administration is supporting an often-cited but infrequently described element of the cyber domain – offensive cyber operations. In August of 2018, President Trump rescinded the Obama-era Presidential Policy Directive 20 (PPD-20), whose critics suggested the directive delayed and obstructed the path that would enable the United […]
Shock & Awe: Cyber Vulnerabilities in U.S. Weapon Systems The Pentagon has long been seen as the holy grail for hackers. Hollywood has depicted the Department of Defense’s digital networks as an impenetrable fortress, equipped with “Ocean’s 11”-like layers of security. But a shocking new study from the Government Accountability Office shows that when it comes […]
