Last week, Delta Risk hosted a webinar on the topic of “Forecasting the Future of Managed Security: Why You Need a Modern MSSP.” Delta Risk Solutions Expert Stephanie Ewing was the moderator for this presentation, and Vice President of Managed Security John Hawley was the presenter for this live broadcast (view the on-demand version). In today’s blog we take a… Read More
Defining the “4 Cs” of the Modern MSSP
This week, we hosted a webinar to discuss the current state of managed security services providers (MSSPs) and what defines a “modern” MSSP. The demand for MSSPs is up, with the global industry projected to show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15 percent through 2025. However, many providers haven’t evolved to meet the demands of… Read More
How to Prepare Your AWS Environment in Advance of a Cyber Security Incident
In a previous blog, I covered four cloud features that can help incident response teams. In today’s blog, I’m focusing on how to prepare your Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment so you can reduce your stress levels if and when you have an actual cyber security incident. Incident response can be extremely stressful, especially when you find an… Read More
3 Business Departments Your Cyber Security Team Should Engage Now to Improve Information Security
Oftentimes, I find cyber security teams still operating in some dark back office, interacting with their non-technical colleagues as little as possible, and wondering why people just don’t get it when it comes to security. As security professionals, we frequently talk about the concept of “people, process, and tools,” but there may be a few… Read More
Confessions of a Risk Assessor: 6 Things to Know Before a Cyber Security Assessment
If you asked me what the first item of business would be for me as a new CISO or CIO in an organization, my answer would be to perform a cyber security risk assessment to improve overall security management. Actually, I’d probably install an espresso maker, but risk assessments would be a close second. Having a risk assessment done involves identifying… Read More
Why GDPR is Every Security Professional’s Dream
It was the fall of 2016, and I winced at the title of the article: “Is YOUR Organization Ready for GDPR?” I thought to myself, what was GDPR again? It sounded like a device used on CSI to lift fingerprints from a moving ceiling fan. Turned out the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was a new… Read More