A few weeks ago, I spoke at the ASIS 63rd Annual International Conference about creating an actionable cyber security incident response plan that is tested and proven. Considering ASIS is more focused on physical security, I kept my recommendations focused on incident response in general. As I looked at “cyberizing” the recommendations, I discovered there isn’t much I would adjust for a physical… Read More
In the hospital setting, there is no tolerance for poor hygiene. Frequently washing your hands and using hand sanitizer can drastically decrease the chances of contamination, the spread of disease, and infection rates. It’s just as important to commit to cyber hygiene to slow down attackers who are looking to infect your mission-critical systems. In… Read More
Imagine this scenario: you’ve just discovered your network has been breached. You need to get a handle on the situation quickly but you’re still trying to figure out what happened. What are the incident response best practices you should follow? As cyber security consultants, we know the first few moments of an incident can be highly… Read More
Today’s blog is written by our guest author, Bob Carver. He is a CISM, CISSP, and M.S. who specializes in topics about information security, privacy, and cloud security. If you look at a range of recent security industry reports, you’ll see varying times quoted for how long it takes criminals and bad actors to exploit your… Read More
In most organizations, cyber security incident response (IR) and business continuity (BC) or disaster recovery (DR) are still considered as separate functions and distinct disciplines. This is clearly a missed opportunity to maximize resources since they are two sides of the same coin. These disciplines share the common goals of protecting the organization’s reputation and ensuring continuity of operations. Therefore, it… Read More
Making Sense of the WannaCry Attack Over the past few days, news agencies around the world started reporting on WannaCry ransomware (WCR), aka WanaCrypt0r 2.0. It’s estimated that WCR has already affected more than 75,000 users in 150 countries, ranging from hospitals, businesses, governments, railways, and universities to home computer users. As of today, more than 200,000 systems are… Read More