If your organization collects EU residents’ personal data and you aren’t compliant with the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), you’d better get started. The GDPR, which came into effect on 25 May 2018, introduced strict rules on the way organizations …
This is a guest article written by Jori Hamilton. The author’s views are entirely her own and may not reflect the views of IT Governance USA. The need for cybersecurity is one thing that almost everyone agrees on. You need firewalls, …
On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union, creating a tricky situation regarding the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). As the GDPR is an EU regulation, the UK will no longer be subject to it …
This is a guest article written by Damon Culburt. The author’s views are entirely his own and may not reflect the views of IT Governance USA. 2020 is an election year and Democratic candidates have been battling it out for months …
Earlier this year, NIST released the Privacy Framework, the latest in a series of guidelines that are designed to help organizations better protect their sensitive information. The Privacy Framework is structured similarly to the NIST CSF (Cybersecurity Framework), but it …
ITIL® is the most widely adopted ITSM (IT service management) framework in the world. Let’s take a look at what the ITIL framework covers, how it helps organizations and where you can get starting when implementing its requirements. What is …
The New Orleans government declared a state of emergency on Friday, December 13 after a ransomware attack spread through the city’s computer network. NOLA Ready, the New Orleans’s emergency preparedness campaign, tweeted that morning that “suspicious activity was detected”, and …
Data breach notification requirements are complex in the US, with various federal and state laws. Many of them contain broad requirements for the circumstances that breaches should be reported and the timeframe for doing so. Indeed, some of these laws …
Organizations have a problem with the value of information. Like all commodities, it’s only valuable if the person who has it can do something useful with it. Unfortunately, personal and sensitive information is useful for organizations and cyber criminals alike …
If you’re trying to advance your cybersecurity career, there’s good news. Organizations are in desperate need of skilled personnel, with an estimated 300,000 vacant jobs in the US alone. But what job roles are you most likely to have success …
