Luke Irwin Archive
As we approach the July 1 enforcement date for the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), organizations must act now to ensure they’re compliant. One of the most important requirements is staff training, because it demonstrates that employees understand and are …
If you’ve taken the time to certify to ISO 27001, the last thing you want is to let that certification expire. Doing so means you’re not staying on top of your information security risks, increasing the likelihood of a data …
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 …
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 …
Training courses are a great way to learn new skills and gain qualifications to boost your career. One of the few downsides has historically been finding appropriate courses close by, but thanks to distance learning, this is no longer a …
