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Many organizations must comply with a mixture of state-mandated, industry-specific, and international cybersecurity regulations. The challenge for an organization trading nationally, or even globally, is considerable. According to Tenable’s Trends in Security Framework Adoption Survey, 84% of organizations in the …
Documenting your compliance with the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) can be one of the most challenging parts of meeting its requirements. We’ve put together a short ‘how to’ guide for creating your own documentation and have provided a shortcut …
America’s national accreditation body is ANAB. They assess and accredit certification bodies that audit and certify organizations conforming to management system standards. ANAB accreditation covers many industries – from information security and telecommunications, to aerospace and food safety. They offer …
We’ve gathered 250 responses from information security and data protection professionals to understand the implementation challenges and milestones for early adopters of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in our GDPR Report for 2017. The key findings include: Most senior management …
Out today, the ISO 27001 Cybersecurity Documentation Toolkit will help organizations comply with multiple cybersecurity regulations, including NIST SP 800-53 and ISO 27001. Developed by expert practitioners, the toolkit includes a complete set of customizable documentation templates to help you …
According to an infographic developed by Comparitech, the US is facing startlingly high levels of cyber attack: The US is the most targeted country in the world for web application attack traffic (66%) and cyber espionage (54%) The average cost …
Homeland security officials have declared that cybersecurity is a top priority for Nevada and that guarding against cyber attacks will be the next state operation. The Nevada Commission on Homeland Security, headed by Governor Brian Sandoval and Sheriff Joe Lombardo …
Organizations across the United States have a number of cybersecurity regulations to comply with, and need to show that they take protection of sensitive data seriously. Consumer data in the US is currently protected by a patchwork of industry-specific, federal, and …
The US has experienced the greatest number of data breaches in the world, accounting for 47.5% of all incidents in 2016. Furthermore, 68.2% of records exposed came from the US (2016 Data Breach Trends – Year In Review). In fact, …
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a major banking regulator, was accused last year of covering up data breaches that occurred in 2010, 2011, and 2013. In each instance, the regulator’s computers were compromised by a foreign government. Then, in …
