The demand for cyber insurance is starting to increase. As a result, the price of cyber insurance is starting to increase drastically. One of the main reasons for this increase is that cyberattacks, in general, are starting to become a significant problem for all organizations. With an increasing number of organizations operating online, the risk of…
Introduction With the recent upswing in COVID-19, many businesses have now started to realize the benefits of moving their On Premises infrastructure entirely onto a major Cloud based platform, such as that of the AWS or Microsoft Azure. While this does have many advantages to it, one of the common themes that is coming out…
Introduction Ever since the COVID19 pandemic reached its peak last spring, many CISOs were left scrambling trying to deal with the new normal of a 99% Remote Workforce. One of the lessons learned is the dire need for Incident Response (IR) and Business Continuity (BC) plans. But there is still confusion between the two, and…
What Is A Virtual Network? Before even the term “Cloud” became a household term, networks have always existed, in some shape or form. Typically, this involved hardwiring servers together, and using other hardware-based components, such as routers, switches, hubs, firewalls, etc. But given the huge and dramatic advances in technology, especially with the Cloud based…
Introduction There is no doubt that 2021 has probably been the most challenging in terms of the Cyber threat landscape. The biggest catalyst for this has been of course the sheer number of Ransomware attacks that have occurred, across all industries. Unfortunately, this is only expected to get worse in the remaining months of 2022…
Introduction If there is one thing good that the COVID-19 pandemic did to Corporate America was to sound the alarm bells for the CISO to have a good Security Policy in place, which will serve as the benchmark of what to do when another disaster strikes. This was an often-ignored document, but now they are…
Introduction Back in December of 2019, when COVID-19 first started to erupt in the Wuhan province of China, the first thought was it would stay there, and not spread too far. But two years later, the world has been literally turned upside down, and changed in ways that were not even thinkable. This is especially…
A Data Flow Diagram or DFD is a visual representation of the flow of data or information within a certain system. A DFD allows you to understand the transmission of information (delivered to and provided by) by the people taking part in different processes of a system. Any organization can utilize the power of DFDs,…
As the world spins more and more in favor of technology-driven work processes and electronic data, our vulnerability to losing said data as well as information technology infrastructure in the event of a disaster also increases. While cyberattack risks are at their peak, making cybercriminals public enemy number one, we also have mother nature and…
As an information security officer, you must know what IDS and IPS stand for. We will be defining these terms in this article and explaining why they are significant to your role. Knowing all about these tools will help you make the best choice when purchasing one for yourself. So, let’s get started! The following…
