The Missing Ingredient in Too Many Cyber Response Plans

The Missing Ingredient in Too Many Cyber Response Plans

By: Mark Hoffman, MBCI, CBCP Recently, a client asked me to review a Cybersecurity Response Plan template that they had purchased from a ‘leading’ research organization.  This 21-page document was intended to be used by my client’s IT department in response to a...
How to Prepare Your Business for a Data Breach

How to Prepare Your Business for a Data Breach

Article written by Dani Andrews   Make no mistake about it: data breaches are a serious threat. In the digital data-driven age, cyber security protection is a crucial consideration for any business owner in virtually every industry. From credit reporting bureau...
Responding to a Cyberattack: This is NOT Just an IT Issue!

Responding to a Cyberattack: This is NOT Just an IT Issue!

Recently I posted the following statement on LinkedIn:  For years, companies have treated cybersecurity as a risk that IT could solve alone.  Beyond IT, companies need to add the crisis management component to define their response.  Understand key decisions,...
Four Things You Need to Understand About Cyber Insurance

Four Things You Need to Understand About Cyber Insurance

  The advent and popularity of cyber insurance is causing an interesting shift in the cybersecurity landscape and it’s probably not what the insurance world envisioned.   I believe that organizations are far more likely to pay a ransom if they have insurance...