I say that cyber is an enterprise wide risk, its not a technology issue anymore. Securing the corporate balance sheet is a subject the Chair, CEO and all members of the board must focus on (its a team sport). Unfortunately…
The cost of the ransomware at Norsk Hydro was $52Mn in the first quarter. If I read this correctly, the attack took place around the 19th of March that’s about 2 weeks before the end of the quarter. Their cyber…
Whilst the top names on Wall Street are out their pushing the Cyber message. Its still worrying that many companies are simply not prepared to respond in the event of an attack. The size of some firms and their interconnected…
The newly re-elected Australian government has increased funding for cyber. With a plan to address the skills gap through education, scholarships and improved diversity. Develop the infrastructure for cyber warfare and cyber crime, increase support for businesses for incident reporting…
A common language between securing the company and securing the corporate balance sheet needs to be reached, if boards are going to be successful in managing the current and future critical risks like cyber, AI and Digital. Regulators talk about…
Not all threats are made equal. But cyber related risks surely have to take priority over other threats like EMP. The probability of a cyber attack is certainly higher than an EMP burst, and the cost to mitigate the risk…
We’re living in what some call the 4th industrial revolution, one based upon the consumption of data. From a personal perspective, mobile communications and the smart phone are central to that. Although I don’t know if I spend 5 hours…
Slack, the cloud based colaboration provider filed papers with the SEC. Warning that cyber attacks could impact the company. Ahead of its flotation. It’s the right step to take, warning investors that cyber is an issue for corporate stability. One…
With the massive gap between the number of skilled cyber resources needed and skilled resources available, some lateral thinking is needed to close it. The cyber security skills we need have cover many security domains, whichever standard you follow, NIST,…
Facebook isn’t having a good time with global data regulators at present. View Original Post
