Facebook is to pay a $100Mn fine to the SEC following misleading disclosures regarding the risk of misuse of user data. Facebook failed to disclose that it was misusing its users data, resulting from its transfer of data of 30…
M&A is back on the rise, with deals in 2018 exceeding 2017 and 2019 expected to be a good year for the US and Canada. The Yahoo and Marriott deals have shown that poor due diligence can yield some unintended…
Complexity is the killer of cyber security. But is the security community coming to terms that cyber security is all about managing cyber risks. Like all issues companies face, understanding the risk is critical to decision making. Cyber risk management…
The past few years have seen cyber stagnate on the board table. Allot of column inches have been given to cyber in the media. Plenty of evidence of the impact of cyber attacks; the lack of resources in the market…
The Australian Prudential Regulatory Body. A regulator who provides oversight of Australian regulated financial entities, covering local and foreign deposit takers, life, health and direct insurers has released a standard (CPS 243), to 1. Clearly define the information security-related roles…
Cyber risk management places allot of stress on a company’s balance sheet and the management of the balance sheet is the responsibility of the board. Therefore it is the responsibility of the board to ensure that it is secure. What…
We’re still some way off getting cyber (security) leaders at the board table. Security spend is rising, yet CISOs aren’t getting their feet under the board table. They are still not peers of CIO. In my view there’s something which…
I do agree with the points made, its my own experience that there are some fundamental issues with security today. Which need to be addressed if we are going to drive the fundamental change needed for organisations to manage cyber…
Cyber security needs to change, its about managing risk and not technology. There needs to be a realistic conversation at the board table about managing the security of the balance sheet. Securing the balance sheet is something all the ‘C’…
Senators up the pressure on Quest diagnostic following their recent data breach. With a letter to the board, explaining that this isn’t the first time they have come under scrutiny following information security concerns and have a responsibility to improve…
