If you are a software vendor to the Australian banking sector this is an important read, specifically priority 3. Australia is taking the lead on cyber security and cyber strategy across its financial services sector and markets. As APRA the…
Alongside a global internet policy, the world needs support in setting global cyber security policies and standards. Without which we risk building tiered systems of security between countries and different standards of security compliance for organisations operating across international boarders.…
A great article. Be it the gorilla or elephant in the board room, the direction of regulatory travel for cyber is clear; no more carrots and bigger sticks. Cyber regulation and control is another example of Governance, Risk and Compliance…
Cyber regulation is making its way into many sectors. As of the 1st January 2021 the United States Coast Guard (USCG) expects that all companies with US flagged ships and foreign flagged ships to address cyber risk management in their…
Sopra Steria the IT services firm has announce that the ransomware attack which it reported in October 2020 will have a negative impact on its balance sheet of between €40million and €50million. With Insurance coverage for cyber risk of €30…
The UK Government has moved forward with new telecoms security laws. A new bill aims to strengthen security standards for telecoms vendors in the UK and provide new powers for the UK government to impose controls on providers use of…
It’s a very difficult square to make a circle out of with competing agendas, requirements and the protection of national interest. How do small firms who maybe required to adhere to a cyber standard as comprehensive as NIST SP 800…
Having the right number of formal assessors is going to be important for the CMMC programme. But its not an insurmountable ask, it’s a game of capacity and numbers. Albeit training 2,000 people to assess is one thing, having 2,000…
The US has been moving ahead with its CMMC programme, targeting its global Defence Industry base (DIB), with an effective date of the 30.11.2020 for its interim final ruling. Following which all contractors and subcontractors will have to demonstrate their…
CREST International signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the CMMC Center of Excellence (CMMC-CoE). Bringing together CREST an organisation which provides international accreditations for technical security and professional certifications, and the CMMC – CoE who is building a partner…
