The SECs Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a risk alert to all participants in financial service markets, specially focusing on ransomware. Recommending that organisations pay attention to alerts from the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…
Well worth a read. If all goes to plan the US DoD programme for embedding cyber security into its supply chain will start this year. If successful for the US DoD, CMMC will deliver a more or less turn key…
Having a sovereign cyber security capability is becoming a necessity and the norm for counties. Defining the level of cyber security a state needs to manage itself and what it is willing to outsource to the corporate sector, is a…
The legislative path for CMMC won’t become clear until requirements enter DFARS at some point in 2020 or maybe early 2021. Until then the programme continues through its planning to develop training materials, assessor guides and accreditation processes. Whether or…
According to US security services MSPs are being increasingly targeted by hackers. Who use MSP services to ‘springboard’ into the networks of their customer. With the increased use of MSP services it can be easier for a hacker to target…
Where do you start with this? There were many organisations and people defrauded by these teams and in some alleged cases of financial institutions losing £14Mn and a premier football team losing a combined £124Mn through BEC and VEC schemes.…
Christopher Wray, the head of the FBI targets China as being the biggest threat to US information and intellectual property. In a no holes barred speech and direct reference to the targeted use of cyber by China for the theft…
Banking went the same way, segregating investment and retail banking. So finally the accountancy firms will have to separate their audit and consultancy practices. Putting in place clear lines of separation between the two and separate P&Ls. Ensuring ‘auditors act…
A 3 minute read: For those of you who are watching the CMMC debate in the US and I guess it’s mostly my US colleagues. Then this article is worth a read, detailing some of the regulatory changes which have…
The CMMC is out of the starting blocks and moving forward and with all intents and purposes when it gets included in DFARS regulation, is going to have a significant impact on the Defence Industry Base (DIB) globally. The current…
