One has to say that the message isn’t wrong and has been proven by the U.S. The U.S has shown through several GAO audits that the Defense Industry Base, both domestic and international, have in general not complied with DFARS…
U.S Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has bought Darktrace for $5.32billion, offering a 44% premium on Darktrace’s three month average. One suspects, given the reported challenges at Darktrace of culture and market focus, the PE house sees opportunities to develop…
Ransomware attacks are 18% higher year on year in 2023, and payments (that industry know of) exceeded $1billion. The frequency, severity and complexity of cyber attacks in 2024 show no sign of abating. What is the solution to resolving the…
It’s of no surprise that NIST won an award for their efforts in developing CSF 2.0. NIST released it CSF 2.0 update in February 2024, a much need update to the CSF that included governance, regulatory compliance, risk management and…
One suspects that cases being bought under False Claims Act against DoD contracts and DFARs compliance are being held back by resource constraints. But cases are being unsealed and as one who has paid close attention to the DoDs cybersecurity…
On the 17th of April G7 conducted a cross border coordination exercise to evaluate the communications and response in the event of a cyber incident effecting the financial system. The primary objective of the exercise was to strengthen the ability…
The cyber insurance and reinsurance market is complex. A vast majority of companies that are affected by cyber threats are still working out how best to manage cyber risk. While the percentage of companies that use cyber insurance is difficult…
One has to agree that developing countries provide the ideal proving ground for cyber attack dry runs, ahead of deploying threats to more valuable targets in richer countries. It just makes good business sense. Less developed countries make the ideal…
The lights don’t go out during a cyber attack, do they? It’s a highly sophisticated cyber attack. @Thaddeus Dziekanowski View Original Post
South Korean defense contractors and their suppliers have been targeted by North Korean hackers over the past 18 months with increased complexity. Local media reports 83 defense companies and their contractors had confidential information stolen between October 2022 and July…
