U.S Federal, State, Local and Tribal agencies face a difficult challenge with cybersecurity management, oversight and assurance. We created the Augusta Plan to address some of these issues, those with respect the CMMC and the impact it will have on…
Thank you Matthew Bull of the International Security Journal (ISJ) for considering my comments, following yesterdays announcement by the U.S, UK and Australia to manufacture Nuclear Submarines for the Australian Government. The pact outlines increased cooperation over cybersecurity between the…
In an update to yesterdays announcement that the US, UK and Australia have agreed to collaborate in what could be seen as a move to counter the influence of China in the APAC region. There is agreement to work together…
Following the cyber-attack on Equifax back in 2017 Moody’s downgraded part of their credit rating twice, concerned that cashflow will become an issue as the company deals with the attack. That reportedly cost Equifax over $1.5Billion to resolve, including fines…
The SEC is upping the anti on cybersecurity disclosures. Announcing settlements against eight investment advisory firms and broker-dealers, related to alleged failures in their cybersecurity procedures. The recent request from the SEC to those companies impact by SolarWinds to identify…
At a recent event Ellen Lord, the former undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and Christine Michienzi, CTO for the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy discussed the vulnerability of the supply chains. With…
ESG regulation is immanent and who is going to lead corporate oversight and assurance. Compliance, risk or legal? I will add to this paper that Cyber Risk Governance is on the Securities and Exchange Commission 2021 regulatory agenda and will…
This is important. US Regulation is in place today to allow for the enforcement of cybersecurity across Federal government. With it likely that more will be developed and enforced to protect National Infrastructure. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced…
Regulatory reporting and oversight is a focus across many jurisdictions, as we start to come out of the Pandemic. The Bank of England following its commissioning of a number of reports from skilled persons¢â‚¬Â to assess systems and controls on…
A very important read. The SEC have launched an investigation into the SolarWinds hack, reaching out to 100’s of companies asking them to disclose records of ‘any other’ data breach or ransomware attack dating back to 2019, if they downloaded…
