The SEC appears to have taken a dim view of VMware breaking financial reporting rules and moving revenues between quarters. By what appears to be controlling the timing of its revenue recognition by placing discretionary holds on selected sales orders.…
A great report by the GAO on the state of the cyber insurance market, required under the 2021 NDAA. Driven by the fact that Federal Government provides some cyber support through the Treasury administers the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP).…
OT not affected, corporate network hacked and staff walking the line to check it had not been damaged. With $1.5B spent on maintaining line integrity and $200M spent on IT, that would equate to about $20m on cyber, $4.4M on…
A very interesting subcommittee meeting held on the 18th of May 2021 by the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on cyber. Reviewing cybersecurity implementation, oversight and assurance across the DoD DIB. Raising topical questions on cyber, the development of CMMC and…
Thank you Ted Dziekanowski for sharing the enclosed. With the recent EO signed by the US president, the report by the WEF and now the realisation of the impact of cyber on balance sheet security. One can only expect corporate…
There is a clear correlation between executive and leadership oversight and assurance of cyber, salary and cyber resourcing? With the recent HSE and Colonial attacks being a clear demonstration. Dr Berry said ‘this was a criminal attack from a small…
The signing this week of the President’s Executive Order (EO) on ‘Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity’ sets out 30 – 120 day reviews for recommendations on improving US Federal cyber security. In addition to the EO signed in February 2021 on…
Thank you Mark Azzopardi, it was a pleasure presenting cyber regulation and CMMC at CyberCon yesterday. It’s an evolving field and one which requires an open forum to debate and discuss. Thank you the The Security Institute for providing that…
A challenge all industry sectors are facing. Is it about time that there was constant agreed standards adopted by all countries to baseline cyber security compliance and help manage defensive cyber? If not we are in danger of creating difference…
Could FISMA be getting a makeover, following recent cyber attacks across the US? FISMA is an Act which you hear little about. But is having a profound impact on cybersecurity and cyber risk management through the Federal Risk Management Framework…
