Like any crime, cyber risk will have neither a defined solution nor a concrete endpoint. There is no simple solution nor any fixed game plan. What senior management needs to do is develop corporate skills and capabilities just as it does for marketing or other functions.
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Brian N. Cyprian has been a Special Agent since 2005 and supervisor for the Charlotte Cyber Task Force since March 2016. Cyprian develops strategy to defeat cyber adversaries and to protect U.S. critical infrastructure. He is responsible for informing critical stakeholders and citizens of vulnerabilities and schemes targeting the United States, specifically those who are located North Carolina. Both criminal and national security computer intrusions are investigated by the Charlotte Cyber Task Force and emphasis is placed on proactively developing relationships prior to cyber incidents. Prior to reporting to Charlotte, Cyprian was assigned to FBI Headquarters, Cyber Division, where he managed national security computer intrusion investigations. Cyprian has a B.S. in Computer Information Systems and a MBA from Texas A&M University –Commerce. He has several computer certifications, to include the CISSP and GIAC’s Certified Intrusion Analyst.
ZorroSign CEO Endorses Data Privacy Bill Introduced in the U.S. House
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Shamsh Hadi, CEO of ZorroSign, Inc., a global leader in blockchain-based digital signatures, endorsed legislation introduced last month in the U.S. House of Representatives that would create a national data privacy standard.
“The United States urgently needs to pass a strong national data privacy law that will give confidence to all U.S. consumers that their data is safe and secure.” PHOENIX (PRWEB) April 06, 2021 Shamsh Hadi, CEO of ZorroSign, Inc., a global leader in blockchain-based digital signatures, today endorsed legislation introduced last month in the U.S. House of Representatives that would create a national data privacy standard.
April 2, 2021 last updated 16:22 ET A map of the United States shows cyberattacks in real time at the headquarters of BitDefender, a leading Romanian cybersecurity company, in Bucharest, Romania, March 5, 2015 (AP Photo by Octav Ganea and Mediafax).
A Breakthrough for U.N. Governance of Cyberspace
Over the weekend, something extraordinary happened. A working group within the United Nations, comprising all 193 of its member states, adopted a consensus report on norms for responsible state behavior in cyberspace. The report itself represents fairly limited progress, in terms of its contents, although there are some shiny objects for the cyber nerds like me who have been following this process closely. What is most significant is that there is consensus among all U.N. member states in a field that has been wrought with division and contention, especially for the past five years.
As cyber-attacks increase in complexity, frequency, and velocity, in our experience, many enterprise organizations are reliant on outdated IT governance. The organizational paradigm is limited by slow-moving bureaucracy and scarce resources. This situation is often the result of a limited understanding of the risks on the part of decision-makers, like board executives who rely on outdated corporate governance frameworks that were developed in response to accounting scandals - e.g., WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, etc. - not cyber risks.
Enterprise executives continue to propagate a compliance check-box mindset that values minimal security control investment to meet audit standards. The focus on audit/compliance misses the costs that may extend beyond regulatory penalties into financial losses that are not always small enough to recover from without significant repercussions.