Karen Walsh

Security – TechSpective

Security practitioners across the US spent most of Thursday, May 13, reading over, hashing, rehashing, and then re-rehashing the “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity” (the Executive Order). Between the mandate for agencies to adopt zero trust, short timelines, and the “Software Bill of Materials,” the Executive Order seems ... Read More

With Election Day over, Americans await the final vote counts. As this contentious race coming to a close, securing digital data is now more critical to the democratic process than ever before. With nation-state actors seeking to undermine Americans’ trust in their time-honored process, ransomware attacks on local governments and ... Read More

Introduction Whether it’s the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the New York Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (NY SHIELD), nearly every regulation or industry standard... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Introduction As cybersecurity conferences worldwide cancel events, the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the industry comes close to home. At least two people who attended the annual RSA... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Introduction: What is the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)? Also called the Financial Modernization Act of 1999, GLBA governs the way in which financial institutions must prevent the disclosure of... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Introduction Moving into the second month of 2020, data privacy and security is still headline news. At the end of January, the United Nations called for additional investigations into the Jeff Bezos... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More

Introduction While data privacy and security regulations abound, few bring the same number of frustrated groans from IT departments as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act... Go on to the site to read the full article ... Read More