cybersecurity policy
Do You Know What Your Assets Are?
Asset awareness is the first step in understanding your complete security posture. If you don’t know what assets you own, how can you protect them? ...
Weak Cybersecurity is taking a toll on Small Businesses
Life among America’s nearly 32 million small businesses has never been easy. According to the Small Business Administration, about 20% of small business startups fail in their first year and half succumb ...
Cybersecurity Policy – time to think outside the box?
When we get into cybersecurity, one of the first things any organisation or company should do is write a cybersecurity policy, one that is owned by all. Easy words to put down ...
Why the Cybersecurity Industry Needs to Change Its Siloed Perception
As high-profile data theft incidents continue to rise and become more sophisticated, there is a greater-than-ever need for emerging businesses to take their cybersecurity seriously. So, why do many entrepreneurs and “startup ...
Key Considerations for Canada’s Forthcoming National Cyber Security Strategy
On December 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released mandate letters tasking his ministers of national defense, foreign affairs, public safety, and industry to develop a new “National Cyber Security Strategy.” He specifically ...
CISO Interview Series: What Are Some of the Key Components to Succeeding as a CISO in Today’s Business Environment?
The role of the modern CISO is more than understanding the technical side of the business. In fact, the role consists of even more than understanding the business side of the business. When ...
What Is a Security Operations Center (SOC)?
Data breaches are costing organizations millions of dollars on average. In its 2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report, IBM found that a data breach cost the average organization $3.86 million. This ...
Strong Things Have Deep Roots: Capitalizing On Half a Century Of Positive Action In The Cybersecurity Sector
Being a cybersecurity company in these turbulent times puts us at Tripwire, to some degree, on the front-line. Working with the largest organisations in government, finance and critical national infrastructure, we see ...
The Importance of Implementing an Information Security Policy That Everyone Understands
Information security (IS) and/or cybersecurity (cyber) are more than just technical terms. They’re the processes, practices and policy that involve people, services, hardware, and data. In particular, IS covers how people approach ...
Cybersecurity Must be an Integral Part of any Pandemic Response Plan from Now On
Sometimes the best way to inform ourselves about how cybersecurity is dealing with a new threat, technology, or situation is to just ask. COVID-19, and the resulting lockdowns, quarantines and economic changes ...
