The Ultimate Guide to Security Essentials for Organizations
Security essentials for organizations aren’t just about stopping cyberattacks – they are about making sure that organizations withstand evolving threats, prevent regulatory fines with security diligence, and maintain customer and stakeholder trust with strong security fundamentals rooted across the organization’s culture. But here’s the catch – most of the security breaches, don’t happen because of…
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Jan 31, 2025
Integrating Cmmc With Existing Cybersecurity Frameworks: A Practical Guide for 2025
The CMMC model was not created in a vacuum, it’s an answer to a very costly problem. For years, cyberattacks have quietly siphoned billions from the U.S. economy, targeting defense contractors and exploiting weaknesses across supply chains. According to a report by CSIS, in 2019 alone, cybercrime cost the U.S. approximately $600 billion. By 2026,…
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Jan 31, 2025
When Cyber Threats Outrun the Playbook: The Limits of NIST CSF
A compliance framework isn’t a shield. It’s more like a recipe. Follow it closely, and you’ll get something that looks pretty good on paper. But just because you’ve got the ingredients for a strong security posture doesn’t mean the kitchen isn’t on fire. NIST CSF lays out the essentials—it tells you how to organize your…
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Jan 31, 2025
Compliance Best Practices: How to Stay Ahead of Regulatory Challenges
Running compliance projects is pretty much like a circus. You are juggling multiple things at once—all goes fine until an important bit fails, and chaos unfolds. Before you know it, your team is putting out fires, trying to put broken systems back together, and not knowing how to keep things in motion. While there is…
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Jan 31, 2025
A Cautionary Tale: Lessons from the Star Health Insurance Data Breach
In August 2024, a cyberattack on Star Health Insurance made headlines by becoming the victim of a staggering data breach. Over 31 million customers—roughly the population of Malaysia—saw their personal data exposed. Names, addresses, tax records, medical histories—information meant to remain private was suddenly at the mercy of threat actors. This incident isn’t an anomaly….
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Jan 31, 2025
Tabletop CISOs: Benefits, Sample Exercises, & Free Templates
A survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute highlighted skill shortages as a key factor contributing to a data breach’s cost. All research and data on cybersecurity point to a common finding: the number of attacks is going up each year and shows no signs of slowing down. These facts underscore the importance of skilled CISOs…
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Jan 31, 2025