Jun 17, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Information Security, ISO27001
By: Justin Fimlaid What does it mean when ISO 27001 references an ISMS? An ISMS stand for Information Security Management System. This essentially means that it is a programmatic structure that allows you to build a security framework and controls specific to and...
Jun 3, 2019 | Compliance, Cybersecurity, HIPAA, Information Security, ISO27001, NIST 800-53, Payment Card Industry
By: Justin Fimlaid The Ohio Data Protection Act was passed in August of 2018 and went into effect as of November 2018. What’s unique about this data protection law is that it’s unlike recently passed privacy legislation recently seen in California and...
Apr 15, 2019 | Compliance, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Scanning
By: Justin Fimlaid If you haven’t heard of it there is a new banking directive in the U.K. called the Open Banking Directive. This directive went into effect on January 13, 2018. It’s significant for U.S. based banks, because this Directive could apply...
Apr 8, 2019 | Audit, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Information Security
By: Justin Fimlaid First things first, if you are interested in elections security have not heard of Estonia’s electronic voting system I’d encourage you do some research starting with this blog post. There is a lot to Estonia’s e-Government initiative,...
Apr 4, 2019 | Information Security, Professional Services, Splunk
By: Justin Fimlaid Technology is making it easier to build your own SOC Many organizations are considering building their own security operation center. This desire to do-it-yourself style security operations center marks a change in the industry. There is a variety...
Mar 25, 2019 | Compliance, Information Security
By: Justin Fimlaid For a long time our industry has been saying that addressing people, process, and technology will solve some of the hardest problems in cybersecurity. The term people, process, and technology fundamentally suggests the destination and solution is...
Mar 5, 2019 | Compliance, Incident Response, Information Security, Risk Management
By: Justin Fimlaid Many companies struggle to make the decision on when to hire Information Security or Cybersecurity staff. This is a collection and benchmark from 250 different companies from different industry verticals on how they choose to staff security teams...
Feb 20, 2019 | Information Security, Professional Services, Splunk
By: Justin Fimlaid I’ve said it a lot over the last couple years, the legacy black-box Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) model is dying a slow death. I wish I had a nickel for each time I heard someone say they are dissatisfied with their black-box...
Feb 15, 2019 | Information Security, Risk Management, Vendor Assessments
How Vendor (3rd Party) Security Assessments can help you build a better security program By: Justin Fimlaid Are you thinking about Vendor (3rd Party) Security Assessments? Aspirations to build onto your Vendor Security Assessment program? Why wouldn’t you...
Feb 14, 2019 | Information Security, Professional Services, Risk Management
By: Justin Fimlaid A lot of folks ask me about security metrics. “Help me with security metrics!” “I need security metrics!” My response, “Well, what are you trying to track?” “What are you trying to achieve with the...
