Who has time to read the the countless product fliers, brochures, or watches vendor webinars. But I do make time to read the Cherub cyber-blogs. They are following (and most of the time are ahead of) the industry trends in cybersecurity and data protection while boiling it all down to easy reading.
50 Shades of Gray in Cybersecurity
Nearly 90% of data breaches happen because of poor cybersecurity posture. Unfortunately, a strong cybersecurity posture is not necessarily a function of dollars invested or the number of tools deployed. Organizations struggle to understand and improve their security...
What the Top 3 Critical Steps for General Counsels’ Role in Maintaining Cybersecurity
While crises of one form or another have always plagued companies, the intensity and regularity of cybersecurity attacks have surged, with 86 percent of the executives surveyed for one study reporting that they’ve encountered a cyber incident or data theft, loss, or...
Top 10 Questions to Ask When Selecting an Incident Response Service Provider
Fireeye-Mandiant® Incident Response Consulting helps organizations of all sizes and across all industries prepare for, respond to, and recover from even the most complex and large-scale security incidents. On average, targeted threats remained undetected in...
Executive Perspectives: What General Counsel Need to Do to Prepare for a Cyber Breach
General Counsel (GC) address myriad legal and business challenges, but none may be as harrowing as dealing with a cyber attack. Even before dealing with an incident, there is the stress of simply not knowing when a successful attack may occur – especially since there...
Two Simple Ways to Maximize Privilege and Work Product Protections in Data Breach Investigations
Data breach incident investigation materials are not automatically protected from discovery in civil litigation or government investigations. Whether such materials are protected from discovery can have serious cost and public relations implications for a company that...
Yet Another U.S. School District Has Been Ravaged By Malware
Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency after several school districts were hit with ransomware attacks. The attacks keep on coming. The latest victim: Northshore School District. Visit the NSD website and you'll be greeted by a warning about a...
The State of Email Security Report Mid-2019
With email being the largest single attack vector on the planet, Mimecast understands the risks your organization faces when trying to defend against the daily scourge of threats; inbound, outbound and even internal too. We get this because we’ve been there. We use...
Why Smaller Businesses Face Bigger Risks – SMB Security Best Practices
Data breaches that compromise hundreds of thousands — or millions — of records tend to grab the most headlines, but small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are far from immune to cyberattacks. SMB security is full of holes, and these vulnerabilities are often the...
Why SMBs Must Have Enterprise-Grade Security
Just because SMBs are smaller then enterprise accounts doesn’t mean they should act small when it comes to cybersecurity. The percentage of SMB market that have experienced a cyber-attack is up from 55% in 2017 to 61% in 2018, meaning these companies are being...