By: Larry Kinkaid, senior consultant, CISO Advisory At every organization, different employees have different responsibilities. In order to be successful and do their job correctly, each employee needs to know…
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By: Angela Redmond and Hannah Kenney How can you tell if your cybersecurity program is effective? While audits give you a deep dive over your program at a point in…
“Don’t worry about the documentation for now.” “We only have one person that knows how to fix this code.” “We don’t have time to finish testing until after release, so…
Data breaches can have disastrous consequences, particularly for startups or small to medium-sized businesses. According to Cybercrime Magazine, 60 percent of small companies go out of business within six months…
Vulnerability scans and penetration tests—they sound similar, right? Some use them interchangeably, but the truth is these terms are quite different when it comes to how they are carried out,…
Strong policies and procedures are the benchmark of any organization’s information security program. An information security policy defines the organization’s security standards and provides practical guidance to the company’s employees…
In a recent survey by Cisco, 84% of respondents indicated they care about data privacy—their own data, the data of others, and the desire for more control over how that…
Spring is finally here! As the days begin to warm up and flowers start to bloom, plenty of people are preparing for an annual deep clean of their space. While…
Brad Thies, founder and president of BARR Advisory, was recently interviewed by CyberNews about the importance of cybersecurity and compliance to help businesses navigate the threat landscape. Brad Thies, BARR…
A study conducted by Pew Research Center found nearly eight in 10 adults in the U.S. were at least somewhat concerned with how companies use data collected about them. In…
