NY DFS Enforcing Cybersecurity Requirements
If you are a New York Financial Services organization and have not complied with the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) Cybersecurity Regulations (23 NYCRR 500) you probably received a notice over the weekend. The notices were sent from Maria Vullo from the DFS with the subject: Failure to File Certification of Compliance. The below is an image of the actual email:
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NYT: No Business Too Small to Be Hacked
The New York Times has a very good article titled: No Business Too Small to Be Hacked. We have been saying for the past few years that businesses of all sizes are vulnerable to cyber-crime. The more examples of real-life, documented cyber-crime the more awareness will be raised. Awareness of risks is critical because many small businesses incorrectly believe they are too small to be a victim of cyber-crime.
SEC Investment Management Division Issues Cybersecurity Guidance
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Investment Management has issued cybersecurity guidance (PDF) to registered investment companies (“Funds”) and registered investment advisers (“Advisers”). The SEC has identify cybersecurity as an issue for both Funds and Advisers.
Managed Security Services Market to Reach $32.9 Billion in 2020
Market intelligence from ABI Research estimates the current global market for managed security services will be around $15.4 billion by the 2015. They state that there is a big push by businesses to use managed security service providers (MSSP) to help with outsourced security. ABI Research estimates the market for MSSPs will be around $33 billion by 2020.
Hackers impersonating IT staff on the rise
Research by security company FireEye reveals that hackers are becoming much smarter in their methods to gain access to networks that they are trying to break into. According to ZDNet
Fresh FireEye research suggests that today’s cyberattackers are becoming smarter about the systems they seek to break, and are commonly using impersonation and social engineering to tap into the most common weakness in the security chain — employees.
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iScan Online: Secure the dark matter of your network
Read how Breach Secure Now’s technology partner iScan Online is helping organizations find unprotected data. If you don’t know where your data is, how can you protect it? Scanning for unprotected data along with a thorough Security Risk Assessment will help lower the chance of having a data breach.
Breach Secure Now! Offers MSPs New Platform to Keep Client Data Safe
Breach Secure Now’s IT channel offering provides rigorous security services + $100K of cyber-Insurance to protect their SMB clients
Morristown, NJ (PRWEB) January 20, 2015
Breach Secure Now!, a new division launched by HIPAA Secure Now! enables MSPs (managed service providers) to offer high-powered protection for sensitive data to their small and mid-sized business (SMB) clients.
SMBs should put information and people at the heart of security strategy
Computer Weekly has an insightful article on how small to midsize businesses should develop security strategies to protect valuable information while enlisting the help of employees.
Invest time and effort into making every member of staff a security champion. It is false economy to not utilise every means at your disposal to protect organisational assets, and the staff are actually the biggest threat when it comes to information assets.