Planning for the seemingly unlikely event of a severe cybersecurity incident seems unwieldy and time-consuming for many organizations. But consider this: According to the Ponemon Institute, 90% of ...

Quick, find a copy of your agency’s cybersecurity incident response plan. Pull that binder off the shelf or call up an electronic copy. OK, now that you have it, let me ask you a few questions. How ...

When a cyber incident occurs, quickly discovering it — and shutting it down — is crucial. Having an incident response plan in place can help position state and local governments to swiftly react and ...

Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist at ThycoticCentrify, offers a 7-step practical IR checklist for ensuring a swift recovery from a cyberattack. In a startling discovery, a recent report found ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. 2020 was a recording-breaking year for ...

Many security teams are operating with incident response plans that haven’t been updated — or even looked at — in months or years. That’s a big mistake. While revising documentation is nobody’s idea ...

The inevitable finally happened at Howard University on Sept. 3, 2021. Just two weeks into the fall semester, the Washington, D.C., institution was forced to suspend classes in the wake of a ...

Whether a business uses technology to manage operations, builds tech tools for other businesses or consumers, or both, it faces the risk of a cybersecurity breach on a daily basis. A successful hack ...

Like all CIOs, Darryl Lemecha worries about viruses and hackers, data center problems and technology meltdowns. But what separates his worried mind from many others is a detailed incident response ...

Invest and practice: Grant Oviatt, director of incident-response engagements at Red Canary, lays out the key building blocks for effective IR. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pressing need ...