SolarWinds Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Following Orion Breach

SolarWinds and some of its executives have been accused of lying to shareholders about its security. In a class-action lawsuit filed by shareholders Solarwinds, outgoing CEO Keven ...

January 7, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads Up] Was SolarWinds Really A Daisy Supply Chain Attack?

The NYT just reported the next revelation regarding the SolarWinds hack. The Russian FSB may have piggybacked on a tool developed by JetBrains, which is based in the Czech Republic.

October 17, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Security Awareness Training Compliance and .GOV

A customer sent me the following observation which is something I have been trying to get across for the last 10 years: "I found this interesting – and potentially disconcerting. This ...

July 8, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

How To Get And Stay Compliant With The New California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

California's new AB 375 privacy law is not as bad as GDPR, but the details are still in flux. CCPA does not have some of GDPR's most scary requirements like the very short 72-hour window ...

February 6, 2020 Jelle Wieringa

Six Security Questions You Should Keep in Mind for Third Parties

Organizations are beginning to understand the consequences of a data breach or a phishing attack and the negative impact they can really have. But what are the security risks for third ...

January 22, 2020 Joanna Huisman

Confront Apprehensive Compliance Before Disaster Strikes

This blog is co-written by Aimee Laycock and Joanna Huisman When it comes to fostering a more secure environment it’s not a question of wanting to…it’s more like YOU HAVE TO. ...

January 8, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

December Content Update: Includes New Versions of Email Exposure Check Pro and Phishing Security Test Tools

Here are a few important updates to share with you from the month of December.

December 27, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[LEGAL ALERT] What You May Have Overlooked in the Run Up to CCPA Compliance

LAW.COM had a very good reminder that you really need to keep in mind. Here is an extract: "With just days to go before the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance date, some ...

September 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

99 Percent Of All Misconfigurations In The Public Cloud Go Unreported

Charlie Osborne at ZDNet wrote: "Today's data breaches often seem to be caused not just by malware infections or external threat actors, but human error, insiders with an ax to grind, and ...

August 29, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Financial Phishing Campaigns on the Rise

More than 1900 new potential bank phishing sites were registered in the first half of 2019, according to researchers at NormShield. Based on the increase in new suspicious domains ...

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