It's a bit dated, but a member of our team recently brought up a few statistics from the FBI IC3 2016 Internet Crimes Report (that can be found here: https://pdf.ic3.gov/2016_IC3Report.pdf). He...
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Rethinking what it means to win in security
by Chris Bedel | Jul 10, 2017
Are you winning in cybersecurity? Michael Santarcangelo at CSO Online challenges us to rethink what "winning" actually means. In the article, Michael argues: Security is not a sprint It's not a...
Video Blog: Our Mission at Bedel Security
by Chris Bedel | Jun 28, 2017
I'm excited about starting to sprinkle in some video blogs here and there along with our normal content. My goal with a video blog is to provide easily consumable snippets (less than 3 minutes) that...
What you need to know about Petya / Not Petya Malware
by Chris Bedel | Jun 28, 2017
You've probably heard about the the latest outbreak of the 'Petya' ransomware. Like WannaCry, this is a worm-enabled ransomware, so it can spread across your network to infect other machines. It...
6 Questions to Answer Before Hiring a CISO
by Chris Bedel | Jun 26, 2017
"We aren't even quite sure what the position should be doing for us..." is a quote from a bank executive that I recently had a conversation with. He was describing some of the frustrations he had...
Case Study: A Virtual ISO in a Community Bank ($325 Million)
by Chris Bedel | Jun 19, 2017
This blog post is part 1 of a three-part series. It is an excerpt from our whitepaper on the Virtual Chief Information Security Officer concept. We hope you find it helpful in visualizing...
Share the Common Sense Security Framework with your Business Customers
by Chris Bedel | Jun 19, 2017
A 2012 Small Business Administration survey in the United States found that 99.7% of U.S. employer firms were small businesses. The sheer number of controls contained within existing information...
Analysis: FFIEC's Update to Cyber Assessment Tool Makes "Baseline" Maturity Easier
by Chris Bedel | Jun 12, 2017
A just released update to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's Cybersecurity Assessment Tool will help make meeting regulators' demands for "baseline" cybersecurity more...
The Biggest Mistake Your New CISO Can Make
by Chris Bedel | Jun 12, 2017
The CISO position has been around for some time now. Despite that, the role in many organizations is still maturing. Some companies still don't have a CISO, and for those that do, there are some...
CAT 1.1: What are the Changes?
by Chris Bedel | Jun 5, 2017
On Wednesday, May 31st, the FFIEC sent out a press release announcing updates to its Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT), which has not been updated since its initial release on June 30th, 2015. On...