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FFIEC Updates Cybersecurity Expectations for Boards

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's updated guidance for bank examiners, released this week, stresses that executives and boards of directors must approve IT plans that contain strategies for addressing emerging and ongoing...

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After Paris Attacks, Beware Rush to Weaken Crypto

The Paris attacks have provoked security questions about whether European countries can - and should - be sharing better actionable intelligence on...

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Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, and Why It's Important

I recently had the opportunity to give a high-level presentation to a group of bank compliance professionals on the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool.

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Spartan Super

I ran the Chicago Spartan Super in September. Wow. I had ran several Spartan Sprints before, but this was 8+ miles with over 25 obstacles

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Healthcare Practitioners: First, do no harm...

First, do no harm: protect your patients' information.

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HIPAA Lessons Learned from an OCR Investigator

[feather_share] I recently had the opportunity to attend a presentation by an OCR Investigator from the Chicago region. It was very interesting to...

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Privacy and Security Training Games

I had a contact of mine turn me on to HealthIT.gov. There is some good content there.

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4 Tips for Your Small Office Network

[feather_share] I recently had a small business owner approach me on some things that they could do to improve the security of their office network....

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I ran the Ohio Spartan Beast

What were we doing out there? The thought hit me upside the head about 8 miles and 20 obstacles into the 13+ mile, 32 obstacle course: "We are...

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