Mitigate Third Party Breaches with Vendor Risk Management

Mitigate Third Party Breaches with Vendor Risk Management As we enter into the end of the first quarter of 2020, breaches as a result of third parties are expected to be a primary contributor. Reflecting upon 2019, some of the worst breaches experienced were the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the FBI, Facebook, and Focus Brands1 to name a few. A recent analysis by Risk Based Security, uncovered an increase in incidents involving companies handling sensitive data for business partners and other clients. The total number of such third-party breaches hit 368 in 2019, up from 328 in 2018 and 273 in 2017 — a 35% increase in two years2. …

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Phish Your User In Under a Minute

Phish Your User In Under a Minute There’s a right way and a wrong way to train employees in cyber security awareness. The wrong way approaches training as a once-a-year or semi-annual exercise in which employees are gathered in the break room with snacks and subjected to a long, or sometimes too-brief, PowerPoint presentation. This method treats employees as a passive audience and inadequately engages them. Done wrong, security training feels more like punishment than an opportunity to teach and inspire employees to be active contributors to their organization’s safety and well-being. Download: HOW TO FORTIFY YOUR ORGANIZATION’S LAST LAYER OF SECURITY – YOUR EMPLOYEES

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How to Fortify Your Organization’s Last Layer of Security – Your Employees

How to Fortify Your Organizations Last Layer of Security – Your Employees “…people play an undeniable role in an organization’s overall security and risk posture.” – Gartner Cyber security threats continue to proliferate and become more costly to businesses that suffer a data breach. One reason for that is that hackers have realized it’s easier to find someone who may be willing in a moment of weakness to open an attachment containing malicious content than to exploit technical vulnerabilities within  computer software, according to Symantec. When it comes to combatting these growing risks, most organizations continue to place more trust in technology-based solutions than on training their employees to be …

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Mitigating Cloud Vulnerabilities – National Security Agency

National Security Agency – Mitigating Cloud Vulnerabilities National Security Agency guidance on how to reduce overall exposure to the risk cloud presents and how to enhance your security posture. While careful cloud adoption can enhance an organization’s security posture, cloud services can introduce risks that organizations should understand and address both during the procurement process and while operating in the cloud. Fully evaluating security implications when shifting resources to the cloud will help ensure continued resource availability and reduce risk of sensitive information exposures. To implement effective mitigations, organizations should consider cyber risks to cloud resources, just as they would in an on-premises environment. This document divides cloud vulnerabilities into …

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Aligning to the NIST CSF in the AWS Cloud

Aligning to the NIST CSF in the AWS Cloud Abstract: Governments, industry sectors, and organizations around the world are increasingly recognizing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) as a recommended cybersecurity baseline to help improve the cybersecurity risk management and resilience of their systems. This paper evaluates the NIST CSF and the many AWS Cloud offerings public and commercial sector customers can use to align to the NIST CSF to improve your cybersecurity posture. It also provides a third-party validated attestation confirming AWS services’ alignment with the NIST CSF risk management practices, allowing you to properly protect your data across AWS. [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.xbandenterprises.com/uploads/2020/02/NIST_Cybersecurity_Framework_CSF.pdf” title=”NIST Cybersecurity Framework CSF”] DOWNLOAD

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