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The insider threat has become one of the biggest threats in the realm of cybersecurity. Despite the amount of risk posed by insiders, corporate executives often lack the awareness of the threat to adequately address it. That is why the Internet Security Alliance’s upcoming course on cybersecurity at the ABA Stonier Graduate Program at the […]

by Larry Clinton In 2016 the European Union enacted arguably the most stringent privacy law in the western world. Following a two-year transition, the law went into full effect last May. Although advocates had suggested the stringent penalties in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) would deter individual privacy invasions and reduce market domination from […]

by Larry Clinton This week the board of directors of the European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa) agreed to work with the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) on a European adaptation of the Cyber-Risk Oversight Handbook originally published by the National Association of Corporate Directors in the U.S. This agreement indicates further progress that corporate boards […]

by Dan Lips The National Governors Association is meeting in Louisiana this week for its biannual cybersecurity summit. An important topic of consideration is how Washington can help state governments by harmonizing regulations. Doing so would let states focus their attention on confronting worsening cybersecurity threats, rather than answering federal auditors. “On any given day, […]

by Larry Clinton   Kudos to Representatives Kathleen Rice (D) and John Katko (R) for their bipartisan legislation requiring Members of Congress to receive training in cybersecurity. Give congressional representatives an IT tool and they can secure the nation for a day — maybe. Teach Congress how to truly understand and manage cyber risk and we […]

by Larry Clinton While much of the attention on President Trump’s upcoming visit to Japan will focus on North Korean nuclear issues, a critical, if under-reported, element of the visit will be to bolster U.S.-Japanese cyber defenses. In a speech to the Hudson Institute last week, U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty acknowledged the importance […]

Internet-enabled crime was responsible for $2.7 billion in losses in 2018, according to the FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report. The data confirms industry concerns about growing cybersecurity threats. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported an increase in the number of complaints from 301,580 in 2017 to 351,000 in 2018, or more than 900 […]

Supply chain has become the hot topic in cybersecurity inside the Beltway in recent months – and for good reason. The British Standards Institution just this week released a new report on the supply chain identifying cybersecurity as one of the greatest security threats within the supply chain. The federal government has also taken notice to […]

“Garbage in, garbage out.” For years, cyber risk assessments have often revolved around checklists of standards and practices that IT professionals can use to check off what they’ve done, but that model is insufficient, producing results that are hindering cybersecurity. ISA President Larry Clinton, at the Command and Control conference on Friday, September 21, called […]