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By Larry Clinton At last week’s RSA Conference, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) in partnership with the ISA published Cyber Risk Oversight 2020: Key Principles and Practical Guidance for Corporate Boards. This is the third in a series of cyber-risk handbooks ISA and NACD have partnered on since 2014, and like the previous […]

WHAT I HEARD AT THE G-20 CYBERSECURITY DIALOGUE THIS WEEK This week I was honored to be one of the 17 outside experts (3 Americans including myself) asked to address the official G-20 Cybersecurity Dialogue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This meeting was designed to assist the G-20 Digital Economic agenda for this fall’s full G-20 […]

By Larry Clinton I’m honored to be one of about 15 outside speakers who have been asked to address the G20 Cybersecurity Dialogue — part of the G20 Digital Economy Task Force — at their invitation–only meeting in Riyadh. I’m delighted that the world’s largest economies are launching an effort to look at our cybersecurity problems […]

Cyberspace Solarium Commission Co-Chair Sen. Angus King (I-ME) has “leaked” to us that the Commission is virtually unanimous in the desire to see government process for cybersecurity overhauled. As we discussed in this space yesterday, that is a great, if not exactly novel, idea. But as the old saying goes, every great idea eventually devolves […]

In 2016 the ISA published a 12-step program for Congress and the new Administration to address the growing cybersecurity threat. Number 4 on the list (after act with greater urgency, spend more money, and understand cybersecurity is not just about IT) was that “Government needed to get organized to reflect the digital age.” Yesterday the […]

by Larry Clinton Yes, they are.  While corporate boards of directors worldwide are developing programs to increase own their understanding of the cyber threat and taking action to address it, the government equivalent of corporate boards – legislators, agency heads, and the like – seem content to tell others what to do while not seriously […]

by Larry Clinton In a field seemingly overpopulated with remarkably similar programs on cybersecurity, the Organization of American States, of all places, will host a unique program at their Washington, D.C. headquarters on November 8. OAS, along with the Cyber Security Council of Germany and the Internet Security Alliance, will discuss the findings of a […]

by Larry Clinton I expect virtually everyone who might be reading this blog knows that October is Cybersecurity Awareness month. But I doubt the total number of people in the Unites States who know October is “our” month rises above five figures. Of course, awareness that we have a cyber security problem is virtually unanimous. […]

by Larry Clinton I have opined in the past, somewhat tongue in cheek, that Cyber Security Awareness Month may be a bit outdated—is there really anyone unaware that we have a cyber security problem in 2019? Perhaps Cybersecurity understanding month is a bit timelier and more needed. However, in the spirit of the cyber season […]

by Larry Clinton On Friday I was honored to provide the closing keynote speech at the Organization of American States’ (OAS) Cybersecurity Symposium in Santiago, Chile. The purpose of the event was to unveil and release the first Cyber-Risk Oversight Handbook for Corporate Boards targeted for the entire Latin American region. The Handbook is part […]