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    The CISO's Myopia
    Fifteen years ago, I wrote an article entitled "The CSO’s Myopia." At the time, I aimed to highlight a critical limitation in information security management. I demonstrated how many information security professionals struggled to manage all the aspects needed to create effective policies and ...
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    Using PETaaS to Lower Your Cyber Insurance Costs
    information security  |  cybersecurity  |  pentesting  |  cost  |  PETaaS  |  Cyber Insurance  |  Insurance
    Modern networks have more than their fair share of risks, with the most damaging often being data ...
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    Navigating Evolving Regulations: Staying Ahead of Change
    In today's rapidly expanding business world, the only constant seems to be change itself. One of ...
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    What happened to CVE-2022-23529? And what can we learn from it?
    If you saw the disclosure notice for the flaw CVE-2022-23529, it would have been presented as a ...
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    What are the key requirements of the GLBA Safeguards Rule?
    The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) contains the Safeguards Rule. This requires financial businesses ...
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    Application Security 202: Vulnerabilities Accepted
    vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or ...
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    Wild West Hackin Fest 2022: The Return
    Man, San Diego is beautiful. I don't know exactly why John Strand and Black Hills Information ...
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    Digging Between the Couch Cushions - CouchDB CVE-2021-38295 Breakdown
    Introduction In this blog post we’re going to take a look at the recent CouchDB vulnerability, ...
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