Discussion on Cyber Security and Cyber Law Identity Governance Matters for #AuditTuesday Show

It was great to be a guest on the YouAttest #AuditTuesday show to talk about Cybersecurity and Cyber Law Identity Governance Matters. If you enjoyed this video, please join the discussion here on LinkedIn! https://youtu.be/wwEphvc7mN4?si=fa5yRK1dKUQAqIpO

Texas Bar Journal 2023 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Year in Review

I am happy that I was able to provide the Texas Bar Journal’s 2023: The Year In Review - Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update which addressed the following issues: how the Texas "hacking laws" and issue of "consent" impact the discovery of evidence of child pornography whether sending a malicious phishing email violates "hacking laws" …

Neural Privacy is Where It’s At — Brain Scanning Technology is Causing States to Look at Protecting the Privacy of Our Thoughts

UPDATES 2024.03.15 Neuralink is now being used to play chess! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfwzfP8cp3A This morning I read an article about how brain scanning technology is causing Colorado and Minnesota to propose legislation that is aimed at establishing rights and protections for information collected from our thoughts through the neural signals that can be scanned and collected from …

Microsoft — Yep, You Read That Right, Microsoft — Just Got Hit With a Successful Cyber Attack! What Does this Mean for Your Company?

"There is no such thing as 'secure' when it comes to cybersecurity." "The odds in cybersecurity are impossible -- those defending have to get it right 100% of the time and those attacking only need one lucky shot." These are a few of the sayings that I have used throughout the years when trying to …

How to Implement Cybersecurity Insurance for Small and Medium/Large Organizations – HHS 405(d) Resource

HHS 405(d) is an excellent resource that provides cybersecurity and cyber risk guidance for not only healthcare organizations, but all organizations. HHS 405(d) released the following resource for cyber insurance. Before getting to the resource, however, there are two critical things you must know about cyber insurance: Your organization must have it. For incident response …

Beware of Holiday Gift Card Scam that Could Steal Your Money, Shawn Tuma Discusses Tips to Protect Yourself

There is a trending scam of stealing funds from gift cards purchased in stores where criminals replace original gift cards with nearly-perfectly doctored cards that have been tampered with by having the barcodes changed to transfer the money intended to go on the gift card to other accounts controlled by the criminals. "Steal the originals, …

DFW Area Friends – Join Me to Talk Real World Cyber Incident Response and Preparation at Tech Titans’ Cybersecurity Forum

Your organization has been breached, now what? That's the title of our discussion at Tech Titans' Cybersecurity Forum this Thursday, December 14, 2023, from 3:30 - 6:00 PM in Richardson, Texas. This event is available for both members of Tech Titans and non-menbers and you can register at this link: https://business.techtitans.org/events/details/cybersecurity-forum-december-14-2023-4826?calendarMonth=2023-12-01 I will be moderating …

DFW Area Security Peeps – Join me at SecureWorld Dallas on October 25th & 26th!

I am super excited to share that I will speaking at one of my absolute favorite conferences each year -- the United States' preeminent cybersecurity conference -- SecureWorld - Dallas! On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, I will be leading a full day workshop for SecureWorld Plus registrants on Real-World Cyber Risk Management and Resilience Planning …

Is the law evolving to hold individuals–specifically the CISO–responsible for companies’ cybersecurity failures?

Is the law evolving to hold individuals -- specifically CISOs -- responsible for companies' cybersecurity failures? In my opinion, the answer is yes, albeit slowly and incrementally, but it certainly appears to be moving in that direction. Here are some of my thoughts on the SEC's recently issuing a Wells Notice to SolarWinds' executives -- …

A few quotes from my keynote at SecureWorld Boston

Following the outstanding SecureWorld Boston event, my friends at SecureWorld shared Highlights and Insights from SecureWorld Boston 2023 and were kind enough to include a few quotes from my lunch keynote -- let me know what you think and please offer your perspective on these ideas: The final keynote session was given by Shawn Tuma, Co-Chair …