Recently, the cause of Equifax’s catastrophic cyber attack was revealed as a hack that exploited a known bug in in Equifax’s web application software, Apache Struts.Since then, the discourse surrounding the event has shifted to two main subjects:The blame game: people want to hold someone responsible. The fallout has claimed the jobs of Equifax’s CSO, CIO, and now, CEO.The preventability of the...

Healthcare is a highly competitive industry where payers and providers are subject to significant regulatory oversight. The complex needs of these organizations, and their patients, must be delivered in as efficient a manner as possible, and with precision, while taking every precaution to ensure appropriate levels of data security and privacy.Given...

Are you ready to report your NIST 800-171 compliance status by the end of the year? If you do business with the federal government, you need to comply with SP NIST 800-171 by the end of the year. Now is the time to implement your compliance plan.