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Microsoft Office Add-ins, Reason for Concern?
by Adam Cravedi on February 12, 2020 at 1:00 PM
This question came into Compass IT Compliance from a client the other day: “How risky are 3rd party plugins? Should I be concerned about them?”. I had to stop and think about this for a while. In my years of working on vulnerability and penetration testing projects for Compass IT Comp …
Reduce Business Risk with Digital Forensic Preparedness
by Danielle Corsa on February 5, 2020 at 1:00 PM
By taking a multifaceted approach to digital forensic preparedness, you can confidently conduct business in a state of perpetual incident readiness. Blend physical, technical, and administrative operations to prepare for the potential need for digital evidence. Continual collection an …
Vendor Risk Management: Information Security Responsibilities
by Andrew Paull on January 29, 2020 at 3:30 PM
Welcome back! This article serves as part two in my Vendor Risk Management blog series, continuing the discussion on some important factors of creating and renewing third-party contracts.
“Fake It ‘Til You Make It” Doesn't Work in Cybersecurity
by CJ Hurd on January 23, 2020 at 1:00 PM
“Fake it ‘til you make it” – a term that I have heard a thousand times and have probably used before and never thought much of it. That’s until I heard my 14-year-old say it. Let me give you a little context – my son is a freshman in high school and has been in six different schools s …
Breweries – Can they be Hacked?
by Peter Fellini on January 15, 2020 at 2:27 PM
100 bottles of beer on the wall, 100 bottles of beer! Has anyone thought about what goes into making beer? I recently received my “Professional Craft Brewing” certification from Johnson & Wales. Throughout the program we went out and worked in commercial breweries.
Top 5 vCISO Takeaways of 2019
by Derek Boczenowski on January 8, 2020 at 1:00 PM
As the end of the year rapidly approaches, everyone does their best to reflect upon the prior year (or decade, since it is the end of one of those as well) and see what they might have learned from the past year. What were the top songs, top movies, and top vacation destinations, just …