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There’s no shortage of high-profile cybersecurity incidents hitting the news every week. In 2021, we saw a leading energy supplier shut down a major eastern US fuel pipeline in response to a cyber attack. In the same year, a major US insurance carrier fell victim to a costly ransomware attack that resulted in thousands of…

If you face a major cyber attack or pay ransom to attackers, you may have to report it to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within a certain timeframe under the new cybersecurity law .  The Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022, which became law in March 2022, imposes strict reporting obligations on critical…

NCUA ACET & its New Cybersecurity Standards  With Internet of Things (IoT) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) growing exponentially every year, financial institutions stand to see key benefits in facilities cost reduction and employee productivity. But credit union executives must also ask – what are the unseen risks of becoming more connected? For example,…

As the NCUA audits continue to expand, many credit unions struggle with finding an effective solution to meet Domain 3 controls within the ACET framework. In this webinar, co-hosted by Portnox and Btech, find out how Portnox CLEAR is providing the remote network access control, off-campus endpoint awareness, risk and real-time remediation capabilities that either directly…

To help organizations select and implement a set of cyber defense best practices that will protect against today’s most pervasive and dangerous threats, the Center for Internet Security (CIS) devised a list of 20 controls. A principal benefit of the CIS Controls is their ability to prioritize and focus on a smaller number of actions…

With the prevalence of digital transformation in the enterprise, there is a clear necessity to balance IoT security issues and BYOD security measures that will prevent suspicious or malicious devices from gaining access to the enterprise’s assets and data centers, while at the same time, making sure that productivity and easy onboarding of devices is…

As the nature of compliance grows increasingly complex, it becomes more difficult for companies to understand what applies to their business and how to build and implement protocols. Furthermore, as cyber threats grow exponentially, companies are facing problems like potential governmental fines and financial theft, breach of sensitive data and loss of clientele. Author of…

In our recent “Cyber Threats Cannot Compete with Strong Compliance” blog, we covered cyberattacks in the financial and retail industries and the importance of visibility, network access and control, and risk management to achieve strong compliance, defend against cyberattacks, and grow a successful and secure business. In this blog, we take a quick look at…

2016 saw several high profile cyber-attacks, which resulted in costly breaches and damages to reputable companies and corporations. There have been several discussions in how to effectively preempt such cyber-attacks with solutions ranging from firewalls, endpoint device security, to network access management solutions. Mindful that many industries maintain tough regulatory standards, companies are now required…