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News Alerts and Breach Report for Week of June 27, 2022

June 29, 2022
Editorial Team
American Data Privacy and Protection Act, CISA, Cybersecurity, Department of Defense, Weekly Update, White House
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American Data Privacy and Protection Act Moves Forward Last week, on June 23, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce began marking up the ADPPA. The bill’s sponsors call the markup process the next “major” step toward passing the…

Cybersecurity Checkup: 5 Steps You Can Take Now

April 12, 2022
Editorial Team
Certifications, CISO, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, Data Privacy, Governance, Privacy, Training and Education
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In today’s regulatory and economic environment, organizations need to keep pace with constantly-shifting cybersecurity and data privacy threats. ADCG has sifted through current best practices to provide the following (non-exhaustive) guidance for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), and other compliance…

Why Cybersecurity Tools Aren’t Enough

July 30, 2021
Editorial Team
C-Suite, CISO, Cybersecurity, Governance

By JC Gaillard, Managing Director at Corix Partners Irrespective of what many of us may say or write, the cybersecurity agenda remains dominated by products and technology. Of course, the problem has a technical dimension and the protection of any firm against cyber threats will require the application of technical countermeasures at a number of…

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How to Hire Your First CISO

August 11, 2020
Amy Willcox
CISO, Hiring

It’s no secret that CISOs improve business value. For one thing, your company’s security and data-protection strategy is largely in the hands of your Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Even presidential campaigns are accepting this reality–former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign just hired cybersecurity expert Chris DeRusha to protect against the hacks and leaks that…

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OPINION: How a CISO Improves Business Value

In August 2019, Bloomberg published an article that talked about the challenges of retaining a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and the ongoing search to fill open cybersecurity roles. Good people are hard to find and expensive. This perpetuates the myth that cybersecurity does not create value for a company, but is simply a cost…

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