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MY TAKE: A few reasons to believe RSAC 2023’s ‘stronger together’ theme is gaining traction

The Last Watchdog

I attended my first one in 2004, while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. My Fireside Chat podcasts to come will get into their insights about reducing the risk of access manipulation by continuously and comprehensively monitoring access patterns. Related: Demystifying ‘DSPM’ This was my nineteenth RSAC.

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Grandson of FISMA: Why We Desperately Need New Cybsersecurity Legislation from the 117th Congress

Cisco Security

On August 3, 2021, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) released a report entitled “Federal Cybersecurity: America’s Data Still at Risk.”. The Risk Management Framework doesn’t take into account that the human is the new perimeter of the enterprise. See: [link] ). The modern CISO is more than “IT security.”

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Author Q&A: Former privacy officer urges leaders to prioritize security as part of cloud migration

The Last Watchdog

Cyber threats have steadily intensified each year since I began writing about privacy and cybersecurity for USA TODAY in 2004. Yet all too many companies and individual employees till lack a full appreciation of the significant risks they, and their organizations, face online.