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Debunking the Misconception That CRQ Requires a Lot of Data Collection

Security Boulevard

Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. The post Debunking the Misconception That CRQ Requires a Lot of Data Collection appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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NEW TECH: CyberGRX seeks to streamline morass of third-party cyber risk assessments

The Last Watchdog

So they began inundating their third-party suppliers with “bespoke assessments” – customized cyber risk audits that were time consuming and redundant. Kneip also painted the wider context about why effective third-party cyber risk management is an essential ingredient to baking-in security at a foundational level.

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Privacy and Security of Data at Universities

Schneier on Security

The boundaries between research and grey data are blurring, making it more difficult to assess the risks and responsibilities associated with any data collection. Many sets of data, both research and grey, fall outside privacy regulations such as HIPAA, FERPA, and PII.

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UnFAIR: The Limitations of FAIR’s Risk Model

Security Boulevard

The limitations of FAIR’s data collection process are discussed in part 1 of this blog series. Building a lego design and quantifying cyber risk have essential characteristics in common. This is blog 2 of 3 in our FAIR model series.

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Insurance and Ransomware

Schneier on Security

It is important to remember that the primary purpose of cyber insurance is not to improve cyber security, but to transfer residual risk. As such, it should be one of many tools that governments and businesses can draw on to manage cyber risk more effectively. Often, that’s paying the ransom. News article.

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Manual vs Automated Risk Management: What You Need to Know

Centraleyes

The Promise of Automated Risk Assessments Risk management automation uses automated risk assessment tools to orchestrate and automate the data collection process, analysis, and ongoing remediation of cybersecurity controls according to a selected risk framework during a risk assessment.

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GUEST ESSAY: How ‘DPIAs” — data privacy impact assessments — can lead SMBs to compliance

The Last Watchdog

The purpose of conducting a DPIA is to identify and assess the potential impact of these risks on individuals’ rights and freedoms from your proposed processing operations. A DPIA requires a thorough review of any personal data collected and stored, including who specifically controls the data and who has access at any given time.