No, I couldn’t think up a sexier title, sorry. But it is important news.
Thanks to Dark Reading for its July 27 post highlighting how CIS Controls version 8 affects small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).
CNBC reported that threat actors…

KrebsonSecurity carried a post on August 5 called “Ransomware Gangs and the Name Game Distraction.” Good post and it illuminates the whack-a-mole game that is driving law enforcement and governments crazy.
Every so often, we hear that a…

On July 29, the ABA released the 2021 ABA Profile of the Legal Profession.
A summary of the report by the ABA Journal indicates that COVID caused one-third of older lawyers to alter their retirement plans. 53% said the…

Remember when data breach legislation was all the rage and we ended up with laws being passed in every state/territory? The same thing may be happening with data privacy legislation.
There is now a U.S. State Privacy Legislation Tracker resource…

Coveware’s Q2 report on ransomware, published on July 23, offers encouragement in the battle against ransomware. Most notably, ransom payments have declined.
Overall, CEOs have woken up to the dangers of ransomware and taken measures to protect their organizations. Ransomware…

Law firms, like every other vertical, are reading tea leaves to figure out whether to mandate full time return to work, permitting work from home if desired or offering some kind of hybrid model.
So it caught my attention with…

Dark Reading reported on July 19 that Campbell Conroy & O’Neil (Campbell), a law firm representing hundreds of major organizations, confirmed a data privacy incident related to a ransomware attack detected earlier this year.
Campbell’s client list includes prominent…