Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

December 2022

Security Awareness

Why is security awareness important when we have all of these appliances and software and hardware to protect us? Well, ultimately, attacks come down to a set of human eyes and a keyboard, and a mouse. And if a user is well educated and if they're trained well and they're astute, they can help prevent a security incident from ever happening or detect it.

FTC's New Deadline for the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Safeguards Rule

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) applies to many types of financial institutions, like banks, savings and loans, credit unions, insurance companies and securities firms. It requires those organizations to explain their information-sharing practices to their customers and to protect sensitive data. On November 15, 2022, The FTC announced a six-month extension for companies to comply with data security provisions in the GLBA. The new deadline is June 9, 2023.