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Dark Patterns
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Ever try to cancel a subscription online? Or even figure out when the subscription is due to be renewed? That difficulty is intentional and is now against the law in many states and countries. If you operate an online presence, it is important for you to understand what you are allowed to do and what…
Creating a PIEE/SPRS Account and Entering Your Score
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Here are two videos; the first one shows you how to create an SPRS account; the second shows how to enter a new score. NOTE: You will see that I got an error on the PIEE administrator role in the first setup. That may be due to the fact that I already have an account…
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NIST SP 800-171 Update for July 2023
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800-171 is the government’s chosen cybersecurity standard for protecting controlled unclassified information (CUI) and is the standard is required by a number of government departments and by private industry as a matter of contract for protecting sensitive unclassified information. Learn more about this new version of the standard here.
Cyber Insurance – Hard to Get, Harder to Keep
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If you have tried to get cyber risk insurance recently, you know that it is a whole new world. After years of collecting premiums, insurance companies have had to write checks. A lot of checks. They don’t like that so much. As a result, premiums have gone up, coverage has gone down, underwriting has become…
Lessons to Learn from the MGM-Caesars Breach
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The breaches of both MGM and Caesars were not high tech; they were pure social engineering attacks. That means that you can harden your company and your information likely for very little money. While this is early in the game, there are some easy lessons to learn here. Here are some key takeaways from the…