Key Lessons Learned From Hurricane Sandy Most IT consultants and providers want to believe they have disaster recovery and business continuity all figured out. They set up back-ups and assume that no matter how terrible the disaster, they’ll be able to bounce back immediately. However, the cybersecurity veterans at Brainlink International are urging CFOs and […]
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Category: Compliance
Everything you need to know about the latest SEC OCIE Guidance Updates
The Security and Exchange Commission has released its first Investment Management Guidance Update in nearly two years, noting that “because funds are varied in their operations, they should tailor their compliance programs based on the nature and scope of their businesses”. A key factor in the update is that specified registrants are now required to use […]
What MSPs Need to Know about Compliance: Your IT Policy Checklist by Vertical
Raj Goel, CISSP CTO Brainlink International, Inc. raj@brainlink.com 917-685_-7731 Raj’s LinkedIn profile This article by Raj Goel was posted on Continuum’s MSP BLOG What MSPs Need to Know about Compliance: Your IT Policy Checklist by Vertical The IT Support/MSP game has changed. Clients are no longer satisfied with just getting their desktops managed and servers […]
Ransomware Attacks: How Prepared Are SMBs?
by Dan Humphries Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts the files on a computer, then charges the user a fee to regain access. New strains appear online with alarming frequency, and traditional anti-virus is powerless to prevent these attacks until they have been identified—leaving many businesses at risk. In this report, we investigate […]
From the Trenches – End-Uses: The Wildcard in Placing Your Data in the Cloud
From the Trenches – End-Uses: The Wildcard in Placing Your Data in the Cloud Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Time: 1:00pm Eastern / Duration: 60 minutes While compliance frameworks and corporate edicts are well and good, many companies are seeing their intellectual property and other sensitive information being placed in the cloud….all without the knowledge […]
Payroll Heists, Cybercriminals, and You: Best Practices in Protecting Your Organization
October 22, 2015 – 8:30am – 10:00am National American Payroll Association/Long Island Chapter Seminar Raj Will Present: Payroll Heists, Cybercriminals, and You: Best Practices in Protecting Your Organization There are only 2 kinds of people. People who are about to be hacked; and those who’ll be hacked again. It’s as simple as that – either […]
Panopticon 2015: Continued Erosion of Privacy Rights (and Occasional Victories)
61st Annual ASIS International Seminar in Anaheim, CA Panopticon 2015: Continued Erosion of Privacy Rights (and Occasional Victories) presented by Raj Goel Download Presentation (PDF)
Raj is quoted in CIO.com’s article “Why CIOs should worry about the Internet of Things” by Jonathan Hassell
The Internet of Things brings with it the promise gee-whiz applications and life-changing innovation. But one thing’s for sure – there are as many questions as there will be gigabytes of data being poured into your data centers. The Internet of Things (IoT) has the promise to make everything more intelligent and efficient. Smart grids, […]
Raj is quoted in a Channelnomics article “Security about livelihoods, not data” by Jessica Meek in Las Vegas
Raj is quoted in a Channelnomics article “Security about livelihoods, not data” by Jessica Meek in Las Vegas September 29, 2015 Risk of losing income greater than risk of losing data, panelists debate. Security is not about data being at risk, but livelihoods, partners heard at Continuum Navigate 2015 in Las Vegas today. During a […]
2015 Trends in Financial Crimes
Trends in Financial Crimes – How insecure software, poor development practices and poor management enable cybercrime, Raj Goel Why does SPAM exist? What types of crimes are we enabling by use and misuse of social media? How are small businesses, churches and schools being robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars? And what do warehouses […]