Michael Peters
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Michael Peters is the CEO of Lazarus Alliance, Inc., the Proactive Cyber Security™ firm, and Continuum GRC. He has served as an independent information security consultant, executive, researcher, and author. He is an internationally recognized and awarded security expert with years of IT and business leadership experience and many previous executive leadership positions.
He has contributed significantly to curriculum development for graduate degree programs in information security, advanced technology, cyberspace law, and privacy, and to industry standard professional certifications. He has been featured in many publications and broadcast media outlets as the “Go to Guy” for executive leadership, information security, cyberspace law, and governance.
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GDPR Compliance Issues Could Cause WHOIS Directory to Go Dark
The deadline for compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is fast approaching, and an astounding number of organizations are woefully unprepared to meet it. A new survey of IT decision-makers by Crowd Research Partners found that a whopping 60% of organizations will likely miss the GDPR compliance deadline of May 25, 2018, even though 80% of respondents listed GDPR compliance as one of their organization’s top three priorities.
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Many U.S. Companies Unaware that the GDPR Applies to Them
With just over three weeks to go until the May 25, 2018, deadline, many U.S. companies are woefully unprepared for the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. In fact, quite a few of them don’t yet realize they have to achieve GDPR compliance. A new survey by CompTIA found that “A full 52 percent of 400 U.S.
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5 Things to Know About Email Marketing and the GDPR
Email marketing is big business. MarTech Advisor reports that it is the best-performing channel for a company’s ROI, and 61% of consumers prefer to receive offers via email, as opposed to only 5% who prefer social media offers. However, many organizations are conce ed about how the GDPR, the European Union’s new, sweeping data privacy law, will impact their email marketing programs.
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6 Tips for Writing a GDPR-Compliant Privacy Policy
We’re down to the wire now; the GDPR compliance deadline is next Friday, May 25. As organizations scramble to get ready for the most far-reaching data privacy law ever put on the books, consumers’ email inboxes are being inundated with notices of privacy policy updates. In addition to fundamentally transforming their data governance, most companies will need to update their website’s privacy policy to meet GDPR standards. Following are six tips for writing a GDPR-compliant privacy policy. Use Clear, Plain Language
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6 Reasons to Stop Using Spreadsheets for GRC
Despite the availability of modern GRC software, many organizations still use spreadsheets to conduct IT compliance audits and other GRC activities. While spreadsheets are highly useful for many business functions, especially accounting, they are not GRC tools. Depending on spreadsheets to manage GRC processes is time-consuming, costly, and inefficient at best, dangerous to your GRC and cyber security efforts at worst. Here are six reasons why your enterprise should stop using spreadsheets as GRC tools. They Aren’t Databases
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How to Protect Your Enterprise & Yourself from Phishing Attacks
Phishing attacks are big business. The FBI estimates that business email compromise, a highly targeted form of phishing, costs U.S. businesses half a billion dollars a year, and the Verizon 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report found that 90% of cyber attacks began with a phishing scam.
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ICS Security: 3 Reasons Why Air Gapping No Longer Works
There has never been a power outage in the U.S. due to a cyber attack, but it happened in Ukraine over the Christmas holidays in 2015, and there have been attempts to breach U.S. power companies and hack the power grid.
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Cyber Security Best Practices for a Sustainable Digital Transformation
The rise of ecommerce, particularly mobile ecommerce, has fundamentally altered both consumer and business buying habits. Organizations are embracing digital transformation in an effort to appease modern buyers and enhance the customer experience while cutting costs and improving efficiency. The 2018 State of Digital Business Transformation survey by IDG found that 89% of organizations have either adopted or plan to adopt a digital-first strategy.
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Tesla Breach Demonstrates the Importance of Industrial Cyber Security
Massive data breaches are what grab headlines, but industrial cyber security attacks can be devastating in the real world. Tesla has just learned this lesson the hard way. CEO Elon Musk has accused a malicious company insider of altering product code, stealing data and exporting it to third parties—and possibly even causing a factory fire.
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Understanding the DMARC Email Security Protocol
U.S. federal government agencies are required to use the email security protocol DMARC to prevent email spoofing, but the overwhelming majority of federal contractors either don’t have it installed or don’t have it set up properly. NextGov reports:
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Nearly 340 Million Records Exposed in Exactis Data Leak
Last week’s data leak at Exactis, a Florida-based marketing and data aggregation firm, has cyber security experts and data privacy advocates up in arms. WIRED reports:
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Is the Califo ia Consumer Privacy Act the “American GDPR”?
The recent Exactis data leak, which could surpass Equifax in the sheer number and scope of records exposed, has data privacy advocates calling for an “American GDPR.” While it is unlikely that a federal data privacy law will come to pass anytime soon, some states have already taken matters into their own hands. The Califo ia Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which was coincidentally signed into law the day after the Exactis leak hit the news, is the latest example.
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