5 Good Cybersecurity Lessons Learned From FTC Law Enforcement Actions

Several years ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a good video that is still highly relevent today. The video explains how companies can leverage NIST's Cybersecurity Framework to greatly improve security in their organization ...
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NIST SP 800-128: Security-Focused Configuration Management of Information Systems Guidelines

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued new Security-Focused Configuration Management of Information Systems guidelines (SP 800-128). The Special Publication (SP) 800-128 provides updated guidance to help organizations securely configure (or “harden”), ...
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NIST SP 800-52 Rev. 2: Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its Security Publication (SP) 800-52 Rev. 2: Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations. NIST SP 800-52 Rev. 2 ...
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NISTIR 8228: Considerations for Managing Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) 8228, that includes guidelines for organizations in managing IoT cybersecurity and privacy risks. The NISTIR 8228 report titled “Considerations for ...
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New CIS Controls Version 7.1 released

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has released its new version 7.1 of the top 20 Critical Security Controls. The updated version includes new Implementation Groups designed to identify relevant CIS controls that are reasonable for an organization with ...
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