SDI Cyber Risk Practice

Naked to the World. Privacy? Who needs privacy?

#cybertuesday | Susan Davis International Unless you have been living under a rock, you may have noticed that a growing number of people are not too pleased with Facebook and Alphabet Inc., parent of Google and developers of the mobile operating system, Android.

When it comes to data, have some integrity

The End of Evidence | Susan Davis International Perhaps you noticed from a recent Vanity Fair publication that Oprah Winfrey has three hands and Reese Witherspoon has some odd looking legs. Of course they

SWIFT theft not just a footnote in global finance. Pays to pay attention.

http://sdicyber.com/2016/09/06/cyber-theft-is-on-a-swift-pace/

Cyber Theft is on a SWIFT Pace | SDI CYBER "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift..." -Ecclesiastes 9:11 King James Version With apologies, it appears there is a race to

Beyond tech alerts lies...human hunters. Bounty hunting, style.

Bounty Hunting, Cyber Style | SDI CYBER Threat hunting is the act of aggressively tracking and eliminating cyber adversaries as early as possible in what Lockheed Martin has dubbed the “Cyber Kill

Experts warn of a looming workforce shortage. Could machines be the answer? We explored a recent contest that suggests so in our blog: http://sdicyber.com/2016/08/09/man-up-at-least-for-now/

Man Up…At Least For Now | SDI CYBER Capture the Flag (CTF) is one of the simplest games children play. Based on the history of warfare in which capturing the enemy’s flag effectively ended a

Need “Help!” figuring out “What’s going on” in the cybersphere this month? We outlined the controversies, opportunities, & discussions execs need to know in yesterday’s blog. http://sdicyber.com/2016/07/26/exploring-the-cybersphere-july-2016/

Exploring the Cybersphere – July 2016 | SDI CYBER This week in our blog, we offer a snapshot of cybersecurity, privacy and data security news of interest to the executive suite. Periodically, we’ll recap

The CEO of your company sends an email demanding sensitive material ASAP. Do you risk challenging their call, or risk exposing your company to business email compromise (BEC)? We unpack the complicated scenario in this week's blog: http://sdicyber.com/2016/07/19/what-the-heck-is-bec/

What the Heck is BEC? | SDI CYBER British Emporium Consultancy? Nope. Business Enterprise Controls? Closer, but no. BEC is the acronym for business email compromise. One of the contributions the

Would you like data compromise with that? As details roll out about the Wendy’s data , legal complaints emerge alongside them. Explore our analysis in this week’s blog: http://sdicyber.com/2016/07/12/we-can-rule-out-the-hamburglar/

We Can Rule Out the Hamburglar | SDI CYBER Some stories are hard to swallow. Take for instance, fast food restaurant chain Wendy’s, which announced in January of this year that it had suffered a breach

to early June when we explored the complex cyber defense puzzle in our blog. Miss out on our insights? The proposed solution may surprise you: http://sdicyber.com/2016/06/07/tax-policy-a-piece-of-the-cyber-defense-puzzle/

Tax Policy – A Piece of the Cyber Defense Puzzle | SDI CYBER In 1974, a 30-year-old Hungarian professor who was living with his mother invented what was to become the world’s most popular puzzle. His name? Erno Rubik.

Copernicus had it right. His bold view of the sun may hold profitable lessons for Boards’ and executives’ views on cybersecurity. Read about The Copernicus Effect in this week’s : http://sdicyber.com/2016/07/05/the-copernicus-effect/

The Copernicus Effect | SDI CYBER Nearly 500 years ago Nicolaus Copernicus published a theory that turned the world on its head. He proposed that the sun was as the center of the universe, and