by Andrew Lowe | Oct 5, 2011 | Compliance
Baan Alsinawi’s “Taking Control of Information Security – A How-To Guide for Law Firms” appears in “Law Practice Today” “Failure to protect client records and data within law practices comes with a hefty price tag. According to a...
by Andrew Lowe | Aug 2, 2011 | Compliance, News, Risk Management
By Mollie Jewell, CISSP TalaTek began delivering FISMA continuous monitoring risk management services to its clients in 2008. At that time, this was something very few paid much attention to, and for the most part compliance efforts ended by signing the certification...
by Andrew Lowe | Jun 5, 2011 | Compliance, Cybersecurity, News
The administration is serious. In one of the first signs of how seriously the current administration takes cybercrime, on May 12 the White House sent its cybersecurity legislation to Capitol Hill, asking for changes in the law. Specifically, the White House wants the...
by Andrew Lowe | Mar 24, 2011 | News, Risk Management
The Emerging IT Conference, presented by the National Capital Area Chapter of ISACA on March 15, 2011, showcased a variety of topics presented by speakers with extensive experience applying technology initiatives in the public and private sectors. Topics included...
by Andrew Lowe | Dec 1, 2010 | Compliance, News, Risk Management
In a Nov 30, 2010 Federal Computer Week story, it was announced that the White House has instructed federal agencies to immediately evaluate their security practices. The objective: to determine if they have adequate restrictions in place on employees’ access to...
by Andrew Lowe | Nov 9, 2010 | Compliance, News, Risk Management
On November 6, 2010, The NY Times ran an article about a security breach at the General Services Agency (GSA). It was not a small breach. One of the GSA’s employees had sent the names and Social Security numbers of the agency’s entire staff to a private email address....
by Andrew Lowe | Nov 3, 2010 | Compliance, News, Risk Management
We couldn’t agree more. Last month, TalaTek team members attended a conference offered by CyberSecurity Seminars in partnership with Crowell & Moring LLP. It had the intriguing title “FISMA – A New Path Forward.” What we heard was that others were beginning to use...
by Andrew Lowe | Sep 29, 2010 | Compliance, News, Risk Management
In 2006, we recognized the need for an entirely new approach to risk management, security and compliance in federal IT implementations. That’s how TalaTek was born. On the second of September, 2010, we learned that the Government Information Security Leadership...
by Andrew Lowe | Sep 7, 2010 | News
Talatek Nominated For 7th Annual Government Information Security Leadership Awards (GISLA) On September 2nd, Baan Alsinawi, president of TalaTek, LLC., learned that the 2010 GISLA Judges Committee had chosen the firm as a finalist in the Federal Contractor category,...
by Baan Alsinawi | Jul 22, 2010 | Compliance, News, Risk Management
Layered protection through security design, policies and processes As regulatory compliance and audits increase in frequency and complexity, organizations are motivated to address security now rather than later. Many an IT professional has begun to fret about the...
