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What A Zero Trust Approach To Cybersecurity Is And What It Takes To Implement
Learn about a zero trust approach to cybersecurity and understand what it takes to implement one.

Common Cyber Threats that Persist in 2021 and How to Protect Against Them
Learn about the top four cyber threats to organizations in 2021: social engineering, phishing, ransomware and cloud vulnerabilities.

Everyone Talks About the Cloud These Days
Learn about the public cloud and what responsibilities are the enterprises and what responsibilities belong to the cloud providers.

How to Get and Stay Compliant as Cybersecurity Regulations Evolve and Become More Complex
How to get on the right path to getting and staying compliant as cybersecurity regulations evolve and become more complex.

How To Rebuild An Organization’s Reputation And Regain Trust After A Data Breach
Data breaches can negatively impact a company’s reputation. TalaTek offers four steps for protecting an organization’s reputation and limiting damage caused by data breaches.

TalaTek Adds Cloud and Cloud-Related IT Professional Services to GSA Contract
TalaTek announces its automated risk management offering TiGRIS is now available on the GSA Schedule, providing a comprehensive SaaS cyber solution for government agencies.

7 Best Practices to Protect Data Privacy
Keeping customer data safe is critical. TalaTek offers 7 best practices for safeguarding customer data.

TalaTek Announces Merger Agreement with Cerberus
TalaTek Announces Merger Agreement with Cerberus FedRAMP-authorized risk management provider now a wholly owned subsidiary of Cerberus SentinelTYSONS CORNER, Va., July 21, 2020 – TalaTek, an integrated risk management firm, announced a definitive merger agreement with...

TiGRIS from TalaTek is now available in AWS Marketplace
– TalaTek, an integrated risk management firm, today announced that its flagship governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) solution, the TalaTek intelligent Governance and Risk Integrated Solution (TiGRIS) is available for purchase in AWS Marketplace. Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers

Joshua Grove Named TalaTek CTO
Our legacy solution and our hardworking team has paved much of the way. Fully launching TiGRIS will take us from ‘grit to great.’ As a strategic leader at TalaTek, I’m committed to securing our future success.

New Director Touts ‘True Risk Management’
As TalaTek’s new Director of Operations, Johann Dettweiler is responsible for coordinating all business functions, from human resources to production. Having served as security specialist and consultant, technical team lead, assessor, and …

TalaTek Named a StateRAMP 3PAO Assessor
Company Extends Expertise to Enable State and Local Governments to Better Protect Data in the Cloud – TYSON’S CORNER, Va., February 18, 2021 – TalaTek, an integrated risk management firm, today announced that it is now a StateRAMP 3PAO (third-party assessment organization). As a StateRAMP assessor, TalaTek is helping to ensure cloud service providers (CSPs) that deliver services to state and local governments …

TalaTek Achieves CMMC AB Registered Practitioner Organization Designation
TYSON’S CORNER, Va., December 14, 2020 – TalaTek, an integrated risk management firm, today announced that it has been recognized by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Accreditation Board (AB) as a Registered Practitioner Organization (RPO).

TalaTek Selected by CMMC-AB as CMMC Third-Party-Assessor-Approved Organization
Company Named as Auditor on CMMC-AB Marketplace as DoD Ramps Up Efforts to Secure National Supply Chain :: TYSON’S CORNER, Va., March 31, 2021 – TalaTek, an integrated risk management firm, today announced that it is one of the first organizations to be accredited as a Certified Third-Party Assessor organization (C3PAO) by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation …

It Only Takes One Weak Link to Create Unimaginable Consequences on Life in the U.S.
Managing Director at Cerberus Sentinel, Chief Compliance Officer and the President of TalaTek, Baan Alsinawi shares her cybersecurity journey from a teenager who wanted to understand computers and held several positions in IT from help desk to systems engineering and cybersecurity. Founding her own business focusing on compliance, Baan says she spends maybe only 20% of her day on technical tasks and that there is always so more to do. Finding the right

Trust Ourselves and be Courageous by Baan Alsinawi
Managing Director at Cerberus Sentinel, Chief Compliance Officer and the President of TalaTek, Baan Alsinawi shares her cybersecurity journey from a teenager who wanted to understand computers and held several positions in IT from help desk to systems engineering and cybersecurity. Founding her own business focusing on compliance, Baan says she spends maybe only 20% of her day on technical tasks and that there is always so more to do. Finding the right …

How to Select a Cybersecurity Framework to Protect your Greatest Assets: People, Property and Data
A fact of doing business in today’s hyper-internet-connected world is the need for organizations, regardless of size or sector, to protect their enterprises against a constant onslaught of malicious actors, insider threats, and a slew of other cybersecurity risks. It’s more a matter of “when,” not “if” your organization will face an attack. Fortunately, cybersecurity frameworks have been developed that comprise best practices, standards, and guidelines designed to manage risks and combat these threats so you can protect your

New Bottleneck Emerges in DOD’s Contractor Cybersecurity Program, Concerning Assessors
Companies in line to become certified assessors for the Department of Defense‘s supply chain cybersecurity program are facing a new roadblock: Getting and passing an assessment of their own. There’s a bottleneck in licensing assessors under the DOD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), according to multiple organizations …

Why Cyber Risk Assessments Should Be A Part Of Your Business Strategy
Every day brings with it the news of yet another company falling victim to a cyberattack. The costs the affected businesses face are enormous: lost critical data, stolen assets and damaged …

How TalaTek Uses Amazon CloudWatch for Security Information and Event Management
TalaTek LLC is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner and full-service risk management firm that provides expert services in risk management, cybersecurity, and compliance.TalaTek delivers IT and risk management solutions based on NIST and ISO27001. We specialize in compliance solutions and implementing NIST standards to meet FISMA, HIPAA, and other privacy standards and regulations for …

Once Bracing For A Spike In Demand, CMMC AB Now Worries About A Shortage
The Department of Defense’s recent dramatic paring down of its contractor cyber requirements could collapse the market of cybersecurity assessors, the CEO of the accreditation body tasked with setting up that market told FedScoop. David McKeown, the DOD’s …
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