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Stay in the know: Three pieces of cybersecurity-related legislation working their way through Congress
Stay in the know: Three pieces of cybersecurity-related legislation working their way through CongressUpdated October 17, 2022 Lawmakers are working on cybersecurity-related policy that could help U.S. organizations in the public and private sector and in a range of...

How to Work with the C-Suite to Ensure Proper Cybersecurity Resourcing
Learn best practices for working with the C-suite for proper cybersecurity budget and resourcing needs. – As the United States (and the world) experiences rising costs in food, gas, and housing; the stock market remains volatile; and major banks such as Citigroup raise global recession concerns, companies are watching their balance sheets closely. At the same time, organizations face the potential of new state-sponsored …

“Shields Up” Can Help Organizations Protect Against State-sponsored Cyberattacks
Learn how Shields Up can help organizations strengthen their cybersecurity practices. Learn how Shields Up can help organizations strengthen their cybersecurity practices.

CISO Global Earns CMMC-AB Licensed Training Provider Certification
TalaTek’s parent company CISO Global earns its CMMC-AB Training Provider certification. Learn more what this means for those seeking CMMC-AB assessor certification.

The Importance of FedRAMP Authorization to Government Contractors
Read about why FedRAMP authorization is a powerful weapon for government contractors …

Common Workplace Cybersecurity Mistakes and How to Prevent Them
It’s become common knowledge among business professionals that as our world grows increasingly digitally connected, a major priority of most organizations will be cybersecurity. This is for good reason: as early as 2020, it was forecast that cybercrime would cost the world around $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. Given the onset of the pandemic and the resulting necessity of the remote workplace, it’s …

TalaTek’s TiGRIS Makes SaaS Awards Shortlist
TalaTek’s flagship offering – TalaTek intelligent Governance Risk Integrated Solution (TiGRIS) — has been shortlisted in the 2023 SaaS Awards program in the category of Best Data Innovation in a SaaS Product. The company is thrilled to be considered alongside other leading organizations at this stage in the award process.
If anything has been made clear to enterprises and government agencies in the past few years, it is that the overall picture for compliance and risk management is more complicated to get in front of than ever before. With so many complex compliance legislations converging with increasing cloud security threats across all sectors, the need for an organization to consolidate and address these obstacles at once is clear. Organizations need to be able to rely on its GRC platform to keep its IT goals aligned with its government compliance and risk management goals. Read more here:

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 Announces Merger Agreement with CISO Global
TYSONS CORNER, Va., July 21, 2020 – TalaTek, an integrated risk management firm, announced a definitive merger agreement with CISO Global Corporation (OTC: CISO), a cybersecurity consulting and managed services company.

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.

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 …

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 SaaS GRC Solution, TiGRIS, Now StateRAMP Authorized
TalaTek SaaS GRC Solution, TiGRIS, Now StateRAMP Authorized TiGRIS Authorized for Agencies Seeking Cloud-Certified Solutions to Manage Compliance and Risk ManagementTYSONS CORNER, Va., May 25, 2022 – TalaTek, an integrated risk management firm and a CISO Global...

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 …

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 …

It Only Takes One Weak Link to Create Unimaginable Consequences on Life in the U.S.
Managing Director at Ciso Global, 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

Three threats facing the education sector in 2022
Learn about three cybersecurity threats the education sector will face this year as well as suggestions for how to thwart them.

Let the dust settle on CMMC 2.0
For the past several months, there has been a frantic scrambling by all stakeholders involved in the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program — the Accreditation Body (AB), the Defense Department, the third-party assessment organizations (C3PAO) and defense industrial base (DIB) vendors — to determine the best path forward to secure the

US DoD’s CMMC Guidelines — What You Need to Know
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification or CMMC is a new security program being released by the US DoD. If you are a DoD contractor, your livelihood could be at stake as contract requirements and contractors will need to be certified or a contract won’t be awarded. Listen in as TelaTek’s Director of Operations, Johann Dettweiler breaks down these new requirements published in his latest journal article with ISACA’s CMMI Professional Practice Lead, Kileen Harrison. Johann discusses…
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