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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 …
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.
Is FedRAMP Worth It? Overcoming Common Obstacles, Part 3
TalaTek provides tips on achieving FedRAMP certification in order to gain government business.
How to Prepare for FedRAMP Certification, Part 2
TalaTek provides tips on achieving FedRAMP certification in order to gain government business.
Hacking Your Smart Home: A Netrunner’s Guide to Reclaiming Your Domain
Every click, every purchase, every movement gets packaged, profiled, and sold. Understanding why privacy matters and what legal weapons you have helps you fight back in this neon-drenched surveillance capitalism nightmare.
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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
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 …
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
Trust Ourselves and be Courageous by Baan Alsinawi
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 …
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
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
Beyond Cybersecurity Frameworks
The last couple of years have been filled with what seems like countless high-profile cyber attacks — SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline immediately come to mind. Add to that the top six breaches that occurred in the U.S. and other countries in the first six months of this year, and we can see that hacks, scams, breaches and ransomware are …
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