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The Current State of Russian-Sponsored Cyber Warfare
The cyberthreat from the Ukraine/Russia conflict is ongoing. U.S. businesses must take action now and stay vigilant. Learn more in this blog.
7 Best Practices to Protect Data Privacy
Keeping customer data safe is critical. TalaTek offers 7 best practices for safeguarding customer data.
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.
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:
The Importance of FedRAMP Authorization to Government Contractors
Read about why FedRAMP authorization is a powerful weapon for government contractors …
FedRAMP Authorization and Continuous Monitoring Part 4
TalaTek provides tips on achieving FedRAMP certification in order to gain government business.
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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 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).
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 …
Taking Risks. Being A Woman & Entrepreneur In Cybersecurity
Baan Alsinawi, Managing Director of CISO Global and President and CEO of TalaTek, started her company in 2006 and was the first entrepreneur in her family. She’s had many women in cyber help her along the way as role models and mentors, which is exactly why she’s giving back by initiating the DC chapter of Girls In Tech. Baan discusses with host Hillarie McClure how she started her company, what her clients’ compliance needs are, and how she wants to help young women …
Using AWS for compliance with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Publication 1075
Internal Revenue Service Publication 1075 (IRS 1075) provides guidance for US government agencies, agents, and contractors that access Federal Tax Information (FTI), to make sure they use policies, practices, controls, and safeguards to protect FTI confidentiality and integrity of FTI throughout its lifecycle. FTI consists of federal tax returns and return information, and may contain personally identifiable information (PII) such as the taxpayer’s identity, and the nature, source, or …
StateRAMP: How state and local governments accelerate cloud adoption
Membership to StateRAMP, a nonprofit organization that will offer cloud security verification services to state and local governments, opens next month. Modeled after the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and leveraging the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) 800-53 controls, StateRAMP aims to bring standardization and efficiency to cloud service providers (CSPs) and agencies alike.
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 …
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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