Risk Management
Baan Alsinawi Earns ISACA’s CGEIT Certification
Enhancing the guidance provided to clients, Baan Alsinawi, founder and president of TalaTek, has added ISACA’s CGEIT to her credentials
TalaTek ECMS is Now FedRAMP Authorized
TalaTek is proud to join the elite group of organizations who have met the rigorous security requirements set by the FedRAMP PMO for cloud solutions
Two from TalaTek attend 2015 TakeDownCon.
The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) and EC-Council, a world leader in IT Security Certification and Training, held a 2015 Capital Region TakeDownCon training and conference, June 1 and 2.
TalaTek Security Analysts Joshua Grove and Brian Thiellen attended the two-day EC-Council Foundation event, which provided a forum for researchers to display cutting-edge techniques of attack and methods for defense.
TalaTek, LLC Becomes FedRAMP 3PAO Accredited.
February 15, 2015, Oakton, VA – On February 11, 2015, TalaTek, LLC, a woman-owned small business (WOSB), providing specialized managed-services in risk management, security and compliance, became an accredited FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO).
Baan Alsinawi, TalaTek founder and president, featured presenter at ISACA Governance, Risk and Compliance conference.
On October 21, 2014, ISACA held an all-day conference on Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) in Arlington, VA. The conference was created to provide CIOs, risk-management groups, system administrators, and security and audit professionals the opportunity to explore and discuss new trends, perspectives, solutions and leading practices.
TalaTek Announces Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) Internship Program
TalaTek is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) Internship Program, and is proud to welcome Brian Thiellen as the inaugural member of the TalaTek ISCM Internship Program.
The Internship Program provides entry-level information security personnel with a unique opportunity to gain valuable Information Assurance (IA) professional experience. This hands-on program is designed to mentor and cultivate upcoming IA professionals based on the TalaTek methodology.
Madeline Weeks adds “Federal Information Technology Security Professional: Auditor (FITSP-A)” certification.
On April 11, 2014, Madeline Weeks, TalaTek’s Junior Information Assurance Consultant, passed the “Federal Information Technology Security Professional: Auditor (FITSP-A)” certification exam from the Federal Information Technology Security Institute (FITSI). The FITSP certifying exam is a role-based exam ranging from Auditor, Operator, Designer and Manager. It is consistent with NIST SP 800-16, Information Technology Security Training Requirements: A Role- and Performance-Based Model.
TalaTek attends “P0WNAG3” Cyber Security Summit: “Threat Intelligence Analysis Techniques and Capabilities.”
On November 6, 2013, TalaTek attended the all-day “P0WNAG3”Cyber Security Summit in Greenbelt, MD, presented by TrainAce. The summit title was “Threat Intelligence Analysis Techniques and Capabilities” and its focus was threat intelligence and mobile application hacking.
MACHA Training – Mitigating Risks at Financial Institutions
On April 4, 2013, TalaTek attended the MACHA (Mid-Atlantic Clearing House Association) training on Account Takeover and Cyber Crime.
The full-day program was designed to assist financial institutions in mitigating their risks from account takeovers.
FedRAMP Defined.
On December 8, 2011, OMB issued the “Security Authorization of Information Systems in Cloud Computing Environments” policy, defining the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). As the first steps in implementing FedRAMP, GSA published a revised...
To Achieve President Obama’s Proposed Cut in Federal IT Spending – While Strengthening InfoSec – the Answer Lies in the Cloud.
A recent GovInfoSecurity.com article indicated that President Obama’s election-year budget calls for the strengthening of government cybersecurity while reducing overall information technology spending by more than a half-billion dollars. The administrations’ budget,...
FOSE 2011 Report: Continuous Monitoring – More than technical controls.
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...
