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### 6 Functions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

 Blog

 10 minutes

 September 26, 2024

 More than half of Americans, 61%, have been impacted by a cyber security incident such as a data breach. 44% of those individuals have had it happen more than once. As a result, and understandably, many folks are ...

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### Why Supply Chain Cybersecurity Matters

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 10 minutes

 August 22, 2024

 There’s an old proverb that says “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” Supply chain attacks count on this. Unfortunately, when that one link goes, so does the rest of the chain. As we’ve seen in recent ...

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 SCA Editor 

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### NIST Third Party Risk Management: Managing Supply Chain Risk

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 8 minutes

 February 12, 2024

 Cybersecurity relies heavily on established standards to fortify digital landscapes against evolving threats. Among the influential frameworks, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards are ...

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### Understanding CMMC Compliance: What You Should Know

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 6 minutes

 September 28, 2023

 The term “CMMC” stands for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. It’s a critical framework for protecting sensitive information in the defense industrial base (DIB). To dive deeper into CMMC, we need to understand ...

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 Brian Fischer 

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### Selecting the Right HITRUST Assessment for Your Organization

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 3 minutes

 October 05, 2022

 You may or may not be familiar with HITRUST, so we wanted to share some helpful information about the organization and help you decide the best option for selecting the correct HITRUST assessment for your organization. ...

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 Brian Fischer 

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### Top 5 Cybersecurity Threats in 2022 (And How to Protect Your Business)

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 6 minutes

 September 26, 2022

 This article looks at the top trends in cybersecurity to watch out for in the new year. The sector is fast-moving, and hackers are constantly improving their abilities on pace with cybersecurity providers. Here are some ...

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 Brian Fischer 

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### Super Bowl’s Coinbase Commercial Glosses Over Risks of QR Codes

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 6 minutes

 February 16, 2022

 Ignorance is bliss. When it comes to technology, other than emails, people aren’t necessarily trained to question the nature, intent or possible danger of various website links that our friends send us or even QR codes ...

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 Brian Fischer 

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### Cybersecurity Awareness: 7 Factors for Your Employees to Consider

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 6 minutes

 October 18, 2021

 Prepare your employees to identify and manage potential cyber security threats. Would your employees recognize a social engineering scam such as CEO fraud? Do they even know what their information security ...

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### The Importance of Supply Chain Cybersecurity

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 7 minutes

 September 20, 2021

 Supply Chain Cybersecurity – Everything You Need to Know When most organizations think about cybersecurity, they most often think about network and data protection. They think of firewalls, intrusion detection, secure ...

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### New Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity?

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 6 minutes

 August 24, 2021

 How does the new national cybersecurity executive order affect organizations like yours? In an ambitious leap towards improving the national cybersecurity posture, President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order on ...

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 SCA Editor 

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