Ensure Use of Only Fully Supported Browsers and Email Clients Your web browser and your email client are the two applications your people use most, and the two attackers target most, because that's where the outside world reaches into your business. Control 9.1 asks a simple question about both: is the version you're running still supported by the vendor? An unsupported browser or mail client isn't just old. It's software the vendor has stopped fixing, which means every flaw discovered from...
CIS IG1 Spotlight: Why a Software Inventory Is More Than a Security Requirement
One of the themes we keep hitting in the CIS IG1 series is simple: you can’t protect what you don’t know you have. That’s true for hardware—and it’s...
CIS IG1 Control 1.2: Why Addressing Unauthorized Assets Matters—and How to Do It Easily
When we kicked off this series with Control 1.1: Establish and Maintain a Detailed Enterprise Asset Inventory, we focused on the Identify security...
CIS IG1 Control 1.1: Establish and Maintain a Detailed Enterprise Asset Inventory
By Heath Gieson If you don’t know what you have, how can you protect it? That simple question is why the very first control in the Center for...
CISOs’ Security Priorities: The Augmented Cyber Agenda—and How Forthright Is Leading the Way
Cybersecurity leaders are facing a rapidly evolving threat landscape. According to CSO Online’s latest Security Priorities Study, CISOs (Chief...
The Root of All Operational Problems: Misalignment Between Technology, People, and Process
By Heath Gieson What if I told you that the biggest challenges in your growing business most likely are not about money, talent, or even...
Creating Meaningful Processes: The Three Keys to Success
By Heath Gieson Creating process is a process itself. It’s not just about writing steps on paper—it’s about building something people will follow,...
Operationalizing Security and Compliance: Why You’re Already Doing It
By Heath Gieson What if I told you your organization is already practicing cybersecurity—even if you’ve never written a single security policy?...
The Digital Frontline of Modern Manufacturing in South Florida
Manufacturing has always been about precision—machines, schedules, and quality moving in harmony. But today, reliability extends beyond the factory...
How Cybersecurity Consulting Reduces Insurance Premiums for Manufacturers
A New Metric for Cyber Maturity Cyber-insurance premiums have quietly become a scorecard for how seriously a business takes cybersecurity. For South...