Managing Cyber Security Risks in Mergers and Acquisitions: Ten Essentials
A study conducted by Forescout Technologies, The Role of Cybersecurity in M&A Diligence, which polled the views of more than 2,700 IT and business decision makers across the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Singapore and India revealed that 53% of respondents had encountered a critical cybersecurity issue or incident during a M&A deal […]
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A tribute to three up and coming Australian cyber security authors
Shamane Tan prompted me to write this post with her question “Keen to hear your greatest takeaway from each book” in response to a question from Dan Goldberg where we discovered a mutual interest in three books: Shamane’s Cyber Risk Leaders, A Hacker I Am by Craig Ford, and The Five Anchors of Cyber Resilience […]
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Solving the digital trust vs. customer experience paradox
Consumers have become savvier about cyber-risk and are demanding companies they deal with to diligently protect their online identities. But the same consumers are also increasingly edgy. They prefer digital channels that offer simple, fast and seamless authentication processes. They are frustrated by the sheer difficulty of managing dozens of insanely complex passwords, some of which […]
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Cyber Response Drills: A Vital Ingredient of a Cyber Resilient Enterprise
The key reason behind the 2007 financial crisis was that many banks failed to build up sufficient capital against complex securitisation exposures. As the US Government’s ‘Financial Crisis Enquiry Report’ revealed, ‘In the years leading up to the crisis too many financial institutions, as well as too many households, borrowed to the hilt, leaving them […]
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Seven Practical Tips for Aspiring Book Writers
Ever since I published my book, The Five Anchors of Cyber Resilience, several of my LinkedIn connections and friends have been asking: How did you do it? I have discovered that so many people aspire to write a book, but perceive the process as too difficult and complex. Paulette Perhach’s words sums these common sentiments, “Writing is […]
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