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Almost all incident response plans include a "lessons learned" step, and in the post adrenalin phase that follows many breaches, reviewing what worked and what needs improving doesn't excite a lot of people. Adam McMath is clearly the exception, leading incident response activities in both the cyber realm and physical. How do resilience and incident response lessons learned while literally fighting fires translate into risk management practices within cyber security, is a go...

Amongst the industry verticals classified as critical infrastructure, few would argue that telecommunications belongs in the top that list, placing even more weight on a risk management program due to cascading impacts. Consequently, safe reliable operations are essential for success while continuing to grow in a highly competitive marketplace. A security risk management challenge across many dimensions that has become an ESRM success story. This episode features Radek Havlis, Vice...

Regulatory frameworks from PCI-DSS to NERC-CIP to the newly minted NIST CSF 2.0 each require organizations of all sizes to have cyber incident response plans. Most of us who have spent any time in cubicle filled office towers are familiar with fire drills to clear the building and gather staff at muster points, and that is as close as we get to the real thing. Unfortunately that same lucky streak will Unlike a fire drill, recent research estimates 85% of b...

Those running a business today who have not experienced disruption due to cyber issues or attacks know it is only a matter of time. Even if their organization is not directly targeted, the modern marketplace comprised of multiple, interconnected supply chains, means impact is unavoidable but this episode's guest, Steven J Ross contends planning, design and clear priorities can provide mitigating resilience.Steven J Ross, executive principal of Risk Masters International, is a reco...

The U.S. Security Exchange Commission defined new rules for cyber risk matters facing publicly traded corporations in July of 2023. Although the SEC's mandate is limited to publicly traded companies in the United States, where one regulator goes others are apt to follow. Brian Allen is the co-author of a brand new book putting form, structure and traceability around the SEC mandated requirement for a Cyber Risk Management Program. Mr. Allen was on of the original creators a...

The ISA 99 standards body is one of the most recognized authorities on cyber physical security covering many aspects of a cyber security management system for industrial control systems including risk management. This episode features John Cusimano, former chairman of the ISA subcommittee responsible for authoring the risk management portion of the standard 62443-3-2:2020 Mr. Cusimano takes us back to the origins of the OT specific risk assessment process, originally dubbed ...