Author: Grant Gilliam

The Importance of Cybersecurity Performance Management: A Key to Protecting Your Organization

In today’s fast-paced digital world, businesses of all sizes are at constant risk of cyberattacks. The frequency, sophistication, and severity of these attacks continue to rise, causing organizations to spend increasing amounts of time, money, and resources trying to protect themselves. However, many businesses overlook one crucial component that can make or break their cybersecurity…

Defining “Reasonable” Security: Insights from the 2016 California Data Breach Report

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to secure sensitive information while complying with an ever-growing number of laws and regulations. Central to this challenge is defining what constitutes “reasonable” security—an elusive yet essential standard for safeguarding personal and business data. One of the most significant sources that sheds light on this…

Understanding the Difference Between Vulnerability Scans and Vulnerability Assessments

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, cybersecurity is more critical than ever. With businesses relying on technology to drive growth, safeguard data, and maintain operations, securing systems and networks from potential threats has become paramount. Two terms that often come up in cybersecurity discussions are “vulnerability scan” and “vulnerability assessment.” Though these terms may sound…

Understanding the Difference Between a Security Event, Incident and Breach

I was on a call the other day discussing security incident and breach response. One of the things that we both highlighted is the difference between an event, incident and breach. Confusing these three could land you in a lot of trouble. What is an Event?                                                                                          According to NIST, an event is any observable occurrence…