by John Verry | Jul 15, 2019 | ISMS Consulting, Privacy
Chances are your business is concerned about compliance with privacy legislation like CCPA and GDPR. Perhaps you’ve undertaken a data mapping exercise and are starting to wrap your hands around the “now what?” part of the process. What are the practical first steps... by John Verry | Jun 21, 2019 | Privacy
I recently served as an expert witness in a lawsuit where a flawed Data Classification policy was a central element in the case—and ended up costing the plaintiff nearly $14 million. Needless to say, I can’t get into details, but I walked away from the case... by John Verry | Jun 20, 2019 | Privacy
As Pivot Point Security’s CISO (and with the management team’s full support) I recently decided that we will be CCPA compliant by Q1 2020, even though we are technically exempt. Why? We work for some very large companies with strong Vendor Risk Management programs,... by John Verry | Jun 5, 2019 | CCPA, GDPR, ISMS Consulting, Privacy
Yes, yes, I know CCPA doesn’t go into effect until January 2020 and won’t be enforced until June 2020. The problem I foresee is there is going to be an industry-wide bandwidth issue I expect to crop up starting in mid to late Q3 of this year. We saw this when ISO... by John Verry | May 10, 2019 | Third Party Risk Management
Managed service providers (MSPs) are popular with SMBs/SMEs for good reason. They can often maintain an organization’s network, applications and/or security posture better than many in-house IT departments can, and at a lower cost. They benefit from economies of...
