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5 Success Factors: Law Firm Data Security & Privacy Initiatives (Part 3)

by Richard Barrus | May 21, 2019 | InfoSec Strategies

Reading Time: 3 minutes May is “Privacy Month” on the Pivot Point Security blog, and we’re offering a multi-part post on the five indispensable success factors for law firms’ security/privacy initiatives. In Part 1, I introduced the 5 success factors and...

Password Security Tip #9: Make Passwords as Strong as They Need to Be

by Richard Barrus | Apr 23, 2019 | InfoSec Strategies

Reading Time: 3 minutes What makes a password “strong”? And why is using only “strong” passwords so important? Both those questions can be answered in just two words: Password crackers. No, that’s not a crunchy snack—it’s a piece of garage-built,...

Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) & Your Disaster Recovery Plan

by Richard Barrus | Dec 4, 2018 | Disaster Recovery

Reading Time: 2 minutes Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) are the essential starting point for determining your disaster recovery strategy.  Why?  Because you need to know which functions are most critical and how long others can be deferred, so you can make...

ISO 27017 vs. CSA STAR – The Two Leading Cloud Security Standards Compared 

by Richard Barrus | Nov 20, 2018 | InfoSec Strategies

Reading Time: 3 minutes With the exponential growth of cloud computing, organizations of all sizes need to understand their risks around storing sensitive data in the cloud, as well as investigate and implement cloud security options. To support this...

Do New Regulations Mean that Data Security and Data Privacy Should Merge?

by John Verry | Oct 2, 2018 | ISMS Consulting

Reading Time: 2 minutes New data privacy regulations like GDPR and the California Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (CCPA) are forcing many organizations to factor privacy into their data security programs like never before. Do these new privacy mandates...
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