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Stages of Recovery After a Cyber Incident

InfoSecurityMarch 25, 2025722Views 0Likes 0Comments

Charlie Maclean-Bristol looks at the 9 stages of recovery from a cyber incident and highlights the importance of having recovery in our business continuity plans. by Charlie Maclean-Bristo l This is the third part of my journey to discover more about backups and the technical aspects of recovery after a cyber incident. I realize…

Website Defacement – What You Need to Know

InfoSecurity, Risk ManagementMarch 28, 2024276Views 0Likes 0Comments

“Web defacement is an attack in which malicious parties penetrate a website and replace content on the site with their own messages. The messages can convey a political or religious message, profanity, or other inappropriate content that would embarrass website owners, or a notice that the website has been hacked by a specific hacker group.”

The Positives and Negatives of AI in the Cyberspace

InfoSecurity, Risk ManagementFebruary 20, 2024202Views 0Likes 0Comments

Charlie Maclean-Bristol investigates AI-driven scams and examines the advantages and disadvantages of AI in the online world with the help of Google Gemini

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Using Cyber Threat Intelligence to Guide Your Crisis Response: A Checklist for Crisis Teams

Crisis Management, Crisis Management and Crisis Communication, InfoSecurityAugust 18, 2023504Views 0Likes 0Comments

Charlie Maclean-Bristol discusses questions organizations should consider when responding to a cyber-attack, including how the attacker got into the system and their potential motives.

Cyber-security needs more crisis preparedness, less blame-shifting

Crisis Management, Crisis Management and Crisis Communication, InfoSecurityApril 19, 2023526Views 0Likes 0Comments

How many more times will some struggling organization announce that a cyber-breach or data leak was caused by failure at a 3rd-party contractor?

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Building a Cyber Threat, Vulnerability Detection, and Intelligence Capability – Free Excerpt

InfoSecurityDecember 13, 2022616Views 0Likes 0Comments

Start building YOUR Cyber Threat, Vulnerability Detection, and Intelligence Capability with this free excerpt from the groundbreaking book Building an Effective Cybersecurity Program, by Tari Schreider

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Critical Infrastructure: Electric Grid Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Impacting Your Business

Business Continuity, Disaster Preparedness, InfoSecurityNovember 8, 2022863Views 0Likes 0Comments

Where would all the nation’s critical infrastructure be if we didn’t have a reliable electric grid? How would your business survive?

Building a Cyber Threat, Vulnerability Detection, and Intelligence Capability – Free Excerpt

InfoSecurityOctober 3, 2022486Views 0Likes 0Comments

The world can be a scary place for your business … and cyber threats can be even scarier these days. When hostile state actors and increasingly dangerous corporate espionage are worrying you, you need to focus your energy on cyber threat detection, prevention and response! This free excerpt from the groundbreaking book Building an Effective Cybersecurity Program…

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Have Cyber Attacks Killed People?

Crisis Management, InfoSecuritySeptember 14, 2022670Views 0Likes 0Comments

Charlie Maclean-Bristol discusses the evidence behind cyber attacks indirectly causing the death and injury of people, and the importance of exercises to train employees on working efficiently during a cyber attack.

Invasion of Ukraine increases cybersecurity crisis risk everywhere

Crisis Management, Crisis Management and Crisis Communication, InfoSecurity, Risk ManagementMarch 3, 2022968Views 0Likes 0Comments

What specifically can organisations do to help minimize the risk of a cybersecurity crisis?