Upcoming Security Events in Florida

There are several upcoming information security events in Florida that some may not be aware of.First up is the South Florida ISACA Chapter's annual WOW event. This year its the thirteenth year of the event. It will be held on Friday February 21st, 2020, again at FIU's Koven Center at ... Read More

2020 Update

Here we are in 2020, and there are many updates to go over. I plan on further postings on several of these items, and need to get back into blogging here with more regularity.Here are some of the new things that are out.CCPA. Privacy as an issue just seems to ... Read More

Report on ISACA South Florida’s WOW Event

The South Florida Chapter of ISACA has been holding an annual one-day conference each year in February known as the WOW! Event.  In 2018, they held their 11th conference on Friday, February 16th at FIU's Koven Conference Center at their Biscayne Bay campus.This year's theme was "The InfoSec of Things: ... Read More

Framework/standard updates coming

Well, it's early 2018 and there are several information security framework/standards being updated:NIST CSF v1.1.  The second draft was released at the end of 2017, and we just wrapped up the comment period on this.  I believe the plans are to review and hopefully come out with the final release ... Read More
Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Task Force report- June 2017

Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Task Force report- June 2017

Recently a report came out from the "Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force".  This group was formed by Congress as part of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.  The task force is made up of a diverse group from the healthcare industry, taking a look at the state of cybersecurity and ... Read More