Ride the Lightning

Oct 19, 2022

Former WSJ Reporter Says Law Firm Decker LLP Used Hackers to Sabotage His Career

Reuter reported on October 17 that a former Wall Street Journal reporter has accused a major U.S. law firm of

Oct 18, 2022

Broker Marsh Reports Rate Increases for Cyber Insurance Have Declined Nearly 80% in Six Months

On October 14, Insurance Journal published a post indicating (to my amazement) that rate increases for cyber insurance have decelerated

Oct 13, 2022

Interview with Joshua Lenon, Clio’s Lawyer in Residence

As a very successful ClioCon 2022 began to wrap up on Tuesday, it was my pleasure to interview Josh Lenon,

Oct 12, 2022

Here’s What Security Execs Should Not Do: The Uber Data Breach Conviction

Wired published a post on October 7 related to Uber security chief Joe Sullivan’s conviction for how he handled a

Oct 11, 2022

Clio’s 2022 Legal Trends Report Released: Quick Stats

I am happily enjoying ClioCon 2022 and will have more to report later this week after I have an interview

Oct 06, 2022

Does Mandatory Password Expiration Help or Hurt Password Security?

On October 4, Help Net Security had a very interesting post which is at the heart of many cybersecurity arguments

Oct 05, 2022

Sophos Offers “The Cybersecurity Best Practices Toolkit”

Can you tell it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month? The ether abounds with resources for Cybersecurity Awareness Month. One useful resource is

Oct 04, 2022

AI Can Create any Image in Seconds: Amazing and Dangerous

The Washington Post reported (gift article) on September 28 that the text-to-image generator DALL-E  of research lab OpenAI is amazing

Sep 29, 2022

Five Cybersecurity Measures That Might Please Your Cyberinsurance Company

On September 23, IT Brew reported that cybersecurity insurance questionnaires used to be brief. Do you have AV? Do you

Sep 28, 2022

U.S. is #1 Country in Cyber Power

The Washington Post reported (gift article) on September 27 that the second edition of the National Cyber Power Index (part

Sep 27, 2022

Must-Know Cyberattack Stats for Small/Medium Businesses

Not sure how I missed this, but thanks to Dave Ries, I now have a blog post from Embroker which

Sep 22, 2022

Social Engineering Caused Uber Data Breach

USA Today reported on September 18 that Uber reported that all its services were operational following what security professionals are