To Achieve President Obama’s Proposed Cut in Federal IT Spending – While Strengthening InfoSec – the Answer Lies in the Cloud.
Author: TalaTek; Published: Feb 22, 2012; Category: Cloud Computing, Compliance, Continuous Monitoring, Cyber-security, Federal Contractor, FedRAMP, Information Security; Tags: Compliance, Continuous Monitoring, Cybersecurity, DHS, FedRAMP, Information Security; No Comments
A recent GovInfoSecurity.com article indicated that President Obama’s election-year budget calls for the strengthening of government cybersecurity while reducing overall information technology spending by more than a half-billion dollars.
The administrations’ budget, presented Monday, Feb. 13, calls for the government to cap spending on information technology, including IT security, at $78.9 billion in fiscal year 2013. That’s down from $79.5 billion for the current fiscal year, and significantly less than the $82.2 billion spent on IT in fiscal 2011. The Office of Management and Budget suggested that the reduction in overall information technology spending won’t diminish its cybersecurity efforts. More Info»
FOSE 2011 Report: Continuous Monitoring – More than technical controls.
Author: TalaTek; Published: Aug 2, 2011; Category: Compliance, Continuous Monitoring, Data Security, Federal law, Risk Management, Security; Tags: Compliance, Continuous Monitoring, Data Security, Federal law, Risk Management; No Comments
TalaTek began delivering FISMA continuous monitoring risk management services to its clients in 2008. At that time, this was something very few paid much attention to, and for the most part compliance efforts ended by signing the certification document. Customers were not interested in Continuous Monitoring services beyond that and instead waited for the annual or tri-annual anniversary to start the process all over again. More Info»
Sandbox Technology Can Make Browsing Safer.
Author: TalaTek; Published: Mar 24, 2011; Category: Cloud Computing, Continuous Monitoring, Risk Management, Security; Tags: Browsers, Continuous Monitoring, Risk Management; No Comments
The Emerging IT Conference, presented by the National Capital Area Chapter of ISACA on March 15, 2011, showcased a variety of topics presented by speakers with extensive experience applying technology initiatives in the public and private sectors. Topics included “Managing Data in an Information-Centric Environment,” “Smart Cities” using technology to improve the quality of life, “Mobiles, Tablets, Cloud and Education,” and “Emerging Issues and Approaches in Cybercrime and Digital Evidence.” More Info»
The Last Piece Of The Puzzle Is In Place – E-Mail Classification For All Mobile Devices.
Author: TalaTek; Published: Feb 15, 2011; Category: Compliance, Continuous Monitoring, CUI, Data Security, Risk Management; Tags: Compliance, Continuous Monitoring, Data loss prevention, Data Security, File Classification Infrastructure (FCI), Inadvertent disclosure, Risk Management, Titus Labs; No Comments
In addition to Blackberry and Windows Mobile phones, TITUS – a TalaTek partner – has added iPhone® support, and will soon add Android™, too.
Through a partnership with Good Technology, TITUS has extended its security and compliance solutions for e-mail and documents, and now provides end-to-end e-mail classification support for the iPhone, and soon for the Android platform. More Info»
A costly, dangerous security breach can come from anywhere – but most often from the inside.
Author: TalaTek; Published: Nov 9, 2010; Category: Compliance, Continuous Monitoring, CUI, Data Security, Risk Management, Security; Tags: Compliance, Continuous Monitoring, CUI, Data loss prevention, Data Security; No Comments
On November 6, 2010, The NY Times ran an article about a security breach at the General Services Agency (GSA). It was not a small breach. One of the GSA’s employees had sent the names and Social Security numbers of the agency’s entire staff to a private email address. More Info»
TalaTek’s approach is validated at CyberSecurity Seminar.
Author: TalaTek; Published: Nov 3, 2010; Category: Compliance, Continuous Monitoring, Data Security, Risk Management, Security; Tags: Compliance, Continuous Monitoring, Data loss prevention, Data Security; No Comments
We couldn’t agree more.
Last month, TalaTek team members attended a conference offered by CyberSecurity Seminars in partnership with Crowell & Moring LLP. It had the intriguing title “FISMA – A New Path Forward.” What we heard was that others were beginning to use the approach we have been advocating since 2006. More Info»