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The Town of Huntsville announced on March 11, 2024, that they had suffered a cyber breach. While municipal offices are open, they have requested that the public call ahead to confirm whether their request can be serviced.

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework was updated last week. This is the first major update to the framework since it was first introduced in 2014. The framework has helped organizations by providing them with guidance on understanding, evaluating, and communicating cybersecurity risks.

(Updated from November 12, 2021)

In general, resilience refers to the ability to bounce back quickly after adversity. Cyber resilience refers to being able to quickly recover from a cyber security challenge. In today’s cyber world, companies that are cyber resilient are the ones who will continue to thrive.

Congratulations on your move to the cloud! The cloud has many strategic advantages for businesses. The cloud model became so important during the COVID-19 pandemic as employees needed to be able to work remotely. Those reasons are part of what makes the cloud so appealing, however, the cloud has also introduced a host of new cybersecurity threats and challenges.

Business buzz words like “digital transformation” get thrown around a lot in conversation, but what does it really mean? Bill Schmarzo in an article for CIO Magazine defined digital transformation as the “application of digital capabilities to processes, products, and assets to improve efficiency, enhance customer value, manage risk, and uncover new monetization opportunities.” As business owners, we all want to improve efficiency while enhancing customer value, managing risk and monetizing new opportunities.