Ostendio Blog (7)

Introducing Crosswalk Assessments from Ostendio

by Chris Prince
on June 11, 2019

Today is an exciting day for Ostendio customers as we launch the third component of our CrossWalk feature set - CrossWalk Assessments. This new capability makes the MyVCM Platform the simplest and ...

June 10, 2019

Check Out the Brand New Ostendio.com Website!

2019 has been a great year so far for Ostendio! More companies than ever are using MyVCM for Security and Risk Management (also called Integrated Risk Management - IRM), and we’ve been hard at work innovating the platform. In fact, we’ll have some big announcements very soon on that front...stay ...

May 21, 2019

7 Reasons Companies Can’t Avoid a Security Risk Assessment

If you’re a company with the view that cybersecurity is largely an IT issue, you may take the attitude of “We’ve got this.” Hold that thought. When did you last have a security risk assessment (SRA)? Also known as a security risk analysis, the comprehensive information security threat assessment is ...

February 20, 2019

What the HITRUST & NIST Alignment brings to Healthcare Organizations

By Ostendio

February 06, 2019

Risk Management: What does it Mean to your 2019 Security Strategy?

By Ostendio

January 24, 2019

5 Things to Know Before Buying Compliance Management Software

By Ostendio

January 14, 2019

What's Needed for the Private Market to Take Data Security Seriously?

By Ostendio

January 04, 2019

5 Data Privacy and Security Predictions for 2019

January 02, 2019

Open Sesame! Is your password secure?

By Ostendio

November 14, 2018

5 Tips for Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity

You’ve likely heard about organizations having a culture of compliance but not as much about having a culture of cybersecurity. Yet as threats to our sensitive data’s privacy and security ratchet into the red, it’s the perfect time to create a cybersecurity culture that protects your organization ...

By Ostendio

October 24, 2018

5 Ways to Integrate your Cybersecurity and Compliance Programs

Data breaches aren’t just a problem for security professionals. The impact is felt across the whole business—from your legal team, embroiled in litigation, to your frontline employees, who can’t access the tools they need to do their jobs. Everyone needs to play their part in managing the risks, as ...

By Ostendio

September 27, 2018

Why SMBs Need to Ramp up Security Awareness Training

Did you know that small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may have a higher cybersecurity risk than larger counterparts when you consider employee-to-breach ratios? Recent reports show that SMBs, businesses with 20 to 500 employees, are more at risk specifically due to phishing malware and the ...

By Ostendio

September 10, 2018

5 Ways to Protect Your Workforce Against Breach Fatigue

Is news of a data breach becoming “white noise”? Thanks to the sheer frequency of data breaches, the general attitude toward online security is becoming more “Meh” than “OMG.” That attitude, called breach fatigue, only ups the risk to our sensitive data.

By Ostendio

August 27, 2018

Have you Identified What Data is Worth Defending?

Cyber experts like former Federal CISO Gregory Touhill feel that managing risk is paramount to, and more effective than, trying to defend everything, data-wise. He goes so far as to quote Frederick the Great, saying, “He who defends everything defends nothing.” That thought definitely applies to ...

By Ostendio

August 15, 2018

Why the California Consumer Privacy Act is Important to all Online Users

No matter the criticism of the “rush job” regarding the newly passed AB375, the California Consumer Privacy Act, its underlying purpose makes it the strongest privacy law of any in the US. The Act places personal information privacy at the pinnacle for protection. No longer do strict privacy ...

By Ostendio

August 09, 2018

How do you Prevent Unauthorized Access to ePHI?

That’s a million dollar question. No, really, it could literally cost you millions not to know. In doubt? Fresenius isn’t. It’s cost the dialysis chain a $3.5 million settlement for data breaches in 2012. The resolution agreement cites instances of unauthorized access and “impermissible ...

By Ostendio