You’ve Been Breached – Who Do You Call?
On Cozen O’Connor’s Cyber Law Monitor podcast, host Andrew Baer is joined by Matthew Klahre from Cozen O’Connor’s Technology, Privacy & Data Security practice group for a discussion, with practical tips, on how to manage internal and external communications following a data breach. Forensic investigators, like COSECURE Cybersecurity, are a critical party in the investigation or remediation […]
What Keeps Philadelphia Law Firm Leaders Up at Night? Circumventing Practice Management Land Mines in Small & Mid-Sized Law Firms
This seminar, focused on practice management land mines in small and mid-sized law firms and how to circumvent them, will feature three segments. Presentations and speakers will include: Management “Land Mine” #1: Workplace Security Management “Land Mine” #2: Protecting Data & Avoiding Disqualification Management “Land Mine” #3: Handling Crisis Communications CLE is approved in NY, […]
Anatomy of a Business Email Compromise
Cybercriminals steal billions of dollars from small businesses every year, and one of their favorite methods is the business email compromise (BEC), a sophisticated way to divert funds from legitimate business-to-business transfers. A Common Example of How BEC Works A prevalent form of BEC starts with an employee’s email account being hacked. Once inside that […]
Who’s Collecting Your Employees’ Unemployment Benefits?
Recently, we have seen a rise in the hacking and fraudulent exploitation of HR data. In particular, the personally identifiable information (PII) of employees, stored by HR, has become a frequent target of cybercrime. While there are several ways in which PII can be used to scam both businesses and employees, one of the most […]
Social Engineering: A Current Threat with A History Stretching Back to Ancient Greece
While technology is growing ever more sophisticated, the basic human emotions of greed, fear, curiosity, loneliness, helpfulness, and group solidarity stay the same over millennia. These emotions leave us vulnerable to manipulation. Indeed, we’ve been falling for scammers who use social engineering techniques to lure us into helping them achieve their unscrupulous aims since the […]
Robert Evans Appointed to Secure Community Network’s National Security Advisory Council
We’re proud to share that on July 19, 2023, the Secure Community Network announced three new members to its National Security Advisory Council (NSAC), including our Director of K-12 Services, Robert Evans. The Secure Community Network (SCN), the official safety and security organization for the Jewish community in North America, announced today three new members to its […]
Our K-12 Schools Need Dedicated Safety Personnel Now More Than Ever
Building a staffing model that brings a part or full-time crisis planning position into the K-12 organizational structure will better protect schools. “As schools across the country continue to struggle with increased threats of violence, we need to recalibrate our thinking about the time, resources, and specific skills required of those responsible for future school […]
Is Proactive Cybersecurity Worth the Cost for Small and Midsized Businesses?
When it comes to cybersecurity, the most important choice business leaders face is determining which risks to address proactively, with assessments, workforce training, policy preparation, and insurance, versus which risks to address reactively, in the form of breach remediation. Recently, our security business got a call from a mid-sized company that lost $150,000 to a […]
Why Private Companies Should Pay Attention to the SEC’s New Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) promulgated new rules on cybersecurity disclosures, which went into effect on September 5, 2023. While private companies are not subject to these rules, as discussed below, there are several reasons why they should consider adopting these rules for their cybersecurity program. Generally, the rules require public companies to promptly disclose […]
SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules and Beyond: Strategic Advantages of Cybersecurity Adoption
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new cybersecurity disclosure rules, which went into effect on September 5, 2023, underscore the growing material impact of cybersecurity on business. Generally, the rules require public companies to promptly disclose material cybersecurity breaches and to provide annual disclosures regarding the company’s cybersecurity strategy, risk management, and governance. In particular, […]