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Security Industry Association Announces Winners for the 2022 Women in Biometrics Awards

Security Industry Association

Gena Alexa, Amanda Conley, Delia McGarry, Diane Stephens and Bobby Varma will be honored for their leadership and contributions in biometrics and security at the 2022 SIA GovSummit. The 2022 awardees, who will be honored at the 2022 SIA GovSummit , SIA’s annual government security conference, are: Gena Alexa, CEO and Founder, Dignari.

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Tech Trends for 2023: Don’t Fall Behind

NexusTek

Many consumers now make buying decisions based on a company’s ESG performance, and they have become shrewd evaluators of the authenticity of a firm’s stated commitment to sustainability. Specific Trend: Multifactor Authentication & Identity Access Management. 2022, December 5). 2022, November 2014). The answer?

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Money at Risk: Finance & Data Security in the Digital Age

NexusTek

Chief among these is the unarguable fact that financial services organizations are consistently a top target for cyber threat actors, a reality that exists in tension with the #1 criterion customers use to evaluate financial institutions: security 1. link] (2022, December 20). Flashpoint year in review: 2022 financial threat landscape.

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DHS Announces New Grants to Bolster Cybersecurity Under Infrastructure Law

Security Industry Association

A key program objective is providing cyber-physical security solutions such as bolstering security access to government networks with multifactor authentication solutions that are provided by the security industry. The application process for FY22 is now open through November 15, 2022. In FY 2022, $183.5 Details: Eligibility.

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Omnibus Funding Package for 2023: What’s Relevant for the Security Industry

Security Industry Association

In the final weeks of 2022, Congress unveiled, and quickly passed, a $1.7 billion in nondefense discretionary spending and $858 billion in defense funding, a nearly 10 percent increase over fiscal year 2022. percent above fiscal year 2022. percent increase over fiscal year 2022. billion more than in fiscal year 2022.

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Guest Post: Cybersecurity Incidents Lead to New Standards, Requirements

Security Industry Association

SSDF ensures that password complexity, authentication, encryption, software updates, and vulnerability management occur throughout a product’s life cycle. The European Union, in response to the SolarWinds breach, issued the NIS2 Directive in November 2022. If a device is compromised, zero trust can help contain the damage.

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New GLBA Safeguards For CPA Firms

LAN Infotech

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently published a new safeguards regulation incorporating most of the recommended revisions to the 2002 GLBA guidelines for safeguarding client information, on 10th January 2022. Risk assessment is meant to evaluate possible vulnerabilities to client data that might result in an illegal breach.