2020 OT Risk Perspective: IT-OT Athletes Are Rare
Three decades ago, Nike’s iconic “Bo Knows” campaign featured TV commercials of teammates marveling at Bo Jackson’s incredibly rare skill set. He was the first modern professional athlete to play on Major League Baseball and the National Football League teams in the...
Operational Technology Risk Management Requires Collaboration
In late November, The Wall Street Journal ran an exposé on cyberattacks that have struck more than a dozen utilities that operate near critical infrastructure across 18 states. The report underscored the need to heed the U.S. government’s repeated warnings that the...
What is the Impact of Ohio’s Safe Harbor Law?
Last August, Governor John Kasich signed the Ohio Data Protection Act into law. The law creates a safe harbor that insulates “covered entities” from tort liability under Ohio state law if they “create, maintain, and comply with a written cybersecurity program”...
The Fraud Implications of Weak Third Party Risk Management
By Bob Jones, Senior Advisor, The Santa Fe Group There are three different aspects of fraud that are relevant to third parties. The first is defalcations by the third party’s employees exploiting inadequate internal controls. The second is fraud perpetrated by...