Insights

Expert insights into the industry's hottest topics - from CCPA compliance to cloud security to purple team assessments. Search by topic or by content type (white paper, blog, case study, etc.) to find what you're looking for.
Blog

The 5 Most In-Demand Cybersecurity Jobs for 2020

Updated: December 10, 2019 In 2019, businesses invested even more in technology, new privacy regulations were passed, and cyber threats became more sophisticated. To meet the growing demands of today’s businesses, (ISC)2 estimates that the U.S. cybersecurity workforce would need to increase by 62%. With cybersecurity…
Blog

The Impact of the CCPA’s Do Not Sell Rule on…

Does your technology know you better than some of your closest friends? Much of the technology you rely on tracks your search history, analyzes your social media posts and comments, monitors your purchases, and studies every aspect of your digital life without you even knowing. It feels like an episode of Black Mirror,…
Blog

The Equifax Settlement and Increasing Standards of…

In September of 2017, Equifax, the largest of the three main credit reporting agencies, announced a data breach that exposed the personal information of 147 million consumers – almost 50% of the U.S. population. Due to a known, unpatched security vulnerability, hackers were able to gain access to a magnitude of unenc…
Case Study

Automating Manual Processes at a Fast-Paced Health…

A fast-paced healthcare company engaged Focal Point to assist with automating their various manual processes. The Company’s manual processes presented…
Blog

Data Protection in Thailand: A Summary of the PDPA

After several legislative attempts, the Thailand Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) was finally approved by the Thai National Legislative Assembly in February 2019. Following the passage of the bill, the PDPA was published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette and came into effect on May 28, 2019. Companies now have on…
Blog

HPE’s Deputy CISO Discusses Cyber Workforce …

This is the first episode in Focal Point's Practitioner Interview Series, in which Focal Point experts sit down with real-world security leaders to discuss strategies for overcoming common security challenges. Drew Simonis, Deputy CISO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, graciously sat down with Focal Point's Justin Avery t…
Webinar

An Interview with HPE’s Drew Simonis: Cyber …

This is the first episode in Focal Point’s Practitioner Interview Series, in which Focal Point experts sit down with real-world…
Blog

Tips for Improving Data Privacy Conversations in t…

When you add up business disruptions, productivity and revenue losses, settlements, fines, and penalties, the average cost to a company not compliant with data protection, state, federal, international, or industry regulations is around $15 million. With a skyrocketing number of new data protection laws (e.g., the CCPA…
Blog

How to Build Obfuscated Macros for your Next Socia…

Attention, pen testers: Are you looking to run a phishing campaign that puts your antivirus software to the test? Then this post is for you. In this post, I will guide you through how to build a malicious obfuscated macro in a Word document. I know you may be thinking that there are plenty of tools that generate Visual…