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Blockchain Series #5: Guidance and Direction for Organizations & Series Summary
Publication | Nov 19, 2019
More About | Technology Services | Data | Innovation & Technology | Performance & Growth

Distributed ledger and blockchain technologies have enormous potential – whether creating efficiencies in supply chain, automating financial transactions or offering better workflows and record-keeping processes for governments, insurance carriers and healthcare entities. Yet, the emerging nature of this technology, complexity of implementing it and scarcity of expert resources should give businesses pause.

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Business North Carolina Cybersecurity Roundtable
Firm Blog | Nov 11, 2019
More About | IT Advisory | Data | Innovation & Technology

The importance of data privacy for individuals and businesses is becoming an increasingly significant factor in the new era of e-commerce, mobile marketing and the sharing of information. North Carolina experts discuss what state businesses need to have in mind as they secure their data, access personal information and protect key information.

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Physical Security: Key Considerations for Remote and Office-Based Employees
Publication | Oct 07, 2019
More About | IT Advisory | Data | Innovation & Technology | Risk & Regulatory

Whether you work in an office or at a remote location, the physical security of sensitive or private information is critical to companies and customers. While it may be second nature for an employee to scan their badge when entering the office or connect to a secure wireless network on their laptop, these practices are part of the larger picture of a company’s physical security.

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Non-Profit Boards – Focusing on Data Privacy
Publication | Oct 04, 2019
More About | Not-for-Profit | IT Advisory | Data | Innovation & Technology | Risk & Regulatory

One of the first challenges non-profits face with data privacy is the lack of overall awareness to data privacy laws, which continue to emerge and can lead to unwanted penalties and fines. Organizations of all sizes can proactively navigate the data privacy laws by appointing a designated data privacy officer (DPO), chief security officer or an appointed champion, which may be the case for smaller organizations. This individual should confirm the proper treatment of personally identifiable information (PII) data, whether it is collected from staff, donor, volunteer or beneficiary. Additional responsibilities should include:

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Non-Profit Boards – Navigating Data Security Challenges
Publication | Oct 04, 2019
More About | Not-for-Profit | IT Advisory | Data | Innovation & Technology | Risk & Regulatory

Non-profits around the world help communities by delivering services related to healthcare, education, religion, housing, public safety, emergency response, cruelty-prevention, senior services and many other public benefit missions and activities. As these types of organizations continue to build and extend their public outreach, many have yet to fully grasp the constantly changing cybersecurity landscape and avalanche of new data privacy laws. This can place a great amount of risk exposure on non-profits if their data were to become exposed.

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Blockchain Series #4: Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Implementations
Publication | Sep 20, 2019
More About | Technology & Life Sciences | Data | Innovation & Technology | Performance & Growth

Most blockchain implementations today are focused on cost reduction and efficiency improvements. In the future “programmable economy,” it is widely held that new business models will emerge, representing new ways of value exchange and new forms of business value. Distributed ledger technologies, like blockchain, are still in their infancy and changing constantly. As such, viable blockchain use cases will largely avoid speculative new business and operating model experimentation.

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The Phish in 2019: Three Steps to Avoid the Persistent Threat
Publication | Jun 07, 2019
More About | IT Advisory | Data | Innovation & Technology | Risk & Regulatory

Organizations are vulnerable to phishing attacks due to the actions of their end users. No matter the strength of an organization’s infrastructure and defense technology, human error is a critical risk factor in business continuity and information security. Phishing attacks pose major risks to organizations of all sizes. Those that fall victim to these attacks are subject to loss of personally identifiable information (PII), reputation damage, loss of resources, denial of service, delivery of malware or ransomware and potential loss of other sensitive data. The severe impact and nature of a phishing attack make it a board-level issue.

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Protect Your Business from a Cybersecurity Breach
Publication | May 31, 2019
More About | IT Advisory | Data | Innovation & Technology | Risk & Regulatory

By the end of 2018, there were more than 2,000 confirmed breaches, with more than half of those breaches targeting small to middle-market sized businesses. In each of these cases, almost 30 percent were due to internal threat actors, with 76 percent of the attacks being financially motivated1. Within the first two weeks of 2019, Collection #1 revealed approximately 775 million records from various sources were made available for the public to download. A week later, 24 million more financial documents, including mortgage loans and bank statements, were hosted on a web server that did not require a password. It is now safe to say it is no longer a matter of if, but when, companies will experience a cybersecurity incident.

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