We’re kicking off the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) MeetUp Monday, January 28th in a virtual setting to celebrate Data Privacy Day 2019.  If you enjoy discussing Data Privacy with other like-minded folks come and join us and help bring data privacy awareness to your organization. This MeetUp brings together privacy practitioners, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) leaders, and others interested in and leading their GDPR/privacy transformations. The goal of this group is to discuss and share learnings, emerging best practices, technical solutions, and keep up to date on regulation changes.  This year we will be expanding our privacy scope beyond GDPR and into other areas like California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) plus other state and country regulations, privacy engineering, and privacy best practices.

In the spirit of Data Privacy Day, Janelle Hsia and Carlin Dornbusch from American Cyber Security Management will be presenting a virtual event (both with slides and collaboration) to discuss the emerging privacy trends of 2019. Please attend this informational event on-line and collaborate with your colleagues and share your thoughts and opinions as well.

You are welcome to join this group via MeetUp.com at https://www.americancsm.com/gdprmeetup

Date: Monday, January 28, 2019
Presentation: 6:00-7:00pm MT
Location: Remote – The URL and dial-in will be distributed the day before the meeting.

Presented by American Cyber Security Management (https://www.americancsm.com/) . Remote Collaboration and Audio services provided by AK Collaborations (https://akcollaborations.com/).

If you are interested in speaking or sponsoring one of our MeetUp’s, please contact carlin@americancsm.com.

Details on GDPR specifics can be found on the EU’s official website: http://www.eugdpr.org/

For more information about Privacy Day check out StaySafeOnline https://staysafeonline.org/data-privacy-day/about/

*American Cyber Security Management (AmericanCSM.com) is focused on reducing your risk of data misuse. We do this through our Security, Privacy and DevOps offerings, delivered by seasoned experts.

Don’t wait until it is too late. That is what happened to one Colorado company this September, they watched their entire business be shut down by a cyber attack and they were never able to recover from it. Being prepared for a cyber attack and knowing what to do when the worst occurs can save you time, money, and even your entire business!

No matter the industry, no matter the geography; if you conduct business on the internet, you will be a target at some point. Old techniques, like phishing, are alive and kicking plus it seems you cannot get away from the “breach news” in our world today. Ransomware values increase, and more technology is available than ever to help the attackers, as they raise their level of sophistication and scale their attacks with SaaS-based services.

So many companies default to a “wait and see” attitude until it is too late. As the value of breach increases, an insurance policy alone is not enough to cover the costs. It is so expensive that IBM has even created a breach calculator: https://www.ibm.com/security/data-breach.

At ACSM we help companies, of all sizes, protect their key assets The Data ie: Customer Data, Employee Data, and Intellectual Property. Our data-centric approach helps businesses understand their risks and invest accordingly. As such we are announcing the launch of our latest offering The ACSM “Incident Response Plan”. This new offering allows any sized company to be fully prepared for unexpected cyber attacks. A solid approach, with proven techniques, will help you know when and how to respond, in a manner that is suitable for your business.

Read more about our new IRP offering here: https://www.americancsm.com/services/incident-response-planning/

*American Cyber Security Management (AmericanCSM.com) is focused on reducing your risk of data misuse. We do this through our Security, Privacy and DevOps offerings, delivered by seasoned experts.

Most US companies cobble together single-use applications to develop workflows and manage their day-to-day business. The conundrum is that GDPR and data privacy compliance become unwieldy across so many different platforms.

Globig will explore data privacy-by-design principles and share how their secure ecosystem helps US and international business and HR teams increase productivity, save money, and manage ongoing data privacy/GDPR compliance.

You are welcome to join this group via MeetUp.com at https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-coxjsIUF/.

This informative meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018, at The Sports Stable (https://www.sportstable.club/ ) at 1 Superior Drive, Superior, CO 80027.

Social: 5:30-6:00pm MT
Presentation: 6:00-7:00MT

Once again, online audio and video access will be made available, thanks to AK Collaborations.

If you are interested in speaking or sponsoring one of our MeetUp’s, please contact carlin@americancsm.com.

Details on GDPR specifics can be found on the EU’s official website: http://www.eugdpr.org/

*American Cyber Security Management (AmericanCSM.com) is focused on reducing your risk of data misuse. We do this through our Security, Privacy and DevOps offerings, delivered by seasoned experts.

GDPR. HIPAA. PCI. CCPA. As a business owner, it is your responsibility to make sure that your organization is in compliance with the ever-changing regulatory environment around data protection. It can be hard to keep up especially as you are designing and deploying new technology.

Where to start?

1) Know Your Data
The foundation of a data governance program is a complete data mapping that documents the life cycle of your company data. What data is being collected? Where is it being stored? Is data storage secure? Who is it being shared with? Is it necessary? How long do you need to retain it?

2) Classify Your Data
Once you have established an accurate mapping of all of the data that is traversing your company systems, create a data classification system that works for your organization.

Common classifications are:

• Public
• Internal – Confidential
• Internal – Restricted

Of course, these classifications will vary depending on the nature of your business but this is a great place to start!
There are so many benefits of classifying your data, you can create policies and procedures around protected data, help employees to better understand the data that they are handling, utilize technology to help restrict accidental data leakage, and be better prepared in the event of a breach. The benefits are endless, ultimately data classification drives efficiency and reduces overall company risk.

3) Protect Your Data
Now that you are equipped with a data map of classified company data you are in a much better position to take on security vendors. The marketplace is full of technology reps selling the “best security technology”. As you navigate through the options you will be able to clearly communicate what your requirements are and not waste money on solutions that do not make sense.

ACSM can collaborate with you on these steps to building a strong data governance program. Our clients are always amazed at the data that we uncover once we start an assessment and grateful to be able to reduce unwanted risk.

In honor of Cyber Security Awareness Month, ACSM is offering all new clients that sign up in October a 10% discount on an initial assessment.

American Cyber Security Management (AmericanCSM.com) is focused on reducing your risk of data misuse. We do this through our Security, Privacy and DevOps offerings, delivered by seasoned experts.

What is the best way to protect your data? How can encrypted data protect your business? What is the best approach to encrypting your data? Come learn about this topic from the experts. This MeetUp brings together privacy practitioners, GRC leads, and others interested in and leading their GDPR transformations. The goal of this group is to discuss and share learnings, emerging best practices, technical solutions, and keep up to date on regulation changes.

This month’s topic will be “Encryption for GDPR Compliance, Fact and Fiction”. Absio Corporation (https://www.absio.com/) will discuss what is actually required for encryption in regards to GDPR.

You are welcome to join this group via MeetUp.com at https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-coxjsIUF/

This informative meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018, at The Sports Stable (https://www.sportstable.club/ ) at 1 Superior Drive, Superior, CO 80027.

Once again, online audio and video access will be made available once again, thanks to AK Collaborations.

If you are interested in speaking or sponsoring one of our MeetUp’s, please contact carlin@americancsm.com.

Details on GDPR specifics can be found on the EU’s official website: http://www.eugdpr.org/

American Cyber Security Management (AmericanCSM.com) is focused on reducing your risk of data misuse. We do this through our Security, Privacy and DevOps offerings, delivered by seasoned experts.