Category Archives: Data Breaches

Vulnerability SLA’s Assume Attackers Wait Their Turn

A vulnerability can flip from “not exploitable” to “actively exploited” in an hour. Your remediation SLA probably gives it 60-90 days if it’s internal. Which timeline do you think the attacker is working from?

Most vulnerability management programs still run on two quiet assumptions: external systems get patched fast, internal systems can wait — and confirmed-exploitable gets patched fast, everything else waits too. Both assumptions made sense a few years ago. The data below suggests they don’t anymore. Continue reading

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The 72-Hour Race: Why AI-Driven Discovery is Testing the Limits of Governance

The “luxury of time” in cybersecurity just evaporated. Recent reports indicate that U.S. officials at CISA are considering a radical policy shift: cutting the remediation window for exploited flaws from the typical two weeks down to just three days. The … Continue reading

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TalkTalk website hacked: it means my personal details are compromised :-(

The last week’s news came out direct from TalkTalk was a personal shock to me as I am also one of their customer and now I have been a victim of this cyber attack. The first thing I wanted to … Continue reading

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Why most credit hacks happening in US?

In recent years, more than 80 countries have upgraded to credit cards embedded with microchips. Cards with chips are inconceivably difficult to counterfeit, and there’s added security in every swipe: Terminals require a user’s PIN, and the information on the … Continue reading

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