Episode #220: Cybersecurity Framework; Modernizing NIST CSF; What’s cooking in the NIST kitchen?; Defining Profiles and Tiers; Data Breach Victim Gets Fined In Court

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Data Breach Victim Gets Fined In Court

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

 A data breach victim suffered additional emotional toll when she was charged by the courts and fined $1.2 million. The Australian victim had her information compromised in the Medibank data breach . The victim was served electronically with papers with charges for cybersquatting, trademark infringement, and IP infringement.

This Day, September 1, in Tech History

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

September 1st, 1977. Pioneer 11 becomes the first manmade object to fly by Saturn. After passing Saturn, Pioneer 11 continued on a trajectory towards the center of the Milky Way. The last contact with Pioneer 11 was in November of 1995.

CSF: Modernizing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

🇺🇸 Tracy (Trac) Bannon, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania↗

The new draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CSF, is exciting. Why? Because the working group is applying modern software practices and techniques. The software architect in me is overjoyed that the CSF 2.0 includes a few updates that align with modern software practices.

CSF: What’s cooking in the NIST kitchen?

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

The NIST Cybersecurity framework is getting a facelift and Version 2.0 is currently in draft form. So what's cooking in the NIST kitchen? Let's find out. First up, scope and intent.

CSF: Defining Profiles and Tiers

🇷🇴 Olimpiu Pop, Transylvania, Romania ↗

Organizations using CSF may choose to handle a risk in different ways. You can create current profiles for the status quo of your cybersecurity or a target profile to define the end goal. Community profiles for different industries can be used as inspiration.