Women in Government and SOE’s will gather on 1 & 2 November 2023 during a 2-day Leadership conference in Cape Town - Somerset West. Speakers include: Ministry, Parliament and Top Performing Municipalities and Government Entities. The conference calls on women in National, Provincial and Local Government to step-up and lead with accountability. Register before 2 October at info@pinpointstewards.co.za or go to the pinpointstewards webs...

Insider Risk Programs have continued to evolve naturally over the past 20 years. They have grown exponentially beyond the traditional lens of trying to identify spies through cyber-focused data exfiltration events. Today, Insider Risk Programs have expanded to include internal HR, legal, and compliance stakeholders within organizations and have expanded security beyond strictly physical and cyber domains to now include analysts, investigators,...

Ransomware attacks have become more frequent and sophisticated, causing significant damage and financial loss to businesses of all sizes. According to Verizon’s 2022 data breach report, ransomware attacks saw a 13% increase in the past five years. The first half of 2022 saw nearly 236.7 million ransomware attacks worldwide, and hhe average cost of a ransomware attack was $1.85 million. Statistics reveal that a ransomware attack will occu...

The 2023 Critical Infrastructure Security Summit will focus on defending and creating resilient systems to protect our nation’s vital infrastructure from outside threats and other dangers. The interconnectivity and advanced capabilities that digital systems have provided to our nation’s infrastructure systems also poses an avenue of approach for America’s enemies to cripple US production and economic power without having to f...

AI-powered GRC automation – it’s happening now. This webinar provides real-world case studies on how AI can support your GRC processes and lessons from what you should expect from AI results. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of how AI enhances and improves GRC activities and accelerates better outcomes.

Now in its sixteenth year, Wood Mackenzie’s Solar Energy and Storage Summit will continue the discussions for catapulting forward the development of North American Solar and Storage through the transformational impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and progressing the transition to a clean energy future. Join Wood Mackenzie’s expert team of solar and energy storage research analysts and consultants in San Francisco from June...

To address the dynamic challenge of Insider Threats, organizations must have an agile process that should include training and the need to stay connected with their internal policies, external requirements, evolving risk discovery technology, best practices from within and other organizations, and government lessons learned. Simply stated, training is not a one-and-done or calendar-based ‘check the box activity.’ It is a critical c...

The National Civil Rights Conference is soliciting papers, panel sessions and workshops for the June conference. The conference theme is Engage, Educate & Empower. The deadline for submission of paper, panel, poster and artistic production proposals is May 1, 2023. Dear National Civil Rights Conference Planning Committee and Conference Participants: It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 12th National Conference on Civil Rights. The Nat...

Red Hat and NIST are co-sponsoring an open forum to hear about and discuss the continued evolution of information systems and its impact on cybersecurity. This development is most clearly seen in the connectedness of the numerous infrastructure systems and data that our critical infrastructure now relies on. In the half-day event, hear from leaders and industry that are most shaped by this advancement and how the nation is designing approaches...

The long-term effects of the pandemic continue to push agencies to accelerate IT modernization and move from owning their own on-site data centers to hybrid and multi-cloud architectures. The pandemic spurred greater customer demand for digital services, while employees adapted quickly to working from home. These trends, in turn, heightened the stakes for cybersecurity that protects the endpoints and strengthens data security – part of t...