Randy Lindberg

Randy Lindberg is the founder and CEO of Rivial Data Security. He has more than twenty years of experience in information security and started Rivial to fix the issues he saw as an Information Systems Security Officer in the U.S. Air Force and Information Security Manager at a $4 billion dollar financial institution.

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8 Phishing Attack Examples You Need To Be Protected From in 2023

Phishing attacks appear to be on the rise. In fact, Forbes reported that Google registered more than two million phishing sites in the year 2020. This number is up 27% from the previous year. Cases of identity theft and malware attacks have also...

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PCI Data Security Compliance Standards for 2022

Payment Card Industry or PCI Compliance is critical for financial institutions and other organizations that store, process, and/or transmit credit...

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Risk Analysis vs Risk Assessment

"Assess" and "analyze" mean nearly the same thing. Both terms refer to the process of gaining information and drawing conclusions from it, usually...

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Types of Penetration Testing for 2022

Penetration Testing, also referred to as pen tests, are used by security and IT professionals to assess the security of a hardware or software system...

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Data Privacy vs Data Security

Can you tell the difference between data privacy and data security? If you don’t consider yourself cyber-savvy, there is a strong possibility you...

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Top 7 HIPAA Violation Examples

Recently, we shared a post about HIPAA Compliance. In it, we explained the importance of protecting medical records and data related to the patients...

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Why FinTechs Need IT Risk Assessments & Compliance

Financial technology companies, more commonly referred to as FinTechs, face many threats from a wide variety of sources. If you understand the...

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How to Pass a Compliance Audit

In all businesses, no matter the industry, compliance audits are essential to ensuring companies are acting in accordance with the regulations set...

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How to Fix PCI Compliance Issues

Payment card industry (PCI) compliance requires a lot of dedication from a business to ensure its security of cardholder data is top-notch. Having...

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How to Create a Cybersecurity Program

The best time to decide how to create a cybersecurity program is before an incident occurs. With security being top of mind after the record-breaking...

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