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Top 10 Cybersecurity Incident Response Management Software - Rivial Data Security

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Top 10 Cybersecurity Incident Response Management Software

Picture of Lucas Hathaway Lucas Hathaway: 29 Sep 2025

Cyber incidents are escalating in speed, impact, and cost, pushing incident response to the board level while regulators demand continuous readiness...

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6 Cybersecurity Metrics Security Leaders Should Avoid Reporting - Rivial

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6 Cybersecurity Metrics Security Leaders Should Avoid Reporting

Picture of Randy Lindberg Randy Lindberg: 06 Feb 2025

Here are the key features of this blog Avoid Reporting Overly Technical Metrics: Common metrics like spam emails blocked or CVSS scores can mislead...

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Exceeding NCUA and FDIC Examiner Expectations

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Exceeding NCUA & FDIC Examiner Expectations

Picture of Lucas Hathaway Lucas Hathaway: 16 Jul 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore strategies to help banks and credit unions meet and exceed examiner expectations. Given the rigorous standards of the...

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Executives Don't Care About Vanity Metrics

Picture of Randy Lindberg Randy Lindberg: 21 Feb 2023

Here are the key takeaways from this blog: Stop Reporting Vanity Metrics: Metrics like “number of spam emails blocked” may feel useful but offer no...

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Reporting Cybersecurity to the Board

Picture of Randy Lindberg Randy Lindberg: 10 Feb 2023

Reporting cybersecurity to executives and the Board of Directors. Feared by many cybersecurity pros, but necessary to life as we know it.

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