Cyber Security Blog

OECD AI Principles

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace. From healthcare and finance to manufacturing, retail, and government services, AI is helping organizations automate processes, improve decision-making, and unlock new opportunities for innovation. However, as AI becomes more powerful and widespread, it also introduces significant challenges related to transparency, fairness, accountability, privacy, security, and human rights.   Organizations today are under increasing pressure to ensure that...

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NIS2

Cyber security risk management used to mean updating an Excel tracking sheet once or twice a year, taking a few screenshots of your cloud setup, and emailing back and forth with external auditors.   Under the NIS2 Directive, that approach is no longer viable.   The Directive mandates proactive, risk-proportionate cyber security measures, backed by strict management oversight and rapid incident reporting. When auditors or national authorities evaluate your...

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National AI Risk Management Framework

Artificial intelligence is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace. Organizations are using AI to automate operations, improve customer experiences, strengthen decision-making, detect fraud, optimize supply chains, and accelerate innovation. While these technologies create enormous opportunities, they also introduce new risks that traditional governance and cyber security programs were never designed to address.   AI systems can generate biased outcomes, expose sensitive information, make decisions without transparency, introduce...

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Digital Operational Resilience Act DORA

Financial institutions rely on cloud providers, software vendors, managed service providers, payment processors, and other ICT partners to deliver critical services. While these relationships support innovation and operational efficiency, they also introduce risks that can affect business continuity, cyber security, regulatory compliance, and customer service.   DORA places significant emphasis on ICT third-party risk management and requires financial institutions to establish controls throughout the vendor lifecycle. Organizations...

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Digital Operational Resilience Act DORA

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) requires financial entities to establish structured processes for identifying, classifying, documenting, and reporting major ICT-related incidents. Meeting these obligations requires more than responding to incidents as they occur.    Organizations need clearly defined reporting procedures, governance processes, evidence collection mechanisms, and coordination between security, compliance, and operational teams.   The importance of effective incident reporting is reflected in the first annual overview published...

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Logo: green maple leaf with the words 'Cyber Security Baseline Controls' in bold green text

Cyber threats have become one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. Ransomware attacks, phishing campaigns, insider threats, supply chain compromises, and cloud security incidents continue to grow in both frequency and sophistication. While large enterprises often have dedicated cyber security teams and mature security programs, many small and medium-sized organizations struggle to determine where to begin.   One of the biggest obstacles to improving cyber security...

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