Author: Pete Hoff

Pete Hoff is a prominent cybersecurity strategist and 20 year veteran as a CISO, focusing on real world solutions. He emphasizes practical security solutions based upon a risk-aligned approach to managing threats in a balanced and sensible manner.

As written in a recent Wursta blog, cybersecurity risks are currently higher than they’ve ever been, and lower than they ever will be. Every dollar spent on a service like vCISO is one less dollar you have to spend on something else, such as an upgraded firewall. Why then would a vCISO make sense?  It… Read more »

Public cloud computing continues to expand in popularity. According to Gartner, worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 20.4% in 2022 to total $494.7 billion, up from $410.9 billion in 2021. But it’s important to take a methodical approach. Balance Exuberance with Pragmatism I was amused at the phrase, “beyond irrational… Read more »

This segment is the third in a series focused on adjusting the security controls of your business after COVID. This piece addresses staying vigilant and aware of current threats in a post-COVID world. Many organizations have begun shifting their workforce back into the office and reducing the remote worker risks. However, this appears to be… Read more »

Last year, we discussed the basics of disaster recovery (DR) and why it’s important. Let’s continue with a look at the benefits of DR.  The benefits of a disaster recovery (DR) plan A disaster recovery plan is the best way to react efficiently to any contingency that occurs. The main advantages of having a good… Read more »

HIPAA is an acronym for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. But what does that mean? HIPAA defined and explained According to the CDC, “the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without… Read more »

Last year in early December, AWS servers were down for more than 5 hours and companies experienced thousands, if not millions, of dollars in lost revenue. Businesses across the country were impacted. Cloud outages are becoming recurring events As businesses migrate to more secure and scalable systems (i.e. cloud-based systems) outages will continue to happen.… Read more »