Special Braintrace Research Update!

The good folks at Braintrace are running a special set of educational updates with details on a different issue. First up was research on Trickbot/Ryuk attack The second research update was on Cobalt Strike Cobalt Strike Attacks. The third update was on something we'll probably be discussing for years to come, the SolarWinds Orion vulnerability. Today we've got information on ransomware as a service and the Egregor Ransomware and how to defend against it. Security is not something you can leave unattended. Reach out to Braintrace and ask about their services and request a Dragonfly demo.

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I reject your definition of value and substitute my own

Mark Cohen lays it out, "There are several reasons why the legal function-notably lawyers- struggle to prove their value to business. The seminal one is 'the legal bubble'-lawyers have long operated amongst themselves. This created an insular culture. The profession and the business of delivering legal services were synonymous; both were controlled by lawyers. The profession has had little accountability to others outside its ranks-customers included." His conclusions are nothing particularly new, a rehash of things said for the last decade at least. Mark does add, "The legal function is being recast by business, its end-user. Business is reverse-engineering the legal function to better serve its needs, not to preserve the primacy of incumbent legal providers and their anachronistic structure, economic model, and culture." Seems like there's a new boss in town. Read more at Legal Mosaic: Why Can't The Legal Function Prove Its Value?

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Communication Pillars

I'm quite familiar with the three pillars, people, process and technology that we use in technology, but not so much with those used in public relations and communications. There are some tips here that work for any sort of communication plan, such as clearly defining roles and responsibilities and being proactive in your planning. The third, where your dealing with privileged information, is solely the domain of lawyers. Be sure to read more at Corporate Counsel: Crisis Control and Collaboration: 3 Pillars of Partnership for Legal and Communications Teams

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More SolarWinds

If you have an interest in cybersecurity, this post is one to read. I predict we will still be talking about the fallout from the SolarWinds hack a year from now. "As Microsoft's security experts found, the hackers who orchestrated the SolarWinds attack showcased a range of tactics, operational security, anti-forensic behavior that drastically decreased the breached organizations' ability to detect their malicious actions." Read more at BLEEPINGCOMPUTER: Microsoft shares how SolarWinds hackers evaded detection

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