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  • CISA, Audit Thyself

    Isaca
    It is 9:30 p.m. on Sunday—Mother’s Day. I am in my home office reformatting my laptop as a result of a mysterious Windows 10 EVENT_TRACING_FATAL_ERROR. As I sit at my desk playing Mahjong on my cell phone and cursing Bill Gates, I wait for Windows 10 to reload and check for updates. Thank goodness I keep all of my data on a separate hard disk. As I sigh with exasperation, my husband’s voice sounds from the other room as he suggests “Just restore it to the last point that worked.” Silence. “You...

  • How Big Data Demoted Pluto

    Isaca
    Let me say in advance that you will not learn a new audit or data analytics technique from this article. It is purely to demonstrate the power of data analytics on a massive scale. My goal is to inspire you...

  • Malware: A Complex Threat Calls for Complex Controls

    Isaca
    Malware can be challenging to remediate because it comes in an endless number of varieties and a wide range of threats, including low-end scareware, medium-level ransomware, to high-level advanced volatile threats (AVTs) and advanced persistent threats (APTs).