CHICAGO, Sept. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — HALOCK Security Labs and sister company, Reasonable Risk, recently published a survey report revealing that language in the SEC’s new cybersecurity requirements appears to be confusing executives at public companies. As a result, many 10-K filings now make implausible claims that companies do not foresee a (more…)

HALOCK Security Labs was recently recognized for their contribution to the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) having found a way to practically apply Verizon’s raw data for risk assessments.

NEW YORK, Sept. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Panorays, a leading provider of third-party security risk management, has partnered with HALOCK Security Labs, a renowned risk management and cybersecurity consultancy, to introduce its joint Third-Party Supplier Management (TPSM) solution. This cutting-edge program streamlines third-party supplier management, empowering (more…)

The Sedona Conference Working Group 11 (WG11) has provided the definition for reasonable security. In February 2021, The Sedona Conference released its Commentary on a Reasonable Security Test to help the regulatory and litigation communities “move the law forward in a reasoned and just way.” We now have a test for reasonable security practices that (more…)

Unique Solution Assists Privacy Attorneys in Finding Sensitive Data Efficiently

HALOCK, an information security professional services firm in the Chicago area, has partnered with an industry-leading data protection vendor, Spirion, to provide privacy attorneys the ability to contract out the business of finding data as a short-term engagement. HALOCK recently joined Spirion’s new Global Alliance Partner (more…)

In a recent survey of over 1,500 information security professionals, over 60% indicated their cybersecurity department is underfunded.(1) This industry-wide issue of underfunding is occurring at a time where funding requirements are increasing, as a result of growing regulatory and security requirements (CCPA, PCI DSS and other new state privacy bills)

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HALOCK Security Labs has announced its commitment to Data Privacy Day – an international effort held on Jan. 28 to create awareness about the importance of data privacy – as a Data Privacy Day 2020 Champion.

Data Privacy Day is part of a greater campaign that promotes the importance of privacy, highlights (more…)

Defining Reasonable Security for Regulatory Requirements such as The SHIELD Act, CCPA, California’s Internet of Things (IoT) and more

The DoCRA (Duty of Care Risk Analysis) Council, a not-for-profit (501(C)(3)) organization that authors, maintains, and distributes standards and methods for analyzing and managing risk, will be presenting at the (ISC)² Security Congress (more…)

HALOCK Security Labs is conducting an informative webinar to help establish ‘reasonable’ cybersecurity controls, based on the Duty of Care Risk Analysis (DoCRA) standard. This event is hosted by Compliance Week at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 21, 2019.

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Protecting Data in An Era of Vulnerability in Crain’s Roundtable

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a collaborative effort that began in 2004 involving the National Cybersecurity Alliance and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

While total breaches were down in 2017, attackers are changing tactics. Where servers and workstations once took priority, threat actors are (more…)

Hundreds of information security professionals gathered at the Cyber Security Summit at the Chicago Hilton to learn and discuss the latest challenges and developments in their industry.

The panel, ‘Getting to Reasonable Cyber Risk’, included distinguished industry leaders Bruce Radke of Polsinelli, Rick Doten of Crumpton Group, Tim Marlin from The Hartford, and Timothy Murphy from the Office of Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Schaumburg firm HALOCK celebrates over 20 years as an information security firm at the annual outing at Arlington Park.

CIS (Center for Internet Security, Inc.) launched the new CIS Controls Version 7. The CIS Controls V7 are a recommended set of actions for cyber defense that provide specific and actionable ways to thwart the most pervasive attacks.

A panel of industry experts, including Chris Conin, a Partner in HALOCK Security Labs, discussed the CIS (more…)

Schaumburg, IL: Viviana Wesley, Managing Consultant at HALOCK, is used to being one of few women specializing in cybersecurity. But last week, for a change, she wasn’t alone. At the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference in Chicago, she was one of nearly a thousand participants from industry, academia, and areas of research who (more…)

Schaumburg, IL: HALOCK’s Foreseeable Threat Index provides an understanding of the prominence of breach causing threats that occur in their industry. The index is a product of HALOCK’s FTI Heuristic applied public data sources and HALOCK‘s collected intelligence on non-reported breaches. It gives insight into what assets and functions within their organization may (more…)

Schaumburg, IL: HALOCK Security Labs has donated its proprietary Duty of Care Risk Analysis (“DoCRA”) method to CIS® (Center for Internet Security, Inc.) to be openly shared and supported as a CIS community consensus product.

Security diagnostic is the most comprehensive in the industry

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Cyber-security firm, HALOCK Security Labs, has launched a comprehensive Advanced Threat Diagnostic (ATD) offering to help organizations pinpoint the threats that are actively present in their networks, applications, email, and endpoints. (more…)

Information Security Firm Expands Security Engineering and Incident Response Capabilities

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HALOCK Security Labs announced today they have acquired Eclipsecurity, an Information Security Consulting Services firm based in Lincolnshire, IL. (more…)

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HALOCK Security Labs announced today that they have promoted three new equity partners: David Andrew, Ryan Bentley, and Chris Cronin. (more…)

Recognition is awarded to only select companies

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HALOCK Security Labs, a cyber-security firm, announced today that Inc. magazine has named it one of the Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the country. (more…)