An award-winning, boutique creative shop in downtown Chicago recently acquired a partner digital agency, adding more complexity to their operation. Here’s how WIMZKL listened, designed + delivered a Resilience Strategy so they can respond quickly + confidently whenever Cyber Incidents impact their business.
Are Security and Privacy the Same Thing?
Many businesses use Cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers, such as Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, etc., to store important data. Lately, I’ve had more than one conversation with clients about some important considerations for using those services now that GDPR is in full effect. What trade-off is it to use them? What they offer vs. what they take…
California’s New Privacy Rules
AB 375, known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, provides some important new rights for Internet users in California. Primarily, these rights: The right of Californians to know what personal information is being collected about them. The right of Californians to know whether their personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom….
PANEL: Another polarizing topic
I recently had the honor and pleasure of sitting on an panel besides some amazing expert talent in the industry to discuss another polarizing topic: Social Engineering. Social Engineering, in the context of information security, refers to: …psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. A type of confidence trick for the…
The Underrated Power
of Lists.
In meetings, I doodle + draw. It helps me listen + remember things, connect pictures to notions, memories to actions. It helps me quickly process things that are said into actionable tactics + strategies. These often turn into lists. As I get older, I do this more and more, which means I’m starting to get…
Keep this brochure!
No one likes to think about crisis preparedness. That’s why so many people are not prepared when a crisis occurs. Nudging people to be prepared is no small feat. It requires equal parts emotional consideration, comprehensive intention + just enough assertive urgency in order to be successful. It’s a rare thing when it’s even a…
Farmers Fight for Our Right to Hack
It’s fair to say that many of us, especially in the States, don’t know or much care about where our food comes from. That’s unfortunate enough but what even less people may be aware of is how cool farming cultures are. Farmers survive by quickly learning how to do many things when they need to…
Agile + Design @ IIT IDX
Back towards the end of 2017, I had the distinct privilege of being invited to contribute to the design of a new course offering on agile + its value for design thinking. The inviter was my friend, Adam Kallish, a distinguished design thinker, agile practitioner, UX architect, lecturer + all around force of nature from…
10/65 Film Festival
WIMZKL is a proud sponsor of this year’s 10 Second Film Festival on behalf of Evanston’s District 65 Green Teams supporting sustainability awareness + education in our schools + community to help foster the next generation of environmental stewards. Watch some of this year’s favorite entries.
Prepare to Meet Fraud
What you may not understand about Cyber Insurance, even if you already have some, can cost you more than risking not having any at all. There is a shift underway that impacts business + reputation when cyber incidents take place, beyond even GDPR. Please make time to read this.
Hard Lessons About Malware
Organizations are all working hard in collaboration to bring Atlanta’s critical systems back online but there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done and some serious lessons to be learned.
Let’s Talk About Penetration Testing.
Heaps of gratitude to Dawid Balut, Mattia Campagnano, Kimber Dowsett, Chris Roberts + Georgia Weidman for sharing their well-grounded thoughts on an often polarizing topic.
SMB + Startup CyberSecurity
I recently assembled + moderated a global panel of experts from Europe, Canada + the US to discuss Information Security for startups + small/medium-sized businesses.
What is Resilience?
Resilience is being prepared to respond to unplanned events of all kinds, having a plan to manage those events in effective ways to protect your reputation + bottom line. Here’s some tips for how to design your Resilience Strategy.
The GDPR is Coming
The General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect on May 25 this year, introducing the biggest change to data protection law in Europe in more than 20 years. What does it mean for businesses in the U.S.?
Protect Yourself on Facebook
Protect your identity and privacy on Facebook by learning to detect fakery. Is that a word? It is now.
Resilience: Insights from a Simulation
While Resilience can only truly be tested during + in the hours, days + weeks following a cyber attack, simulations can help define its strengths + weaknesses prior to an attack in quantifiable ways, saving precious time, money, resources + reputations. It also builds less quantifiable things like trust, morale + confidence.
Why Free, Public WiFi is NOT Awesome.
“Free WiFi! Let’s connect to it! Awesome!” But is it? Let’s take a closer look at why there is more to consider.