Ralph Waldo Emerson, the renowned American writer, lecturer and philosopher, is often credited with the phrase “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” Legal, Compliance, Risk and Security professionals would be wise to consider Emerson’s wise words and philosophy. The path to optimal compliance outcomes and practices is long and full of twists and turns – with new and increasingly complex rules, regulations and legal regimes.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General released a report on how the Department could improve its approach to combat ransomware attacks. The report included an audit and evaluated the Department’s strategy to respond and counter ransomware attacks during a two-and-a-half-year period from April 2021 through September 2023.

SecurityScorecard had the pleasure of participating in the 15th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Conference – a key convening of policymakers and industry thought leaders in our Nation’s Capital. This year’s edition – Advancing Cybersecurity in the AI Age – included over 4,000 registrants and 200 speakers participating in 40+ sessions and breakouts. It would not be an emerging tech and government conference without an extra emphasis on AI.

In April this year, the CISA Secure By Design initiative turned one. The initiative calls for the public and private sectors to work together to challenge and encourage software manufacturing companies to adopt principles to ensure their software is developed and produced as securely as possible. The initiative tracks seven goals that software manufacturers can pledge to develop and transparently track progress towards those goals.