Information Security Governance

How CISO’s Manage Cybersecurity as a Business FunctionNovember 14th, 2019 In order to effectively allocate resources, track improvements to security posture overtime and achieve security and risk objectives,  security leadership must run cybersecurity as a business function. This sounds simple, but in practice, managing the business of security and risk […]

How CISO’s Manage Cybersecurity as a Business Function

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November, 4th, 2019 TrustMAPP® has launched a 3-part web series hosted by Malcolm Harkins in partnership with IDG. The web series covers three key topics top of mind for business and cybersecurity leaders today. These include:           Presenting to Board of Directors: https://www.csoonline.com/resources/192116/presenting-to-the-board-of-directors Making the Business Case […]

CyberSecurity Leadership Series with Malcolm Harkins

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January 23rd, 2019 Today Secure Digital Solutions is proud to announce the release of TrustMAPP v3.65. This version includes features and various bug fixes that improve the use and security of TrustMAPP for our users and customers. Board of Director report now includes point-in-time views Home page options to view […]

TrustMAPP v3.65 Release Notes

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December 11th, 2018 Chad Boeckmann, CEO Greetings and Happy Holiday Season! I’d like to share with you a couple of new features recently launched in TrustMAPP v3.62 that are a result of our customer’s continual engagement. Thank you for making TrustMAPP the leader in security performance management. As a TrustMAPP […]

TrustMAPP Release notes v3.62

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Release Notes   What’s New at TrustMAPP July 17th, 2018 The purpose of this release is to provide security leaders views of their key assessments, investment needs, reporting and ongoing improvement activities, we have updated the home page for the company administrator to include key metrics and overviews of this […]

TrustMAPP v3.3 Release Notes

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Esteemed Leader in Information Security to Guide Company in Maximizing Potential Minneapolis, MN – April 30th, 2018– Secure Digital Solutions, LLC, an innovative cyber security and cyber risk management consulting firm today announced the first member of the TrustMAPP® Advisory Board. Steve Katz, the world’s first CISO at Citigroup who […]

TrustMAPP® Launches Advisory Board with Steve Katz

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August 31st, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Here at Secure Digital Solutions (SDS), we get the opportunity to work with many types of customers and many types of security vendors. Each customer has a different understanding of the value of cybersecurity maturity and each vendor uses the term […]

What a word means depends on where you are

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August 14, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Frameworks are important. They lay the foundation for what will eventually be built. Whether building a structure, a vehicle, a medical device or a security program, the need to begin construction using an established set of requirements is critical. It allows […]

The Real Difference Between Frameworks and Compliance

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June 22nd, 2017  Secure Digital Solutions releases TrustMAPP® version 2.2  to align risk with process maturity. For the first time security and business leaders can gain a comparative view of security maturity associated with identified risks. NEW FEATURES Risk Register, Management and Program Management Overlay Options TrustMAPP® now integrates risk, best practice […]

TrustMAPP® v2.2 Release Aligns Risk with Maturity

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May 12th, 2017 Ed Snodgrass, CISO, Secure Digital Solutions Maturity is an interesting word. We’ve heard it throughout our lives and it’s had different meanings in different contexts.  As a kid, we heard it from our parents regarding “growing up” and “being more mature”.  We may not have understood it […]

Why do you measure cybersecurity maturity?

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December 21, 2016 The original ideation leader behind TrustMAPP, Chad Boeckmann (@cboeckm), was recently asked to be a guest on the podcast “Down the Security Rabbit Hole” with Rafal Los (@wh1t3rabbit), James Jardine (@jardinesoftware), and Michael Santarcangelo (@catalyst) on the subject “The Business of Security“.  In this podcast the crew discusses trends in information security management […]

The Business of Security

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