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Mike Tierney

Former VP of Customer Success at Netwrix. He has a diverse background built over 20 years in the software industry, having held CEO, COO, and VP Product Management titles at multiple companies focused on security, compliance, and increasing the productivity of IT teams.
Data
January 18, 2022

What Is Enterprise Information Security Architecture?

Spending on security and risk management is soaring worldwide. But exactly which improvements should you focus on next to best strengthen your cybersecurity program? For many organizations,...
Compliance
October 21, 2021

How to Comply with GDPR: Key 10 Steps

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is designed to protect the personal data of EU residents by regulating how that information is collected, stored, processed and destroyed. The data...
Compliance
August 13, 2021

SOX Compliance: What Should You Expect?

What is SOX compliance? After several large corporate accounting scandals in the early 2000s that led to investors losing billions of dollars, the US government passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002....
Infrastructure
May 5, 2021

SIEM Use Cases: Implementation and Best Practices

A security and information event management (SIEM) tool can be a valuable component of a mature security strategy. Indeed, effective SIEM solutions have been available for well over a...
Compliance
March 24, 2021

What Is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework?

With cyber threats rapidly evolving and data volumes expanding exponentially, many organizations are struggling to ensure proper security. Implementing a solid cybersecurity framework (CSF) can help...
Compliance
March 17, 2021

What Is FISMA Compliance?

It should come as no surprise that the U.S. federal government takes cybersecurity quite seriously. After all, federal agencies  manage massive stores of sensitive data, including information...
Compliance
March 3, 2021

NIST 800-53: A Guide to Compliance

The NIST 800-53 standard offers solid guidance for how organizations should select and maintain customized security and privacy controls for their information systems. NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 is...
Compliance
January 20, 2021

ISO 27001 Compliance: What You Need to Know

ISO/IEC 27001 is a set of international standards developed to guide information security. Its component standards, such as ISO/IEC 27001:2013, are designed to help organizations implement, maintain...
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