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Gerard Johansen
Gerard Johansen
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Gerard Johansen

Gerard Johansen is an incident response professional with over 15 years' experience in areas like penetration testing, vulnerability management, threat assessment modeling, and incident response. Beginning his information security career as a cyber crime investigator, he has built on that experience while working as a consultant and security analyst for clients and organizations ranging from healthcare to finance. Gerard is a graduate of Norwich University's Master of Science in Information Assurance program and a certified information systems security professional. He is currently employed as a senior incident response consultant with a large technology company, focusing on incident detection, response, and threat intelligence integration.
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Incorporating crisis communications

The notion that serious security incidents can be kept secret has long passed. High-profile security incidents, such as those that impacted Target and TJX, have been made very public. Adding to this lack of secrecy are the new breach notification laws that impact organizations across the globe. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 33 has a 72-hour breach notification requirement. Other regulatory or compliance frameworks, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rule 45 CFR § § 164.400-414, stipulate notifications to be made in the event of a data breach. Compounding legal and regulatory communication pressures are communications that need to be made to internal business units and external stakeholders. While it may seem that crafting and deploying a communications plan during an incident...

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Gerard Johansen

Gerard Johansen is an incident response professional with over 15 years' experience in areas like penetration testing, vulnerability management, threat assessment modeling, and incident response. Beginning his information security career as a cyber crime investigator, he has built on that experience while working as a consultant and security analyst for clients and organizations ranging from healthcare to finance. Gerard is a graduate of Norwich University's Master of Science in Information Assurance program and a certified information systems security professional. He is currently employed as a senior incident response consultant with a large technology company, focusing on incident detection, response, and threat intelligence integration.
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