Jesse Valentin

Jesse Valentin is a security professional with 18 years experience in Information Security. During this time he has worked for various financial firms, security consulting companies and non-profit organizations where he has specialized in areas of Enterprise Risk Assessments, Compliance Readiness, IT General Controls Audits, development of Incident Response plans, Corporate Information Security Programs, Security Awareness Training and Secure Application Architecture.
Jesse Valentin

Articles from Jesse Valentin

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Does it make sense to make a career move from law to data privacy?

August 21, 2019

Introduction What exactly is data privacy? According to the Free Dictionary, the word “privacy” is defined as “The state of being free from public attention

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How to become an information security professional

July 10, 2019

Introduction Information security is not only a growing field, but one in which there is a tremendous need for knowledgeable talent. Our society has become m

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How Organizations Can Benefit If the CISO Is an Attorney

February 14, 2019

The idea of having a CISO with a legal degree came to me some years back, while I worked as a travelling security consultant. I lost count of the times that

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Security awareness

How to Measure the Success of Your Security Awareness Program

December 17, 2018

Depending on the size and needs of your organization, a security awareness program usually equals a significant investment of time and funds. However, a prog

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Security awareness

How to Create a Security Awareness Program

August 23, 2018

A security awareness program can be an extremely valuable tool. It helps an organization thwart active attacks and reduces the amount of weaknesses that can

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General security

How to Plan a Social Engineering Assessment

February 3, 2014

A social engineering assessment is a very valuable tool in understanding the security exposure of most organizations. Since human beings tend to be the weake

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Incident response

Building an Incident Response Team and IR Process

February 28, 2013

In our world today, we have an abundance of many things, among which are -unexpected events. Falling meteorites, terrorist attacks, hacktivist demonstrations

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Management, compliance & auditing

Anatomy of a Risk Assessment

February 14, 2013

To an organization that is serious about security and wants to identify the most efficient way to invest in security solutions, a risk assessment is absolute

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Security awareness

Protecting yourself from Social Engineering Attacks

February 4, 2013

Due to technical advances in today's society, traditional boundaries, borders and personal privacy have been redefined. This has resulted in a new freedom of

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