Bob Chaput Author Blog
Enabling Board Cyber Risk Oversight
Most Organizations Can Produce a Risk Assessment. Fewer Can Defend One.
Introduction Recently wrapping up our latest Healthcare Enterprise Cyber Risk Management course at The University of Texas at Austin, I have been...
Raising the Bar for HIPAA Risk Analysis and Risk Management
Introduction As my readers know, I have an affinity for risk analysis and risk management, which I often pose in the form of this question: How will...
Elevating the Role of the C-Suite and Board in Cybersecurity
“As the world is increasingly interconnected, everyone shares the responsibility of securing cyberspace.” ― Newton Lee “And it starts with C-suite...
Rethinking ECRM Funding to Enhance Cybersecurity Outcomes
ignment of business strategy and risk appetite should minimize the firm's exposure to large and unexpected losses. In addition, the firm's risk...
Comments on the Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Revisions
The Role of Risk Literacy, Accountability, and Business Value in Strengthening Healthcare Cybersecurity “The most important defense is to instill a...
My 2025 Non-Prognostication
Never make predictions, especially about the future. —Casey Stengel Introduction I’ll leave all the 2025 prognostications to those more qualified...
The Healthcare Cyber Risk Problem: A Perfect Storm of Threats and Vulnerabilities
It’s just not about patient safety. It’s also about public safety and even national security. —Errol Weiss, chief security officer, Health...
The Most Critical Cybersecurity Decision
Alignment of business strategy and risk appetite should minimize the firm’s exposure to large and unexpected losses. In addition, the firm’s risk...
Critical Concepts in Enterprise Cyber Risk Management and Their Importance
So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with. —John Locke...
The Courts Are Picking Up the Cyber Pace: A New Era of Accountability for Boards of Directors
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts. —Mahatma Gandhi Introduction In...