Author: Christine Kinyenje

Christine Kinyenje is founder of CKSecurity Solutions and has been a Principal Consultant for multiple federal agencies and corporations. Christine has over 17 years of IT and security experience. Her background is in IT Auditing, Compliance, and Advisory services.  Christine is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor, (CISA), Certified GIAC Systems and Network Auditor (GSNA), and Certified Risk Information Systems Control (CRISC). She can be reached at 443-459-1589 or ckinyenje@cksso.com.

From the Winter 2016 Issue

DFARS Implementation and Compliance: The New Interim Rule

Author(s):

Christine Kinyenje, Founder and Principal Consultant, CKSecurity Solutions

In response to recent Executive orders and mounting pressure after high-profile government data breaches, the Department of Defense (DoD) approved an interim rule Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services for the Defense Federal Acquisition System (DFARS Case 2013–D018), taking immediate effect. The rule, which will affect many government … Read more

From the Summer 2015 Issue

Strategizing for Data Breach Risk Management

Author(s):

Christine Kinyenje, Founder and Principal Consultant, CKSecurity Solutions

Organizations are struggling to handle data breaches, as their frequency in the news indicates. According to the Ponemon Institute and IBM’s 2014 report on corporate data loss prevention, the average cost of a data breach to a company was $3.5 million – 15 percent more than what it cost in 2013.1  It is evident from the … Read more