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Mattermost Playbooks Elevate Real-Time Cybersecurity Automation to Accelerate Compliance with New SEC & CISA RegulationsSan Francisco, California, May 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mattermost, a leader in secure collaboration for critical infrastructure enterprises, announced at the RSA Conference strategic enhancements to its Playbook capabilities to help organizations battle the global expansion of cybercrime and to speed compliance with new SEC and CISA mandates. Cyberattacks impacted over 343 million victims in 2023, and data breaches rose 72% from 2021. To support the protection of downstream stakeholders, both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) published new regulations responding to the need for timely incident disclosure. This includes a new four-day disclosure requirement for public companies in the United States who experience a material incident. Mattermost Playbooks enables organizations to respond more effectively to security incidents and track required disclosure timelines for both established and new regulations. Recognizing the immediate and long-term implications of these regulations for cyber resilience stakeholders, Mattermost rapidly evolved its platform to streamline compliance with these new requirements, while enhancing cybersecurity program management capabilities. The platform's Playbook functionality now includes features specifically designed to help organizations with:
As Mattermost continues to invest in its Playbooks offering, it is exploring new opportunities to co-develop the following features:
Security organizations who are existing Mattermost customers can request to join the joint-development program for this new offering by contacting their account teams. The Urgency of Cyber Resilience With the SEC rules already in as of December 2023, there is a pressing need for organizations to assess their cybersecurity policies and procedures and ensure they are prepared to comply with these new requirements. Mattermost's Playbook enhancements offer a proactive solution, enabling organizations to manage operational risks, document cybersecurity strategies, and respond to incidents with the necessary speed and detail. “We’re excited to partner with Mattermost to build on its Playbook platform, enhancing incident response solutions for our joint customers,” said Jordan Husney, CEO of Parabol. “Together Mattermost and Parabol will allow teams to respond in an organized and thorough manner as incidents unfold, as well as later step back to reflect and learn from single or groups of incidents with the full might of emerging AI capabilities to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future, boosting cybersecurity resilience.” Daniel Schalla, Director of Security at Mattermost, emphasized "Our Playbook capabilities are designed to help organizations respond more effectively to security events through workflow automation and standardization, allowing them to stay compliant with the new and existing regulations around incident reporting posed by the SEC or CISA's incident reporting rule." Mattermost invites organizations and ecosystem partners to explore how its enhanced Playbook capabilities accelerate compliance with the SEC's cybersecurity disclosure rules while advancing their cybersecurity risk management strategies. To learn more, see this interactive Playbooks demo. About Mattermost Mattermost is a leader in secure collaboration for mission critical work in complex environments. The Mattermost platform enables enterprise, defense and governmental organizations to increase speed, efficiency and resilience in vital operations while meeting nation-state level security and compliance requirements. The company offers self-sovereign open source and enterprise software products, as well as managed cloud services. For more information, please visit Mattermost's website. Attachment Amanda Cheong Mattermost, Inc. [email protected] |