What does materiality mean exactly?

Published: Aug. 12, 2024, 6 a.m.

Rick Howard, N2K CyberWire\u2019s Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow, discusses the meaning of cybersecurity materiality.\n\nReferences:\nAmy Howe, 2024. Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies [Blog] \nCydney Posner, 2023. SEC Adopts Final Rules on Cybersecurity Disclosure [Explainer]. The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.\nCynthia Brumfield, 2022. 5 years after NotPetya: Lessons learned Analysis]. CSO Online.\nEleanor Dallaway, 2023. Closed for Business: The Organisations That Suffered Fatal Cyber Attacks that Shut Their Doors For Good [News]. Assured.\nGary Cohen, 2021. Throwback Attack: Chinese hackers steal plans for the F-35 fighter in a supply chain heist [Explainer]. Industrial Cybersecurity Pulse.\nJames Pearson, 2022. Russia downed satellite internet in Ukraine [News]. Reuters.\nKatz, D., 2021. Corporate Governance Update: \u201cMateriality\u201d in America and Abroad [Essay]. The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.\nKim Zetter, 2014. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World\u2019s First Digital Weapon [Cybersecurity Canon Hall of Fame Book]. Goodreads.\nLiz\xe1rraga, C.J., 2023. Improving the Quality of Cybersecurity Risk Management Disclosures [Essay]. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.\nMATTHEW DALY, 2024. Supreme Court Chevron decision: What it means for federal regulations [WWW Document]. AP News.\nRick Howard. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World\u2019s First Digital Weapon [Book Review]. Cybersecurity Canon Project.\nRick Howard, 2021. Using cyber sand tables to study the DNC hack of 2016. [Podcast]. The CyberWire. \nRick Howard, 2022. Cyber sand table series: OPM. [Podcast and Essay]. The CyberWire.\nStaff, 2020. Qasem Soleimani: US strike on Iran general was unlawful, UN expert says [Explainer]. BBC News.\nStaff, 2023. Final Rule: Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure [Government Guidance]. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.\nStaff, 2024. Number of Public Companies v. Private: U.S. [Website]. Advisorpedia.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices