eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

With the ever-present threat of data breaches, organizations need to adopt best practices to help prevent breaches and to respond to them when they occur to limit any damage. And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices.

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IT Governance

APRIL 20, 2023

The fallout from Capita’s so-called “cyber incident” last month has been slow and damning. After weeks of insisting that criminal hackers had merely disrupted internal systems, the outsourcing giant has confirmed this week that the damage was more than just an ‘incident’. How did we get here? It was, in fact, ransomware.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Organizations are wrestling with a pressing concern: the speed at which they respond to and contain data breaches falls short of the escalating security threats they face. According to the Cost of a Data Breach 2023 Report by IBM, the average cost of a data breach reached a record high of USD 4.45

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

City officials now say they plan to pay the ransom demand, in hopes of keeping the personal data of their citizens off of the Internet. When that call went straight to voicemail, I left a message and called the city’s emergency response team. Image: Florenceal.org. On May 26, acting on a tip from Milwaukee, Wisc.-based

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 16, 2022

Considering the increased cybersecurity risks introduced by digital technologies, what should society do to prevent cyber-attacks, reduce damage, and strengthen trust? Furthermore, effective security necessitates skilled personnel, which is now impeded by a cybersecurity skillset deficit. Advancing Trust in a Digital World.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

This method involves using emails, social media, instant messaging, and other platforms to manipulate users into revealing personal information or performing actions that can lead to network compromise, data loss, or financial harm. A typical spear phishing attack follows a familiar pattern of emails with attachments.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In the Guidelines, NYDFS cites the 2020 SolarWinds attack as an example of how managing growing cyber risk is “an urgent challenge for insurers.”. 2 (2021) regarding “Cyber Insurance Risk Framework” (the “Guidelines”), calling on insurers to take more stringent measures in underwriting cyber risks. For example, Mondelez International Inc.

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CGI

JULY 5, 2018

Treating cybersecurity like workplace safety. Today, agencies need to bring the same level of motivation to ensure that their data and devices are secure. Not unlike workplace accidents, the cost of a cyber breach is expensive to say the least. premanath.puch…. Fri, 07/06/2018 - 00:40. has been estimated at more than $7 million.

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CGI

APRIL 19, 2018

Treating cybersecurity like workplace safety. Today, agencies need to bring the same level of motivation to ensure that their data and devices are secure. Not unlike workplace accidents, the cost of a cyber breach is expensive to say the least. Thu, 04/19/2018 - 02:18. has been estimated at more than $7 million.

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CGI

MAY 15, 2018

Treating cybersecurity like workplace safety. Today, agencies need to bring the same level of motivation to ensure that their data and devices are secure. Not unlike workplace accidents, the cost of a cyber breach is expensive to say the least. Tue, 05/15/2018 - 04:16. has been estimated at more than $7 million.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As 2023 draws to an end and cybersecurity budgeting is nearly complete, it helps to consider the year’s events and try to predict next year’s trends. After receiving input from industry experts and doing my own analysis of the year’s driving forces, I identified five major cybersecurity trends.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Incident Response is a systematic method for addressing and managing security incidents in organizations, focused on minimizing and investigating the impact of events and restoring normal operations. Jump ahead to: How Does Incident Response Work? In either case, preparation is critical.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

SaaS security checklists are frameworks for protecting data and applications in cloud-based environments. Data Security & Threat Detection Framework The data security and threat detection framework serves as the foundation for data protection plans, protecting intellectual property, customer data, and employee information.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Cloud storage security issues refer to the operational and functional challenges that organizations and consumers encounter when storing data in the cloud. Cloud storage risks involve potential external threats and vulnerabilities that jeopardize the security of stored data.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattack on the British Library that has caused a major IT outage. The ransomware group claims to have stolen a substantial trove of ‘impressive data’ and is auctioning it for 20 BTC. It is one of the largest libraries in the world.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Its filtering capability ensures that only certain network application data is transmitted, which has an impact on the security of protocols including FTP, Telnet, RTSP, and BitTorrent. Understanding ALGs involves knowing how they work, their pros and cons, and how they integrate with or differ from other types of firewalls.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

Cybersecurity products, services and professionals have never been in higher demand. A contributing factor to the cybersecurity skills gap is the large number of security startups that have been founded in recent years. According to a joint study by CBInsights and PwC, Cybersecurity startups received over $10.7 Cado Security.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

On October 27, 2022, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) and the interagency community, published the first iteration of its cross-sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (“CPGs”). Data Security.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

Grimes, KnowBe4's Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, where he'll share a comprehensive strategy for phishing mitigation. Google Chrome users who use the browser regularly should be wary of a new attack campaign that distributes malware by posing as a Google Chrome update error message," Trend Micro warns. Join Roger A.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 19, 2023

“No battle plan survives contact with the enemy,” wrote military theorist, Helmuth von Moltke, who believed in developing a series of options for battle instead of a single plan. . Today, cybersecurity teams continue to learn this lesson the hard way. What previously took them months to achieve, now takes mere days.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 10, 2021

In the biggest cyberattack to date on critical infrastructure in the U.S., The attack should serve as a wake-up call for organizations in critical infrastructure that have failed to take ransomware protection steps and implement advanced cybersecurity defenses that limit the potential attack surface, like microsegmentation and zero trust.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. You're building your business cloud first. It's time to build your security the same way. Transcript.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

But how might it actually happen? And how might we defend ourselves? Can criminal hackers shut down a city’s electrical grid? Well, nothing’s impossible. There’s a classic trope in fiction, that a criminal hacker somehow gets information that allows them or their team to take down a power grid of a major city.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. You're building your business cloud first. It's time to build your security the same way. Transcript.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. You're building your business cloud first. It's time to build your security the same way. Transcript.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. The article continues to describe how a large number of Viasat customers lost connectivity. government.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

Related: DHS embarks on 60-day cybersecurity sprints. In response, President Biden last week issued an executive order requiring more rigorous cybersecurity practices for federal agencies and contractors that develop software for the federal government. The new executive order is a swift response from the administration.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Information security products , services, and professionals have never been in higher demand, making for a world of opportunities for cybersecurity startups. Investors recognize the potential too, as funding for cybersecurity ventures more than doubled from previous years to almost $22 billion in 2021. Top 10 Cybersecurity Startups.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 2, 2019

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is the perfect time to think holistically about security awareness. National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is well underway! Are you sick of cybersecurity advice yet? A cybersecure workforce does not come from a one-and-done approach to teaching security best practices.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #08 | February 21st, 2023 [Heads Up] Reddit Is the Latest Victim of a Spear Phishing Attack Resulting in a Data Breach There is a lot to learn from Reddit's recent data breach, which was the result of an employee falling for a "sophisticated and highly-targeted" spear phishing attack.

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