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Worrying Ransomware Trends, and What to Do About Them

IT Governance

Nonetheless, the risk of a cyber incident is significant, and as data leaks such as the ‘mother of all breaches’ suggest, sooner or later, every organisation will ‘get done’. Second, gangs seem to be putting all their efforts into data exfiltration, moving away from data encryption in the process.

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SamSam Ransomware operators earned more than US$5.9 Million since late 2015

Security Affairs

The security experts from Sophos have published a report on the multimillion-dollar black market business for crooks, they analyzed the SamSam ransomware case as a case study. “SamSam has earned its creator(s) more than US$5.9 Million since late 2015. 74% of the known victims are based in the United States.

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What Is a SaaS Security Checklist? Tips & Free Template

eSecurity Planet

This framework guarantees that appropriate authentication measures, encryption techniques, data retention policies, and backup procedures are in place. Common threats include misconfigurations, cross-site scripting attacks, and data breaches. Is data encrypted in transit and at rest?

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Rock the Blockchain: Thales and DigiCert Secure the Data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

It’s a staggering statistic, but 39% of companies are still not using robust data security measures. billion data records were breached, quadrupling in 2020 to 36 billion globally. Data breaches are a tremendous threat to any enterprise, as malicious actors continue to be the driving force behind these breaches.

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Best Network Security Tools 2021

eSecurity Planet

In a case study on MCAS , Forrester found a risk-adjusted ROI of over 150% within a few years of purchase. Since 2009, Okta has been a thought leader in the access, authentication, and authorization space. MCAS integrates smoothly for organizations leaning on Microsoft software tools. Identity and access management (IAM): Okta.

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