The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

insurance giant Beazley Worldwide reported that the average ransomware demand in 2018 was more than $116,000, a figure admittedly skewed by some very large demands. And fully 91% of poll takers said their clients had been hit by ransomware in the past 12 months, with 40% reporting more than six separate attacks during the past year.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

This is part of the opening monologue of the Ozark series and when I first heard it, I immediately stopped the show and dropped it into this blog post. Intro: This Industry Rocks! I want to start here because this post is very specifically targeted at people working in the same industry as I do. Banking is below that.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Instead, they should remain adaptive to the particularized needs of their organization, responsive to new industry developments, and vigilant of changes to business objectives that could affect the cyber threat landscape. Encrypting critical data assets. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. Managing digital identities.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

They also failed to renew an Azure one in 2013 and just to be clear about it certainly not being a Microsoft thing, HSBC forgot one in 2008 , Instagram forgot one in 2015 and LinkedIn forgot one last year. DV is easy and indeed automation is a cornerstone of Let's Encrypt which is a really important attribute of it. back in 2001.

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