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UK Suffers Third Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks in the World

IT Governance

The other most vulnerable sectors were business services (23), construction (22), manufacturing (19) and transport (18). In addition to backing up sensitive files, organisations can prepare for ransomware attacks by deploying staff awareness training. What else should organisations do?

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Proposed Amendments to NY Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations Impose New Obligations on Large Entities, Boards of Directors and CISOs

Hunton Privacy

As part of the “training and monitoring” requirements under Section 500.14 A covered entity’s cyber program must include phishing training and exercises, as well as monitoring and filtering of emails to block malicious content. As part of the “risk assessment” requirements under Section 500.9