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UK Suffers Third Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks in the World

IT Governance

UK organisations suffer the third highest rate of ransomware attacks globally, with small businesses most at risk, a report by NordLocker has found. The other most vulnerable sectors were business services (23), construction (22), manufacturing (19) and transport (18). Why are small businesses at risk?

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 30 October – 5 November 2023

IT Governance

When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised. It secured its systems, notified law enforcement and began investigating the incident. Records breached: 815,000,000 Milford Management Corp. Boeing is “assessing the claim”.

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Building for operational resilience in the age of AI and hybrid cloud

IBM Big Data Hub

With more dependency on technology and third and fourth parties, expectations are increasing for organizations to continue delivering critical business services through a major disruption in a safe and secure manner. This means actively minimizing downtime and closing gaps in the supply chain to remain competitive.

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10 things you must do to become cyber secure

IT Governance

One of the most trusted resources is the NCSC’s (National Cyber Security Centre) ten-step guide. For any cyber security strategy to be effective, it needs to be supported by senior managers and applied across the whole organisation. A risk management regime is a top-level framework for addressing security issues.

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Weakness at the Network Edge: Mandiant Examines 2022’s Zero-Day Exploits

eSecurity Planet

Enterprise IT, network and security product vulnerabilities were among those actively exploited in zero-day attacks last year, according to a recent Mandiant report. A quarter were financially motivated, and three of those were linked to ransomware operations. firewalls, IPS/IDS appliances, etc.),” the researchers wrote.

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Top IT Asset Management Tools for Security

eSecurity Planet

However, the needs of cybersecurity now require that they also offer some kind of security resiliency to protect the assets they are discovering and cataloging. For some, that means building security features directly into ITAM. What is ITAM? Compliance initiatives, therefore, are materially assisted by ITAM, as is patch management.

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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

of the Proposed Amendments, unless a reasonable equivalent is approved by the CISO, Class A Companies must implement (1) an endpoint detection and response solution to monitor anomalous activity, including lateral movement; and (2) a centralized solution for logging and security event alerting. Additional Requirements.