IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

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). What else should organisations do?

Ransomware 136

Ransomware Manufacturing Data breaches Risk 136

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Conduct staff awareness training. Your employees are the ones following your policies and procedures, so they are directly responsible for keeping threats such as ransomware and phishing at bay. System monitoring enables organisations to detect criminals’ attempts to attack systems and business services.

Security 105

Security Data breaches Risk Phishing 105

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 15, 2022

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

Financial Services 55

Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk Passwords 55

Data Protection Report

AUGUST 11, 2022

The draft amendments would also require that relevant employees be trained for their implementation. Covered entities must also periodically test their incident response plans (including “disruptive events such as ransomware,” which NYDFS specifically would require) and their ability to restore systems from backups.

Cybersecurity 58

Cybersecurity Risk Passwords Compliance 58