IT Governance

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Damian recently updated our Ransomware Staff Awareness E-learning Course – a 30-minute, non-technical course that’s suitable for all staff. Over Q4 2023, our research found that 25% of all incidents involved ransomware. There really are two key areas: What ransomware is, and the threat it poses.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

The next layer in your defense should be a user that's properly educated using security awareness training to easily identify financial fraud and other phishing-based threats, stopping them before they do actual damage. Mr. Hall encourages more consultation between the government and the small business community.

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Phishing File names Security awareness Risk 72

Cyber Info Veritas

JULY 18, 2018

A ransomware attack is a form of cyber attack that involves targeting a computer’s operating system by encrypting data into it and then demanding ransom payments in form of cryptocurrency. Such are increasingly becoming common and the WannaCry ransomware attack that happened in May 2017 is a classic example.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Small to Medium Business are, today, the target of APTs and ransomware. MUSIC} VAMOSI: In EP 49, I talked with Huntress, a managed service provider that discovered the ransomware affecting customers of Keysea. And because they were plugged into those clients, they were able to limit the spread of the ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ransomware. Unlike ransomware, it might be a criminal operation that does not involve the collection of a ransom. User education is one of the most powerful tools for preventing malicious mobile apps. While this case study is just a snapshot, vigilance in the app store is required. Ransomware. RAM scraper.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Common compliance standards include GDPR, which governs data processing for EU members; PCI DSS, which guarantees safe credit card transactions; and NIST 800-53 for IT risk management. Can the vendor give references or case studies that show effective security deployments in similar organizations?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2021

As wake up calls go, the Colonial Pipeline ransomware hack was piercing. This very high-profile caper is part of an extended surge of ransomware attacks, which quintupled globally between the first quarter of 2018 and the fourth quarter of 2020, and is expected to rise 20 percent to 40 percent this year, according to insurance giant Aon.

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