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New York Regulators Call on Insurers to Strengthen the Cyber Underwriting Process

Hunton Privacy

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. sought coverage for expenses under its property insurance policy.

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Government survey reveals GDPR awareness is falling short

IT Governance

The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018 from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed that only 38% of businesses and 44% of charities have heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This is a worrisome finding, as it is only a matter of months until the new Regulation is enforced. Key findings.

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SHARED INTEL: Automating PKI certificate management alleviates outages caused by boom

The Last Watchdog

This, in turn, has triggered a surge in certificate outages: some two-thirds of 400 enterprises participating in a recent survey reported certificates expiring unexpectedly – with 25 percent experiencing five to six such outages in a recent six month period. Change, of course, is never easy.

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Cyber attacks hit a fifth of schools and colleges

IT Governance

One in five schools and colleges have fallen victim to cyber crime, according to research from the specialist insurer Ecclesiastical, yet the majority (74%) of educational establishments claim to be “fully prepared” to deal with such attacks. . Phishing and ransomware e-learning course . Both exploit human error. .

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Microsegmentation Is Catching On as Key to Zero Trust

eSecurity Planet

Those findings appear in The State of Microsegmentation in Network Security , a Byos report that details the results of a Q3 2021 survey of 100 cybersecurity leaders. Still, Katz said he was surprised by the survey results regarding top microsegmentation features by demand. Also read: Top Microsegmentation Solutions.

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Catches of the month: Phishing scams for November 2020

IT Governance

When the victim has picked out the pet they want, the scammer asks them to pay a deposit, followed by funds supposedly for insurance, vaccinations and delivery. Earlier this year, shoppers learned of a fake advert that supposedly offered customers a £50 voucher if they completed a short survey. Supermarket vouchers. Romance scams.

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How can organisations close the cyber security skills gap?

IT Governance

The alternative is to build an internal security team and encourage employees in security-adjacent roles, such as IT, to take cyber security training courses. A recent Field Effect Software survey found that 27% of respondents are looking to outsource some or all of their cyber security operations.

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