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GUEST ESSAY: A roadmap for wisely tightening cybersecurity in the modern workplace

The Last Watchdog

First and foremost, cyberattacks can lead to data breaches in which sensitive information is stolen. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Sometimes hackers can encrypt your systems, holding them hostage and asking you to pay money to regain access to them. Cyberattacks can also lead to a loss of productivity.

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Ransomware realities in 2023: one employee mistake can cost a company millions

Security Affairs

One employee’s mistake can cost a company millions of dollars. Studies show that human error is the root cause of more than 80% of all cyber breaches, whether malicious or unintended. The recent debilitating cyberattacks on casino and resort giants MGM and Caesars are no exception.

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Capita Admits That Its ‘Cyber Incident’ Was Ransomware and That Customer Data Was Breached

IT Governance

The Times has called Capita’s response a “crisis” – a far reach from Capita CEO Jon Lewis’s declaration two weeks ago that the incident “will go down as a case history for how to deal with a sophisticated cyberattack”. The fallout from Capita’s so-called “cyber incident” last month has been slow and damning. It was, in fact, ransomware.

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How to Develop an Incident Response Plan

eSecurity Planet

What investments can we make to drive down costs or increase sales? Or as is often the case with security, what costs can we skip and still escape big penalties later? Unfortunately for those of us indulging in wishful thinking, the likelihood and costs of data breaches continue to increase. Yet, it can get worse.

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7 Best Attack Surface Management Software for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Attack surface management (ASM) is a relatively new cybersecurity technology that combines elements of vulnerability management and asset discovery with the automation capabilities of breach and attack simulation (BAS) and applies them to an organization’s entire IT environment, from networks to the cloud.

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Welcome to Relativity Fest 2019!: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

Limiting the study to chief legal officers, the survey covered topics ranging from the technical competence of legal teams to preparedness for cyberattacks. e-Discovery Cost Recovery: 5 Considerations for Law Firms. Law firms that value innovation may struggle to nurture it while upholding a pure cost absorption model.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 457 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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