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Security Outlook 2023: Cyber Warfare Expands Threats

eSecurity Planet

Also read: SANS Outlines Critical Infrastructure Security Steps as Russia, U.S. Given its broader availability combined with the right exploit, wiper malware could cause massive destruction in a short period of time, said Derek Manky, chief security strategist and VP of global threat intelligence at FortiGuard Labs. Trade Cyberthreats.

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Focus on Phishing: Diving Deep into A Persistent Threat

KnowBe4

Our recently released 2018 State of Privacy and Security Awareness Report found that 75% of U.S. employees lack at least some awareness toward threats to cybersecurity and data privacy. As part of this research, we asked a variety of questions to test respondents’ knowledge of phishing emails.

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Your biggest cyber security threat is inside your organisation

IT Governance

Organisations usually spend most of their security budget on technologies intended to keep cyber criminals out of their systems, but this overlooks their biggest vulnerability: human error. More often than not, data breaches are caused by – or directly linked to – an organisation’s employees. A simulated phishing attack.

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Data protection strategy: Key components and best practices

IBM Big Data Hub

Its principles are the same as those of data protection—to protect data and support data availability. Data availability —ensuring critical data is available for business operations even during a data breach, malware or ransomware attack. Encryption is critical to data security.

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Developments in Health Privacy and Cybersecurity Policy and Regulation: OCR Issues Cybersecurity Warnings and New Health Data Legislation Is Introduced

Data Matters

OCR concludes most cyber-attacks could be prevented or substantially mitigated if HIPAA covered entities and business associates implemented HIPAA Security Rule requirements to address the most common types of attacks. implement a security awareness and training program for all workforce members pursuant to the HIPAA Security Rule.

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UK data breaches drop amid steep growth globally

IT Governance

More advice on staying secure. Whether your organisation is in need of an attitude change towards cyber security or you just want to take extra steps to prevent data breaches, you might be interested in our Security Awareness Programme. This programme provides comprehensive help addressing staff awareness.

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3 Reasons You Need Incident Reporting Training

KnowBe4

An employee had fallen for a particularly insidious phishing attack, opened an infected PDF, and unwittingly let ransomware into their internal network. Given the human connection, a security awareness training component promoting the importance of reporting potential cybersecurity or data privacy incidents is crucial.