The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The study, conducted by independent research firm Propeller Insights, dives into how IT business leaders feel about their security posture in a world where the technologies they embrace to grow and thrive are also vulnerable to constant and increasing threats. Human error is among the top causes of security breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Ransomware. Types of Cyberattacks.

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IT Governance

JUNE 18, 2018

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. . Secure your school with Cyber Essentials >> . Both exploit human error. .

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

At first glance, February appears to be a big improvement cyber security-wise compared to the start of the year. Ordinance Survey discovers breach of employee data (1,000). Preschool services provider Educational Enrichment Systems discloses cyber attack (unknown). Ransomware. Cyber attacks.

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IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

And these attacks are on the rise – Proofpoint’s 2019 State of the Phish Report reveals that 83% of survey respondents experienced phishing attacks in 2018. According to the research, 52% of users receive training no more than twice per year, and 6% of users have never received security awareness training. The result?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Cyber security is essential for organisations of all sizes. Despite these statistics, a recent survey found that many SMEs don’t believe they are at risk, with 59% thinking that their information would be of little value to cyber criminals. Many small businesses do not put enough money and resources into cyber security.

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IT Governance

MAY 30, 2019

The cyber security story for May 2019 is much the same as it was last month, with one mammoth breach raising the monthly total. Salesforce customers faced 15-hour delay as org investigates security incident (unknown). Ransomware. Hackers breach the Philippines United Student Financial System for Tertiary Education (unknown).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

According to researchers at Menlo Security, the SolarMarker campaign is one of two such efforts they’ve seen in recent months using SEO poisoning to deceive users and get them to download the malicious payload into their systems. Another campaign, which they call Gootloader, was observed doing the same with the REvil ransomware.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The incidence of ransomware attacks has continued to climb, over 700% by some estimates in 2020 in comparison to 2019, with phishing emails being the primary vector. A recent survey , commissioned by Cyberscout and conducted online by The Harris Poll among over 2,000 U.S.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2019

See also: Government surveys further education providers before Brexit. Meanwhile, opening an attachment will unleash malware onto your system that could cause untold damage, potentially siphoning off information from your systems or, in the case of ransomware, locking you out altogether. UK data protection law and Brexit.

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eDiscovery Daily

JUNE 23, 2019

But the sheer volume of patches, with many vendors publishing new fixes on a monthly basis, and the need to test those patches to ensure that they don’t cause other unexpected problems, means that there’s often a delay in getting systems secured. The overall average isn’t much better at 27 percent.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Cyber security training is one of the most effective ways of improving your organisation’s defences against security incidents. It gives staff the wherewithal to avoid costly mistakes and establishes a strong cyber security culture in the office. This blog is part of a series to mark European Cyber Security Month.

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eDiscovery Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2019

In Friday’s post about Norton Rose Fulbright’s 2019 Litigation Trends Annual Survey , one of the most notable trends was that 44 percent of corporate respondents identified Cybersecurity/data privacy as the most likely new source of dispute for their business on the horizon, which was more than four times the next likely sources.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

The move to remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic increased the workloads for skilled IT professionals, and combined with the rising rate of ransomware attacks , many security pros are suffering from burnout. Subsidize Education for Employees Who Want to Move to Cybersecurity.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

According to NYDFS, the department released this Framework now due to the increase in frequency and cost of ransomware attacks as well as the shift that many have made online due to COVID-19 — two trends that have resulted in a massive increase in cyber risk around the world, with associated increases in concrete instances of cybercrime.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Our recently released 2018 State of Privacy and Security Awareness Report found that 75% of U.S. As part of our 2018 State of Privacy and Security Awareness Report, we asked respondents to mark four example emails as either legitimate or phishing attempts. 14% of employees failed to identify true phishing emails.

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Information Governance Perspectives

MAY 10, 2020

The usual checkbox compliance, ad-hoc governance, and reactive information security policies will fail, if they haven’t already, and create too much organizational risk. And we see that finding those metrics to measure their programs is somewhat lacking for the majority of those surveyed. Just think about ransomware.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

This commonly starts with gathering information regarding the institution’s cybersecurity program through surveys and interviews on topics including corporate governance and controls, vulnerability management, access controls, encryption, endpoint monitoring, boundary defenses, incident response planning and third-party security policies.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Say you’re an organization that’s been hit with ransomware. At what point do you need to bring in a ransomware negotiator? Mark Lance, the VP of DFIR and Threat intelligence for GuidePoint Security, provides The Hacker Mind with stories of ransomware cases he’s handled. The same is true with ransomware.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Consideration was given to whether the same factors apply in both the privacy and security contexts, the risk of potential injury versus realized injury and when government intervention is warranted. With respect to the data security hypothetical, panelists were asked the same question of which stage they believed injury occurred.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

Kid Security breached again: children’s live GPS locations exposed on the Internet Last November , the parental control app Kid Security, which allows parents to monitor and control their children’s online safety, was found to have exposed more than 300 million records via misconfigured Elasticsearch and Logstash instances.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2021

According to a survey, 51% of organizations fail to identify advanced endpoint attacks , as their endpoint security software is ineffective. The average cost of successful corporate endpoint attacks is in the millions and employing a stringent endpoint security solution is necessary. Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud – $322.50

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Mobile network database breach exposes 750 million Indians’ personal data The Indian security company CloudSEK claims to have found the personal data of 750 million Indians for sale on an “underground forum”. Data breached: 2 PB. Source (New) Non-profit USA Yes 25,908.62

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KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

Share with friends, family and co-workers: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. Grimes Teaches Ransomware Mitigation Cybercriminals have become thoughtful about ransomware attacks; taking time to maximize your organization's potential damage and their payoff. Full text of the alert is at the FTC website.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

And with that well publicized security skills shortage – and equally well publicized attacks – there are plenty of people looking to get into security as a career. Here are some steps to consider if you’re ready to launch your own security career. Earn an Online Security Certification.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024.

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IT Governance

MARCH 14, 2018

Robust information security practices are critical to the legal sector – yet there is a notable gabetween the risks that firms face and their ability to mitigate them. Every law firm faces information security risks. Information security is not just about technology.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 4, 2021

Security vulnerabilities including hacking, unauthorised access, malware, phishing and ransomware attacks totalled 462 breach notifications. The DPC recommends that organisations: undertake periodic reviews of their IT security measures; implement a comprehensive training plan for employees; and. Enforcement.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on disclosure and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make clear that cybersecurity is no longer a niche topic, but a concern significant enough to warrant the oversight of corporate boards of directors. Designing an Enterprise-Level Approach.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Back in the day, security training was largely reserved for IT security specialists and then extended to include IT personnel in general. These days, all employees need to be well educated in security best practices and good habits if the organization wishes to steer clear of ransomware and malware. Proofpoint.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

Two months later, on July 19, 2021, the National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and FBI assessed that People’s Republic of China state-sponsored malicious cyber activity is a major threat to U.S. and Allied cyberspace assets. 19, 2022). 3600, 117th Cong. (as On April 6, 2022, the U.S.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Botnets ransomware well, you get the. Some in some other cases were just to do two or three different victims very targeted, but she's done a survey of more than 10 is backdoors. We were able to scan one of the variants and we found out that the education sector was pretty overly represented in the victims.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

That's right – the financial services industry, at least according to cybersecurity vendor Armorblox's 2023 Email Security Threat Report. Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. We can't (yet) stop ransomware.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

This is an excellent article that exposes the vulnerabilities when communications systems are not secure by design. With 30+ years of experience as an IT security consultant, instructor, and award-winning author, Roger has dedicated his life to making sure you're prepared to defend against quickly-evolving cybersecurity threats.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Thankfully, January was relatively quiet on the data breach front, following a chaotic end to 2020 in which we surpassed a thousand security incidents and 20 billion breached records. Ransomware. So far this year, we’ve recorded 82 incidents and 878,168,975 breached records. Cyber attacks. Data breaches. Financial information.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Employees play a role in organizational cybersecurity – Reddit mentions that "soon after being phished, the affected employee self-reported, and the security team responded quickly, removing the infiltrator's access and commencing an internal investigation." Blog post with links: [link] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes?

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