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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In May, cybersecurity researchers revealed that ransomware attacks are increasing their aggressive approach by destroying data instead of encrypting it.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about. Further reading: Best Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Employees. of cyber attacks IBM handled. Phishing attacks made up 40% of all attacks in the sector.

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Top GRC Tools & Software for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files. LogicManager is lauded for its user experience and technical training and was named a Challenger in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for IT risk management. Insurance & claims management.

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Top 10 Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files. LogicManager is lauded for its user experience and technical training and was named a Challenger in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for IT risk management. Insurance & claims management.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech. I would never want to live in any of our properties we bought as investments.

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