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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

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Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Cyberattacks are on the rise, with cyber criminal trends and techniques becoming increasingly sophisticated and creative. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 Ransomware. Other methods.

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

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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. According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2%

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Top GRC Tools & Software for 2021

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Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files. The Riskonnect GRC platform has specific use cases for risk management, information security, compliance, and audit professionals in healthcare, retail, insurance, financial services, and manufacturing.

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Top 10 Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Vendors

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Like other competitive GRC solutions, it speeds the process of aggregating and mining data, building reports, and managing files. The Riskonnect GRC platform has specific use cases for risk management, information security, compliance, and audit professionals in healthcare, retail, insurance, financial services, and manufacturing.

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

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The vendor reports analyzed trends and found: Cisco: 62% of companies highlighted external actors as the biggest threat versus 31% for internal actors; a huge shift from 2023, which saw the threats as equal. Secure remote access : Enables encrypted connections between internal network resources and remote users using a variety of methods.