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How to make sure your cyber insurance policy pays out

IT Governance

Cyber insurance is big business these days. Damages incurred by information security incidents generally aren’t covered in commercial insurance policies, so a specific policy is necessary to help cover the costs of things like forensic investigation, incident response and notification procedures.

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How to Manage Your Cyber Risks

IT Governance

This process should be embedded within your overall cyber security measures in what experts refer to as cyber defence in depth. The framework consists of five interrelated stages (or ‘layers’) to help organisations manage information security risks across all parts of their business. Why Cyber Insurance is Essential in 2022.

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How to Protect Your Organisation from a Cyber Attack

IT Governance

Organisations should prepare for these attacks by implementing robust cyber security controls and ensuring that employees know how to manage cyber security controls. Cyber Essentials is a UK government-backed framework supported by the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre). Why Cyber Insurance is Essential in 2022.

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Many Public Salesforce Sites are Leaking Private Data

Krebs on Security

This misconfigured Salesforce Community site from the state of Vermont was leaking pandemic assistance loan application data, including names, SSNs, email address and bank account information. Unfortunately, I did not receive any responses from government organizations.” As a result, five companies eventually fixed the problem.

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How to handle a ransomware attack

IT Governance

This might seem futile – the police will almost certainly be unable to recover your data, let alone catch the crooks – but evidence of the attack is necessary for filing a cyber insurance claim. If you don’t already have cyber insurance, it’s worth considering. Find out what kind of ransomware it is.

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What are the benefits of cyber security as a service?

IT Governance

With organisations’ cyber security requirements becoming more complex and the threat of cyber attacks growing each year, many decision-makers are turning towards cyber security as a service. This approach, also known as managed cyber security, works by outsourcing cyber security to a third party. Get started.

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How to create an ISO 27001-compliant risk treatment plan

IT Governance

This option will make things less convenient for your employees but will drastically improve your security posture. There are two ways you can do this: by outsourcing the security efforts to another organisation or by purchasing cyber insurance to ensure you have the funds to respond appropriately in the event of a disaster.

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