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What Is Integrated Risk Management? Definition & Implementation

eSecurity Planet

Integrated risk management (IRM) is a discipline designed to embed risk considerations for the use of technology throughout an organization. In other words, it links technology spending directly to the value of the resource protected and the associated risks controlled by that technology.

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NYDFS releases major update to Part 500 cybersecurity requirements for financial services companies

Data Protection Report

Noticeably, covered entities are now subject to new requirements imposing heightened responsibilities on Chief Information Security Officers (“CISOs”) and more specific and prescriptive requirements in relation to governance, risk assessments, and notifications to the NYDFS. c)) regardless of the impact of the underlying cybersecurity event.

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What VCs See Happening in Cybersecurity in 2023

eSecurity Planet

Despite all this, there is one tech category that has held up fairly well: Cybersecurity. One of the firm’s investments in this category is Immuta. At scale, teams struggle to connect Kubernetes clusters, enforce security policies, and observe events so that teams can fix performance issues,” Kakran said. Ransomware.

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GUEST ESSAY: Addressing data leaks and other privacy, security exposures attendant to M&As

The Last Watchdog

The FBI recently issued a warning that ransomware gangs are targeting companies during “time-sensitive financial events”, such as mergers and acquisitions. With ransomware attacks increasing year-over-year, we will continue to see this as a common attack vector. They can be divided into two categories: Pre-Close Risks.

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Accenture Attack Highlights Evolving Ransomware Threats

eSecurity Planet

Accenture officials are saying they staved off a ransomware attack this week by a cybercriminal ring using the LockBit malware even as the hacker group claimed to have captured data from the massive global IT and business consulting firm and has threatened to release it. Further reading: How Zero Trust Security Can Protect Against Ransomware.

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Think Ransomware Can’t Put You Out of Business?

Adam Levin

We’re not even halfway through 2020, and already it’s been a record-breaking year for ransomware attacks. No industry, category, size, or group is safe from this cyber scourge. Millions of inboxes have been hit with a variant of Avaddon ransomware. 1-99-employee companies are a target. What can CEOs do?

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“But the emails” – companies’ SEC filings reflect ransomware risks

Data Protection Report

Still, in what for the moment might seem like a more pedestrian risk, companies continue to be affected by ransomware. One of the unique aspects of ransomware is that it does not involve just stealing information, but makes the information unavailable to the business. General ransomware risk disclosures.

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