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Cyber Insurance and the Changing Global Risk Environment

Security Affairs

When security fails, cyber insurance can become crucial for ensuring continuity. Cyber has changed everything around us – even the way we tackle geopolitical crisis and conflicts. Our reliance on digital technology and the inherited risk is a key driving factor for buying cyber risk insurance.

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A Cyber Insurance Backstop

Schneier on Security

One possible solution, touted by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on a recent podcast , would be for the federal government to step in and help pay for these sorts of attacks by providing a cyber insurance backstop. But this is easier said than done.

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Discover 2022’s Nastiest Malware

Webroot

In other words, 2022 has been an eventful year in the threat landscape, with malware continuing to take center stage. As a result, many organizations are shifting away from cyber insurance and adopting layered defenses in an effort to achieve cyber resilience. The 6 Nastiest Malware of 2022. 2022 was no different.

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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

SecureWorld News

The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating. Open-source tools can also be valuable; for example, tools like KeePass for password management or ClamAV for antivirus protection are free and widely respected.

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Ransomware Prevention, Detection, and Simulation

NetSpi Executives

Do antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools stop ransomware? Only about 20% of the ransomware tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) used by ransomware attackers are identified out-of-the-box by antivirus (AV), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and security information and event management (SIEM) tools.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

In the event of a successful breach, your team must be ready to restore systems and data recovery. This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. Bitdefender : Bitdefender Antivirus Plus. Rapid Response Testing. Sandbox Testing. Offline Backups.

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G Suite Security Insurance for SMB

Spinone

Additionally, many cyber liability insurance providers struggle to put a price on high-value company assets, or are reluctant to cover them in the first place. When deciding whether or not to invest in a cybersecurity insurance policy, companies must evaluate carefully the full impact of a serious data breach.