The Last Watchdog

JULY 15, 2019

Cyber crime can be extremely financially damaging to businesses. However, if you believe that money is the only thing that a cyber-attack costs your organization, you would be wrong. In fact, a recent academic analysis identified 57 specific individual negative factors that result from a cyber-attack against a business.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 21, 2024

The emergence of NIS2 alongside GDPR stems from the acknowledgment that while data protection is vital, it represents just one aspect of cybersecurity. As a global trailblazer in information security and data protection regulation, the EU continues to lead the way in comprehensive cybersecurity standards.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

With a near incessant flow of high-profile cyber-attacks, 2021 was a significantly active year for cybercriminals. Merging into 2022, we looked back at the most significant cybersecurity themes that we at Axio have covered throughout the year.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. ” Data Breaches Are on Pace to Break a New Record High in 2021 | Money Please see my article in FORBES for more of 2021’s alarming cybersecurity statistics. MORE Alarming Cybersecurity Stats For 2021 ! Because of the prevalence of ransomware attacks, the U.S.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

In that spirit, we’ve rounded up five of our most popular blogs from the past year. From ransomware and scams to security frameworks and employee privacy, our 2021 ‘greatest hits’ show how broad the areas of cybersecurity and data protection can be. We begin with a look at a contentious topic: cyber risk insurance.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Let’s take a Cyber Drink to 2021 Cybersecurity professionals have been put in the spotlight this year. Gone are the days when cybersecurity could operate in a silo. Read article > The post A Toast to the Cybersecurity Incidents of 2021 appeared first on Axio. It’s now a business.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment ‘Tool’ Goes Live. On Tuesday, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released a new tool to help financial institutions identify their level of risk to a cyber-attack and also gauge their ability to manage and control their own specific threat levels.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

For some, a cyber criminal matches some of the Hollywood tropes: a person sitting alone in a dimly lit room, furiously mashing on a keyboard to steal information from a person or company. This effort began with the 2018 establishment of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) , a Department of Homeland Security division.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 17, 2023

When considering adding a cyber insurance policy, organizations, both public and private, must weigh the pros and cons of having insurance to cover against harm caused by a cybersecurity incident. Compliance: Certain industries and jurisdictions require organizations to have cyber insurance or to meet certain cybersecurity standards.

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Herjavec Group

MAY 27, 2021

In the past, cybersecurity was a technical, IT responsibility. The irony is that a strong cybersecurity posture is one of the greatest business-enabling tools an organization can have in its arsenal. The irony is that a strong cybersecurity posture is one of the greatest business-enabling tools an organization can have in its arsenal.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Needless to say, in 2021 cybersecurity was front and center for individuals, enterprises, and governments alike. Data breaches and cybersecurity threats were at an all-time high this past year. So let’s take a look at the big challenges, priorities, and trends we saw in cybersecurity over the past year.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

At Axio, our platform enables companies to perform cyber risk quantification (CRQ), which analyzes the unique risks to. CISO is a high-stakes position, and possibly the most important business relationship/direct report a CEO can have.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Cyber security is a concern for companies of all sizes, but can be particularly significant for smaller businesses who are less likely to have the dedicated technical staff in place to ensure the right controls are in place to protect them.

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BH Consulting

MARCH 21, 2024

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Creeping cyber risk grabbing global headlines Ransomware keeps reminding us of the strong connection between a cybersecurity incident and financial loss. MORE Have you signed up to our monthly newsletter?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

Our reliance on digital technology and the inherited risk is a key driving factor for buying cyber risk insurance. If the technology were to become unavailable, the resulting business impact could be mitigated with cyber insurance. When security fails, cyber insurance can become crucial for ensuring continuity.

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Centraleyes

MAY 5, 2024

In today’s digital age, where cyber attacks are a matter of when rather than if, assessing potential risks and their likelihood of occurrence is only getting more critical. Centraleyes analyzes various risk factors by leveraging data-driven algorithms, providing a holistic view of cyber risk exposure.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Tens of thousands of applications that are critical to the operations of data centers around the globe are exposed to the internet, with many secured with default factory passwords, posing a significant cyber risk to enterprises worldwide. Doing so puts the complete environment at risk of cyber-attack.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Atlanta , Baltimore , Port of San Diego , and the island of Saint Maarten were subjected to wide scale cyber-attacks affecting vital government services and costing these municipalities millions of dollars. The surge in attacks makes clear that many cities are unprepared for cybersecurity threats.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

CIOs must come to grips with the fact that we're all human and that shortcuts don't have a place when developing strong cybersecurity habits. As an example, the ForgeRock Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform continuously assesses risk as part of its access management capability to provide a zero trust environment.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

From these conversations, it is clear cyber liability insurance is steadily rising to the top of the agenda, due to the sheer amount and scale of cyber-attacks hitting firms. So, what is the chief contributor to this hard market from a cybersecurity and threat landscape perspective?

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A major vulnerability to cybersecurity across the internet was revealed in the widely used, open-source Java-based data logging tool, log4j. The reveal of this latest fire alarm is being treated as a “Zero Day” attack, which is an attack that exploits a vulnerability that is either unknown to the affected parties.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

SolarWinds Lawsuit: Only the Beginning Microsoft, Cisco, Deloitte, and even the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). We expect to incur significant legal and other professional services expenses associated with the Cyber Incident in future.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Recently, a nationwide cream cheese shortage has emerged as many Americans make plans for their holiday cheesecakes. Early on, CBS reported that the cream cheese shortage was likely due to a scarcity of the large plastic tubs used to deliver it to stores.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Sodium hydroxide, NaOH, is a commonly used water treatment deployed in safe amounts by water treatment plants across the US. In large concentrations, however, it can be dangerous and even deadly to humans.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 30, 2018

As the Industrial Internet of Things continues to transform the global industrial manufacturing and critical infrastructure industries, the threat of aggressive, innovative and dangerous cyber-attacks has become increasingly concerning. Related: The top 7 most worrisome cyber warfare attacks. Resiliency needed.

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Herjavec Group

JULY 29, 2021

Halfway through 2021 and it’s been a year unlike any other in cybersecurity ! While the world transitions out of the pandemic, cyber adversaries have continued to take advantage of the chaos – cyber attacks have skyrocketed and are only becoming more frequent, destructive, and sophisticated.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since then, several pro-Russian and pro-Ukraine hacktivist groups have conducted a series of cyber attacks to disrupt their adversaries. Most of the observed attacks were crowdsourced distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, website defacements, and data destruction operations.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2022

Spider-Man: No Way Home, which debuted in December 2021, is now in its fifth weekend in theaters with over $1.5B in box office sales. Despite being only available in theaters, it is the first pandemic-era film to exceed $1B. The excitement leading up to the film’s release was unprecedented even compared to other Marvel blockbusters.

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Centraleyes

MAY 28, 2024

The platform provides a comprehensive management console for overseeing third-party risks, along with structured workflows and frameworks for thorough risk assessments. Comprehensive Risk Assessment With Centraleyes, you can confidently assess and enhance your internal cybersecurity posture as well as your vendors’ security posture.

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BH Consulting

JULY 13, 2023

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. The 51-page report goes into detail on the threat landscape, risks to key sectors and supply chain risks. Cyber Ireland, the industry body, forecasts that cybersecurity jobs will increase to 17,000 by 2030.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. Creeping cyber risk grabbing global headlines The World Economic Forum’s latest Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024 gives senior leaders a high-level overview of cybersecurity trends.

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Herjavec Group

JANUARY 31, 2022

But technological advancement inherently results in greater cyber risk, and today’s OT systems are more vulnerable than ever. . As threat actors continue to target critical infrastructure and industrial assets, we have seen ICS cyber-attacks increase in frequency and sophistication. Developing IT/OT Convergence

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Cisco Security

MARCH 22, 2022

Matt and his team have been fully engaged in Ukraine for a long time as he details in his blog, Cisco stands on guard with our customers in Ukraine. Left of Boom refers to actions you can take to protect your organization before a cyber incident. Move to the cloud.

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Adam Levin

JUNE 12, 2019

While First American is a Fortune 500 company, it has never demonstrated any interest in being a cybersecurity-forward company. That said, even companies that take cyber security seriously often get it wrong. “To be clear, these passwords remained in our secure encrypted infrastructure,” the company announced in a blog.

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