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U.S. Treasury, NSF Partner to Bolster Terrorism, Cyber Risk Modeling

SecureWorld News

Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) announced a major new initiative this week to improve the insurance industry's capabilities around modeling and underwriting terrorism and catastrophic cyber risks.

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Cyber Risk Confidence Index Reveals Skepticism of Mitigation Strategies

SecureWorld News

Today, Critical Start unveiled its 2023 Cyber Risk Confidence Index , a report analyzing the confidence levels that IT security leaders have in their existing approach to reducing cyber risk, and how well their current strategies align to their organization's risk appetite. trillion by 2025.

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Understanding Cyber Risk and the C-Suite

CyberSecurity Insiders

As a result, cybersecurity has become a top priority for organisations of all sizes, and the C-suite, including CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and CISOs, plays a critical role in managing and mitigating cyber risk. Email remains the primary communication tool for businesses, but it also poses significant security risks.

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Q&A: NIST’s new ‘Enterprise Risk Management’ guidelines push cyber risks to board level

The Last Watchdog

Enterprise risk management (ERM) is a comparatively new corporate discipline. As part of its role promoting cybersecurity best practices, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) has stepped forward to make sure cyber exposures become part and parcel of evolving ERM frameworks. We had a most lively discussion.

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Webinar Recap: Mitigating Cyber Risks

SecureWorld News

What is the difference between a day at the beach and managing a cyber risk assessment plan? Risk is not what happens or occurs after that risk materializes. The speakers also delve into notable topics about what risk is, what it is not, and how to analyze potential risks.

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Seeds of Destruction: Cyber Risk Is Growing in Agriculture

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#213): Molly Jahn of DARPA and University of Wisconsin joins us to talk about the growing cyber risk to the Food and Agriculture sector, as industry consolidation and precision agriculture combine to increase the chances of cyber disruption of food production. Read the whole entry. »

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NEW TECH: Trend Micro flattens cyber risks — from software development to deployment

The Last Watchdog

As jarring as this abrupt shift to remote work has been for countless companies, government agencies and educational institutions, it has conversely been a huge boon for cyber criminals. Thus the urgency for organizations to put all excuses aside and embrace stricter cyber hygiene practices could not be any higher.