Herjavec Group

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

For many teams, the priority was set on keeping the lights on and surviving, leaving their security teams grappling to catch up once the company’s operations were already online. As cyber breaches and ransomware attacks skyrocket, businesses now have no choice but to face the truth — cybersecurity is no longer an option.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons. Once more, a heavily protected enterprise network has been pillaged by data thieves. Once more, a heavily protected enterprise network has been pillaged by data thieves.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 31, 2023

Our experts break down the new cybersecurity rules from the SEC that are impacting publicly traded companies. If you’re a publicly traded company, you’re required to report cybersecurity events that impact the bottom line to your investors. The rule will become effective 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

A Guide to Key Management as a Service madhav Thu, 06/15/2023 - 11:29 As companies adopt a cloud-first strategy and high-profile breaches hit the headlines, securing sensitive data has become a paramount business concern. The most effective way to ensure data security is through encryption and proper key management.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Malicious cyberattacks may devastate your infrastructure in a variety of ways. Everything from smartphones to servers and data may be jeopardized. Networks allow devices to communicate data and information, which is critical for the running of a business. How does NDR react? Importance of Cyber security in 2021.

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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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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2019

Company officials at Capital One Financial Corp ought to have a crystal clear idea of what to expect next — after admitting to have allowed a gargantuan data breach. Oh, and let’s not forget how Equifax summarily canned five top execs , including Equifax CEO Richard Smith, in the aftermath of its big breach.

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BH Consulting

MARCH 22, 2023

Further afield, Royal Mail’s overseas parcel delivery suffered widespread disruption after a ransomware infection in January. This explains why the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Report ranks cybersecurity risk so highly. Now’s the time to upgrade these crisis plans by integrating cybersecurity incidents into them.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 3, 2021

This has created new opportunities for email fraud schemes like phishing and spam emails , which prey upon people’s reliance on communication via email – perfect conditions for cybercriminals. How Do These Scammers Operate? Cybersecurity is a top priority for business leaders in the new work environments.

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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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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 31, 2023

Our experts break down the new cybersecurity rules from the SEC that are impacting publicly traded companies. If you’re a publicly traded company, you’re required to report cybersecurity events that impact the bottom line to your investors. The rule will become effective 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Unfortunately for those of us indulging in wishful thinking, the likelihood and costs of data breaches continue to increase. The Ponemon Institute estimates that data breach costs rose to an average cost of $4.24 See our top picks for the Best Incident Response Tools and Software for 2021.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 25, 2023

If you're aiming to secure your organization's network and data, then micro-segmentation is definitely worth your attention. If your company uses a traditional network architecture, then all devices are connected to one network where everything connected to the network can communicate freely with one another.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 16, 2021

Backups can be damaged, untested, prohibitively difficult to deploy, encrypted by attackers, or restore to the same breached state they backed up. It doesn’t fix the vulnerabilities that led to the breach. It is now a pervasive component of ransomware, with operators hosting dedicated leak sites.

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Cisco Security

MAY 24, 2021

You handed over personal data, and maybe financial information too. The way suppliers conduct business, as well as they products they sell, could put you and your family at risk. The internet transports that data through software update systems, shared cloud apps, SD-WAN links, or even legacy VPNs. Protect your privacy?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The call started out as many do; with a slight pause after I answered. After a slight pause, they ask you to purchase some gift cards for an upcoming raffle from whatever local retailer is close to you. It was created by a machine learning algorithm (MLA) designed to mimic their way of speaking. Introduction. Phishing evolved.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 27, 2023

After two years of development, OpenAI launched GPT-4 last month, and it’s a major leap beyond GPT-3 and even ChatGPT. In March, the company disclosed a data breach that exposed about 1.2% The breach was due to a bug in the Redis open source library, but OpenAI quickly fixed the problem.

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Herjavec Group

JANUARY 27, 2022

January 28th is Data Privacy Day, an international effort to empower individuals and support businesses in the endeavor to respect privacy, safeguard data, and enable trust. This year, the National Cybersecurity Alliance has extended the data privacy campaign to be a week-long initiative. Take this as your wake-up call.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2021

President Biden’s promised executive order on cybersecurity came out as millions of Americans on the East coast could not find gas for their cars. Much of our domestic critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector, and those private sector companies make their own determination regarding cybersecurity investments.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

At this point, it has become cliché to say that nothing in 2022 turned out the way we expected. While the broader geopolitical analysis of the war in Ukraine and its consequences are best left to experts, a number of cyberevents have taken place during the conflict, and our assessment is that they are very significant.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Usually after the phrase there are MD5 hashes [1] , IP addresses and other technical data that should help information security specialists to counter a specific threat. We have been doing so since 2008, benefiting from Kaspersky’s decades of cyberthreat data management, and unrivaled technologies.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools. Ten years after BitSight became a pioneer in the security ratings space, the Boston-based company holds 32 patents and has rated over 40 million companies. BitSight also integrates with other VRM tools like ServiceNow and ProcessUnity to get the best of the TPRM market. Aravo TPRM.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2022

Is there a way to overcome legacy systems, and perhaps even more crucially, legacy mindset? I was joined by Liz Waddell, Incident Response Practice Lead at Cisco Talos , who’s often there at ground zero for data breaches, helping teams put out fires in remediation. Meet the experts.

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Over the course of a day, we explored how the IT and security landscape has shifted exponentially over the past 24 months, and why cybersecurity vigilance is a fundamental priority and necessity for all businesses. This previously undiscovered vulnerability provided an entry point to steal sensitive data belonging to Jones Day.

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SecureList

MAY 17, 2022

We nevertheless do still see value in attempting to interpret the data at hand, in alignment with Kaspersky’s constant commitment to understand more about threat actors and how they are organized. Our best guess is that separate groups decided to take advantage and wreak havoc immediately after the conflict erupted.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 20, 2021

One could say the same for cybersecurity – only the stakes are higher. After all, that shiny “trophy” your cyber opponents are after consists of your credentials, your data, your money and your intellectual property. We all want to be our best every day. We’re all performers,” said McMains. “We said Murphy.

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Jane Frankland

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I’ve consistently spoken, and written about the dangers of burnout in cybersecurity, and proposed leadership strategies for employee wellbeing. According to Gartner , poor operational decision-making costs companies 3% of profits, or more. It poses a threat in numerous ways. Naturally, attackers take advantage.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

Last month’s passage of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 means all IoT devices used by government agencies will soon have to comply with strict NIST standards. Lastly, we touch on the political rationale of how the landmark IoT cybersecurity legislation came to be. Implications for IoT devices.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It is a great time to be a woman in cybersecurity! If you’re curious about technology enjoy problem-solving, want to save the world from cyberattacks and effectively collaborate with people who might think differently but are on the same mission as you, you can enjoy an amazing career in cybersecurity.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Today, organizations are placing more data as well as infrastructure in the public cloud. Additionally, in recent years, news headlines filled with massive data leaks or breaches add to the cloud security concerns that many organizations may have about public cloud. Sadly, ransomware sheds a bad light on encryption.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

For most small businesses, the chances of falling prey to a long-term covert surveillance operation by well-resourced, likely state-backed actors are slim. Likely it would mean less of their data on the dark web, fewer important pieces of intellectual property leaked, ransomware attacks thwarted or less reputational damage to companies.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Yet, unpatched vulnerabilities provide attackers with open opportunities to cause great damage – with studies showing unpatched vulnerabilities estimated to account for 30-60% of all breaches! The easiest way to create a first draft is to write down the current practice. Free Patch Management Policy Template.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This update touches on the newly detected malware , attack vectors to guard against, and why the targeting of security vendors is a critical development in cybersecurity. Also Read: FireEye, SolarWinds Breaches: Implications and Protections. It’s becoming clear that the attack went much further than just breaching SolarWinds.

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Cisco Security

JULY 8, 2021

We started to see chatter about there being potentially a ransomware campaign underway, and shortly after that the involvement of Kaseya began to come to light. The immediate recommendation after the attack was to shut off your VSA server. The best way to think about REvil is that it’s ransomware as-a-service.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As 2023 draws to an end and cybersecurity budgeting is nearly complete, it helps to consider the year’s events and try to predict next year’s trends. After receiving input from industry experts and doing my own analysis of the year’s driving forces, I identified five major cybersecurity trends.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 4, 2020

2020 gave us lessons, in more ways than one. And, for many companies, the considerations of privacy and security took a backseat to operations and just making it work. The 2020 Verizon Breach Report recognizes that phishing attacks are still one of the top attacks that entities face. Looking back on 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

SaaS security checklists are frameworks for protecting data and applications in cloud-based environments. These checklists include security standards and best practices for SaaS and cloud applications, and B2B SaaS providers use them to guarantee that their solutions match customer security standards.

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