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Architecture Matters When it Comes to SSE

CyberSecurity Insiders

As you read the news, cyber-attacks are still on the rise and now we’ve drifted into national security concerns with the leaks about the war in Ukraine by a junior-level, 21-year-old Massachutures National Guard airman. .” To paraphrase a well-known movie from 2002, “SSE, it’s all about the PoPs.” This is good.

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Cyber Insurance: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

IT Security Guru

Recent research from Hiscox even found that a fifth of businesses across the US and Europe faced insolvency as a direct result of a cyber attack. Unfortunately, transferring traditional insurance models to the cyber-sphere isn’t an easy task. Astoundingly, the cyber insurance market shrank relative to the Internet economy.

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As market for cyber insurance booms, watchdog calls for better data

SC Magazine

Overall, insurance companies seem to be responding to increased demand from clients for cyber-specific insurance, and one survey found that the two things most likely to spur a purchase of cyber insurance are when a business experiences a cyber attack and when they hear about other companies being hit by a cyber attack.

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2020 Predictions: New Challenges for Data Privacy and the 5G Hackathon

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The adoption of emerging technologies like 5G will fuel the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) that’s often built with only a few security controls and therefore creating a larger attack surface that enterprises have to deal with., Conclusion.

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Spotlight Podcast: At 15 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Grows with Cyber Risk

The Security Ledger

“In 2002 I had a phone, but I had a separate piece of plastic and metal that was a camera and another piece of plastic and metal that had my music on it.” “People weren’t aware of the threat,” nor were the threats as closely interwoven with individuals lives as they are today, he said. .”

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

1988 — The Morris Worm — Robert Morris creates what would be known as the first worm on the Internet. The potentially harmless exercise quickly became a vicious denial of service attack when a bug in the worm’s spreading mechanism leads to computers being infected and reinfected at a rate much faster than he anticipates. .

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

AllegisCyber Capital was founded in 1996 to serve the growing cyber business ecosystem. Named after the infamous string of nation-state cyber attacks during the late 2000s, NightDragon was established in 2016 by former McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt. AllegisCyber Capital. Insight Partners. Lightspeed Venture Partners. NightDragon.