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6 Ways to Create an Incident Response Plan That’s Actually Effective

CyberSecurity Insiders

Someone in IT places a phone call and gets asked whether the company has cyber insurance. Your IR plan should contain the contact information for everyone who might be needed, from your service providers to key employees to outside counsel to, yes, the insurance provider. Include contact information.

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Cyber Defense Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Robert Herjavec

Herjavec Group

In 2003, he knew that firewalls were too complex for all IT staff and for understaffed companies to manage. Within this whirlwind of all things moving to the internet, insurance vendors recently began to take cyber insurance very seriously. He and his tiny team of 3 people, began the world’s first MSSP.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA), for instance, so broadly defines what a “creditor” is that businesses that have no need for collecting various bits of PII (personally identifiable information) are compelled to collect and keep it. Compliance can sometimes hinder real security and real data privacy.

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Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager NAC Solution Review

eSecurity Planet

The company was founded in 2003 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of HPE. A pioneer in wireless networking, Aruba now offers infrastructure services as software from the public or private cloud to enable secure connectivity for a wide range of devices including mobile and IoT.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Since 2003, Tiger Global Management has made over 900 investments with 120 exits. Also read : Top Cyber Insurance Companies. Sequoia Capital. Sequoia Capital is arguably the top VC in cybersecurity, with five decades of experience investing in some of the biggest names in IT. Honorable Mention Cybersecurity VCs.

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Highlights from the New U.S. Cybersecurity Strategy

Krebs on Security

INSURING THE INSURERS One brief but interesting section of the strategy titled “Explore a Federal Cyber Insurance Backdrop” contemplates the government’s liability and response to a too-big-to-fail scenario or “catastrophic cyber incident.”