The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

.” Related: Cyber warfare enters Golden Age In fact, strategic cyber operations essentially pitting Russia and Iran against the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have been steadily escalating for at least the past decade, with notable spikes in activity throughout the course of 2019. As geopolitical tensions between the U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

I’m privileged to share news that two Last Watchdog articles were recognized in the 2019 Information Management Today MVP Awards. I’ve never done stories to win awards. I find gratification communicating intelligible insights that foster understanding about topics that affect the way we live.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 3, 2019

Jody Westby is the CEO of Global Cyber Risk LLC , a security consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. 2, 2019: What Westby’s iPhone displayed as the scam caller’s identity. the day before, but she didn’t answer that call).

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2021

Here are three examples from the new report: "In 2019, a NASA contract employee used a personal computer to access NASA-owned networks and systems to mine cryptocurrency.". "In

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2021

To deteriorate the cyber risk, Pearson filed an annual review report in July 2019 saying there was a significant possibility of student Dobs and email addresses stolen in the cyber attack, when it actually knew that the records were indeed stolen.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. This appears to be even more true today than it was when I began writing about business cyber risks at USA TODAY more than a decade ago. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the SMB security landscape at length with Gill.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Third party cyber risk is growing. In this Spotlight Podcast, a companion to our new eBook, Rethinking Third Party Cyber Risk Management, we go deep on the topic of building a mature third party cyber risk program with Dave Stapleton the Director of Assessment. Third party cyber risk is growing.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2025

Are we clear on who must be involved in assessing and mitigating AI adoption cyber risks? By assessing and mitigating cyber risks, leaders can align AI adoption with organizational goals and resilience needs, reads the companion WEF article Securing innovation: A leaders guide to managing cyber risks from AI adoption.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2022

With the increase in the number of cyber attacks, a growing number of organizations opted to transfer the cyber risk by underwriting cyber insurance. The increase in cyber losses in recent years pushed up prices, some insurance companies also changed their policies to limit their refunds in case of cyber incidents.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2022

He asked all the technology CEOs, and the business heads to bolster their in-house cybersecurity measures to mitigate the cyber risks emerging from Moscow. Cyber Attack on Verizon’s network and generating spam from the users’ own phone numbers needs a lot of technical expertise of international standards.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In the United States, the FBI report indicates that there was a 69% increase in total complaints in comparison with 2019. In the UK, four out of ten businesses (40%) and 25% of charities report having cyber security breaches or attacks in 2020. In Singapore, ransomware attacks marked a 154% rise compared to 2019.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Related: Implications of huge Capital One breach CASBs supplied a comprehensive set of tools to monitor and manage the multitude of fresh cyber risks spinning out of the rise in in corporate reliance on cloud services. In doing so, CASBs became the fastest growing security category ever , as declared by Gartner.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

During this period, due to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, these structures are under pressure and more exposed to cyber risks. According to the Cisco/Cybersecurity Ventures Cybersecurity Almanac , the healthcare organizations suffered 2-3 more cyberattacks in 2019 than the average amount for the other industries.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 7, 2019

I met with Darrah at Black Hat 2019. Triaging cyber risks It struck me that a service like this is needed because companies are increasingly replacing legacy on-prem systems with third party services, ranging from cloud hosting and cloud storage to the modularized software development movement known as DevOps.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2019

Imposing just the right touch of policies and procedures towards mitigating cyber risks is a core challenge facing any company caught up in digital transformation. Related: Data breaches fuel fledgling cyber insurance market. Enterprises, especially, tend to be methodical and plodding.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 11, 2021

As a result, a new generation of insurance startups has arisen over the past five years to rethink how cyber risk is underwritten, infusing security expertise into the insurance product. We are excited to work with Cloudflare to address our customers’ cybersecurity needs and help reduce their cyber risk. in the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2021

In addition, 91 percent said that their budgets for third-party cyber-risk management would increase in 2021. Third-party cyber-risk must become a priority at companies, Bixler said. The company launched in 2019 and Zioni signed on in September after almost four years as director of threat research at Akamai Technologies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 7, 2021

For example, a 2019 eSentire survey found that 44% of all firms surveyed had experienced a significant data breach caused by a third-party vendor. Incorporate risk management into your contracts. Make a practice of incorporating cyber risk into your vendor risk management program and vendor contracts.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

“Last year, the G7 announced a joint cross-border crisis management exercise on a cyber incident affecting the financial system that it carried out in June 2019, saying that cyber risks were increasing and posed a “genuine and growing threat” to the stability and integrity of the financial sector.”

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

NTT Research opened its doors in Silicon Valley in July 2019 to help nurture basic research in three subject areas that happen to be at the core of digital transformation: quantum physics, medical informatics and cryptography. Along the way, of course, cybersecurity must get addressed.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. Accel Investments.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The RSA Conference USA 2019 held in San Francisco — which is the world’s largest cybersecurity event with more than 40,000 people and 740 speakers — is a decent measuring stick for representation of women in this field. Either way, the 20 percent figure is still way too low, and our industry needs to continue pushing for more women in cyber.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

We had a chance to meet again at Black Hat 2019. They’ve been quick to recognize that all too many organizations have a limited understanding about these fresh cyber risks. For a full drill down of our wide-ranging discussion please give a listen to the accompanying podcast.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 30, 2023

In 2019, white-hat hackers detected 54 vulnerabilities in the Air Force's Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure which was hosting the Air Force portal. The DoD and its federal defense contractors face the same escalating cyber threats that every industry faces daily. Mittal will be presenting on "How Deep Are We in These Fakes?

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Cisco Security

MAY 14, 2021

At the publishing of the previous Q3 2019 Forrester Wave report for Endpoint Security Suites, Secure Endpoint was lauded as one of the least obtrusive security products to end-user productivity. Secure Endpoint offers more as shown in new Forrester Wave report.

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IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It’s mostly problems from the IT world, says Andy Norton, European Cyber Risk Officer at Armis. The Guru decided to ask Armis’ European cyber risk officer, Andy Norton for his thoughts. Armis’ own white paper on the topic mentions these for starters: July 2019: URGENT/11 affects billions of industrial and medical devices.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 22, 2021

Also known as cyber risk insurance, it’s now a prerequisite in some public sector tenders. Insurers know this and will say it’s a significant business risk not to have cover if a breach happens. That may be true, but the danger is, some companies could think a cyber risk policy by itself is enough.

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Spinone

JANUARY 3, 2019

7 Key Insights on Cyber Risk Management There are several key insights and best practice that CEOs and management teams today must be aware of to effectively mitigate cybersecurity threats. Learn How To Mitigate Cyber Risks 8. Security is ultimately your responsibility. G Suite for Education.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

A coordinated attack in the fall of 2019 hit 22 smaller Texas communities at once for a combined ransom of $2.5 2019 was called the worst year on record for breaches , and then came 2020, and new breaches are being reported all the time. The prevalence of portable devices again exacerbates cyber risks. 1 and June 4.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

A report by US cyber-security firm Recorded Future published last May highlighted a spike in ransomware attacks targeting US cities. In June 2019, Riviera Beach in FL paid $600,000 to hackers to restore its email system and public records. The potential security failure of a smart city initiative could have grave consequences.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 3, 2025

Passed in 2019, the NY SHIELD Act requirement modernized breach notification rules and introduced a flexible framework for data security, ensuring it remains relevant in a rapidly changing digital landscape. It introduces more stringent requirements for protecting private information and expands the definition of a data breach.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In September 2019, former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler and retired Rear Admiral David Simpson, USN, wrote Why 5G requires new approaches to cybersecurity for the Brookings Institute. Incentivizing a Cyber Duty of Care. How 5G Goes Beyond 4G. Objectives for 5G Implementation.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

There were more than 151 million ransomware attacks in 2019. That leads us to the next costly cyber risk to your business – unplanned downtime. The average enterprise-level business spends 10% of its company revenue on marketing, according to Gartner’s CMO Spend Survey 2019–2020. What’s the financial impact?

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The Security Ledger

MARCH 12, 2021

In this encore podcast in honor of Women’s History Month, we revisit a 2019 interview with Veracode CEO Sam King to talk about cybersecurity’s leaky talent pipeline. In this conversation recorded at the RSA Conference in 2019, I speak with Sam King , the CEO of the security firm Veracode about infosec’s leaky talent pipeline.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

The hack of Words with Friends in 2019 was high-profile, but today’s columnist, Yuval Elddad of CYE, says CISOs at all gaming companies have to take a closer look at the growing threats to online gaming platforms. In 2019, Zynga’s popular online game, Words with Friends , was hacked, resulting in the breach of 218 million user accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Related: Cyber risks spinning out of IoT Credential stuffing and account takeovers – which take full advantage of Big Data, high-velocity software, and automation – inundated the internet in massive surges in 2018 and the first half of 2019, according to multiple reports.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Credential harvesting attempts account for 54% of all phishing attacks, an increase of nearly 15% when compared with data from 2019. The data showed impersonation and credential harvesting attempts remain the leading phishing vectors. Another 20.7% of all phishing attacks were business email compromise attempts, and just 2.2%

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