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One Year Later: What Have We Learned Since the Colonial Pipeline Attack

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

While implementation of security technologies such as multi-factor authentication and encryption have slightly increased, we have not yet reached the level where the majority of applications, data and operational technology are fully protected. Government Towards a Zero Trust Architecture dictate U.S. Cyber insurance coverage ramps up.

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BlastWave and Cysurance Roundtable: More Fender Benders, Fewer Totals, and a Smog Test

Security Boulevard

Click here to watch the roundtable and learn about the future of cyber insurance from leading experts. In partnership with Cysurance, BlastWave hosted a roundtable entitled “The Future of Cyber Insurance and MSP Insurability. The expert panelists held an honest discussion about insurability difficulties for MSPs.

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The 2022 ThreatLabz State of Ransomware Report

Security Boulevard

Ransomware attacks increased by yet another 80% between February 2021 and March 2022, based on an analysis of ransomware payloads seen across the Zscaler cloud. Three of the most infamous ransomware families of the past two years had assets seized by law enforcement in 2021. Implement a zero trust network access (ZTNA) architecture.

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New Warning from the White House Calls for Urgent Action

Cisco Security

But according to Anne Neuberger, the White House’s Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology, this warning is “based on evolving threat intelligence, that the Russian government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the United States.”. Cyber insurance is not the answer!

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Seven Massachusetts Cities Join Forces to Bolster Cybersecurity Posture

SecureWorld News

The cities of Middleton, Danvers, Wenham, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Essex, Hamilton, and Topsfield formed the North Shore IT Collaborative in 2021 with the goal of their collective power being stronger than what they can manage alone. On the plus side, they did mention multi-factor authentication and EDR.

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The Ongoing Cyber Threat to Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

gas pipeline in 2021 to the rise of nation-state attacks, critical infrastructure organizations are under siege. However, this stance indicates a lack of understanding of the effects of all the parties involved, such as cyber insurance underwriters, incident response firms, government regulations, and ransomware attribution.

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What is Ransomware? Everything You Should Know

eSecurity Planet

One attack in particular thrust ransomware into the spotlight as never before, the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack. Ransomware attacks doubled in 2021 and now number roughly 500 million a year, according to SonicWall. Conti Around 20% of attacks in early 2022 were from Conti, the group behind the 2021 Irish health services attack.