CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The tool will be rolled out in a testing phase to help the educational institutes in accessing the robustness of their cybersecurity measures. Dubbed as ‘Cyber Secure’ tool and launched by the Department of Education (DfE) the program to make schools cyber threat free will be rolled out in major cities on an initial note.

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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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BH Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

From ransomware and scams to security frameworks and employee privacy, our 2021 ‘greatest hits’ show how broad the areas of cybersecurity and data protection can be. We begin with a look at a contentious topic: cyber risk insurance. Lessons hard learned from a ransomware infection.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 24, 2022

by Great American, a powerful cyber risk management platform that combines the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) driven, inside-out review of an organization’s cyber security posture with insights from continuous, external vulnerability scans and best-in-class cyber security ratings from SecurityScorecard.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 25, 2021

Ransomware. Ransomware. Ransomware. It seems to be in every headline and on every cybersecurity professional's mind. As ransomware attacks have spiked in the last year, a common theme for many organizations is that the attack was the result of failed cybersecurity. Should ransomware payments be banned?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Like years past, 2021 revealed more of the same for the cybersecurity industry—more breaches, bigger ransomware attacks, higher stakes. These attacks received global attention and spotlighted the need for even more attention on cybersecurity best practices. Understand cybersecurity impacts your bottom line.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

First published by HelpNetSecurity  — Matthew Rosenquist Cybersecurity insurance is a rapidly growing market, swelling from approximately $13B in 2022 to an estimated $84B in 2030 (26% CAGR), but insurers are struggling with quantifying the potential risks of offering this type of insurance.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2021

In a recent survey conducted by Cybersecurity Firm Tenable, over 106 million healthcare records were exposed to hackers during the time of past 14 months. Tenable’s Security Response Team says that in the past 2 months over 56 breaches were disclosed by the end of Feb’2021. percent of attacks. While RYUK topped the list with over 8.64

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Timing of this announcement comes as cyberthreats, security breaches, and ransomware attacks continue to plague organizations around the globe. Studies show that ransomware attacks soared 93% in the first half of 2021. © 2021 Cohesity, Inc. Meet internal security assessments via an easy to understand scorecard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 3, 2023

A cyber attack launched and identified on March 26th of this year has triggered the incident response teams of Western Digital (WD) to take appropriate steps to mitigate the cyber risks of the incident. However, it assured to the media that it will reveal more of the cyber incident details after the probe gets done.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The cybersecurity industry has continued to gather momentum throughout 2021, growing and expanding into seemingly every aspect of our daily lives. Taking all of this into account, it appears that cybersecurity is at somewhat of a crossroads, or at least cybersecurity influencer Chuck Brooks believes so.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

A new report from Sophos dissects how hackers spent two weeks roaming far-and-wide through the modern network of a large enterprise getting into a prime position to carry out what could’ve been a devasting ransomware attack. Related: DHS embarks on 60-day cybersecurity sprints.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The rash of high-profile breaches such as Solar Winds, Colonial Pipeline, Kaseya, and others proved those 2021 predictions to be accurate. through September of 2021 has already surpassed the total number of compromises in 2020 by 17%, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).” Ransomware. forbes.com).

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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. Organisations, and increasingly regulators, must now live with the implications of this for cybersecurity. The Guru decided to ask Armis’ European cyber risk officer, Andy Norton for his thoughts.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2022

cyber insurance carriers in 2021 rose 92% year-over-year, largely in response to a surge in ransomware. Cyber risk insurers are also declining coverage to companies with substandard cybersecurity controls, as well as changing the fine print for sublimits to reduce coverage for types of losses one by one.

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

million patients have been impacted by a health care data breach so far in 2021, a whopping 185% increase from the same time period last year where just 7.9 Further, the number of breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services during the first six months of 2021 increased by 27% year-over-year. More than 22.8

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 11, 2021

In the second quarter of 2021 alone, cyber insurance premiums rose by more than 25%. 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.

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SC Magazine

MAY 19, 2021

The development of cybersecurity insurance has played an important role in determining how companies prepare for and respond to ransomware attacks and the resulting fallout. The ransomware reality check for insurers. Prior to 2017, most insurers covered ransomware under traditional property and casualty policies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 23, 2021

“By tapping into the advanced capabilities of our IT scanning technology, we’re proud to share actionable data to increase awareness around the current state of cyber risk technology and help eliminate the impact of adverse events — especially as we approach the end of a pivotal year,” said Madhu Tadikonda, President of Corvus Insurance. “We

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach Russians charged with hacking Mt.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Ardent Health Services, a Nashville-based healthcare provider, fell victim to a ransomware attack on Thanksgiving Day morning, November 23, that disrupted its IT operations and forced hospitals to divert emergency room patients to other facilities. In this case, there are two victims.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 13, 2022

BOSTON–( BUSINESS WIRE )– CyberSaint , the developer of the leading platform delivering cyber risk automation, today announced CyberBase, the company’s new offering for small-to-medium sized businesses. Traditionally, assessments are performed manually on spreadsheets and are filled with opportunities for human error.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 11, 2021

Poor cyber literacy is at the root of many of the cybersecurity problems plaguing the U.S. The post At Pride Summit: A Warning On Cyber Literacy appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. economy, according to Dr. Alissa Abdullah, Deputy CSO at MasterCard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

There are huge limitations to implementing only one cybersecurity strategy, and we certainly wouldn’t rule one out in our personal lives, even if to save a bit of money (we have locks on our homes to ‘prevent’ attacks and burglar alarms to ‘mitigate’ against damage). As it stands, ransomware remains the biggest threat to organiszations.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2022

That’s why Onapsis and SAP have been partnering together to empower executives to mitigate what we believe is one of the most critical types of cyber risk facing organizations. April 2021: Onapsis and SAP Partner to Release New Threat Intelligence on Active Threats. entities on or around holiday weekends.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

Researchers at Singapore-based cybersecurity company Group-IB recently discovered thousands of databases exposed to the internet that could have been exploited when they were left unprotected. From Q1 2021 to Q1 2022, the team discovered 399,200 exposed databases due to those efforts. Ransomware.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Threat Actor Update: IRIDUIM Attributed to Prestige Ransomware Campaign. A ransomware campaign targeting transportation and logistics organizations in Ukraine and Poland has been attributed to a group called IRIDIUM. The Ukraine war continues to highlight the increased use of ransomware for non-financial means.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It’s safe to say that 2021 has been a challenging yet rewarding year for those working to ensure cyber security systems provide protection. Perhaps now is a good time to reflect on how firms have tackled the existential challenge of increasing cyber risks in a rapidly changing online landscape.

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SC Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

In a report released May 20, the Government Accountability Office looked at how the private cybersecurity insurance market has developed over the past five yearsRich Baich is global chief information security officer for insurance giant AIG. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned organizations about “potential critical threats” following the recent cyberattacks that hit Ukraine. NotPetya and WannaCry ransomware—to cause significant, widespread damage to critical infrastructure.” ” reads the insights” document.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity welcomes the European Commission proposal to launch the new Joint Cyber Unit. The European Commission proposed on Wednesday the creation of a new Joint Cyber Unit that aims at providing a coordinated response to large-scale cyber attacks and crises.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2022

If your company has not already experienced a significant cybersecurity event, it is probably only a matter of time before it does. But there’s a catch: Insurers are going to carefully assess your cybersecurity controls before writing any policy, and there are limits to coverage. Also read: The Top Cybersecurity Companies.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Their loss ratios – total claims plus the insurer’s costs, divided by total premiums earned – are now consistently above 60%, which presents something of an existential threat to the insurance industry, making cyber risk a potentially uninsurable area due to falling profitability.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A data breach, ransomware attack or other digital attack that knocks your website offline can cost your business anywhere from thousands to millions of dollars in remediation, lawsuits from customers and fines by regulators. And data isn’t the only business asset that ransomware can target. Unplanned downtime cuts off business revenue.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

This shift to digital technology has created a new class of digital risks that are constantly evolving and strike faster and often with more severity than traditional risks. Our reliance on digital technology and the inherited risk is a key driving factor for buying cyber risk insurance.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

For the first time in its history this past February, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) offered policy guidelines for digital risk reduction through vulnerability management. We were asked to contribute comments and expertise on how governments and private companies can handle cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Recently, while co-hosting a webinar that kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a panelist commented that cybersecurity and privacy are team sports on a campus, much like our athletic teams. In a recent Duo blog post, we gave an overview of cyber liability insurance. Higher education campuses in the U.S.

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