Trend Micro

JUNE 10, 2025

Techniques such as Image Signature Verification allow you to verify the authenticity and integrity of container images, ensuring only secure, reliable containers are deployed. Each team can independently sign off on an image, ensuring accountability and reducing deployment risk.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 5, 2025

That headache is real, of course, but accountants and lawyers will step up to sort it out," said Mike Wilkes , Former CISO, MLS; Adjunct Professor, NYU. Thinking a bit more widely, though, I can imagine there will be a concomitant rise in cyber espionage and attacks between groups of impacted groups in China and the U.S.

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Trend Micro

JULY 2, 2025

It supports continuous authentication for enhanced security and zero trust operations. More generally, organisations should consider updating security strategy to account for the elevated threat from AI-powered attacks. 6 Alerts Back Unread All Inside the criminal mind: Trend’s deep dive into cybercrime.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 10, 2022

Without cyber insurance , you can expect to pay a dizzying amount of cash. In 2022 alone, the average cost of a data breach for businesses under 1,000 employees was close to $3 million—and these costs are coming from activities that cyber insurers typically cover, such as detecting and responding to the breach.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

When security fails, cyber insurance can become crucial for ensuring continuity. Cyber has changed everything around us – even the way we tackle geopolitical crisis and conflicts. If the technology were to become unavailable, the resulting business impact could be mitigated with cyber insurance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 10, 2022

Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage. As cyber criminals mature and advance their tactics, small and medium businesses become the most vulnerable because they lack the capacity – staff, technology, budget - to build strong cyber defenses. The necessity for cyber-insurance coverage.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Trends of cyber insurance claims for 2020. Coalition, a cyber insurance company, recently released a report detailing the categories of cyber attacks as well as the cause behind the attacks for the first half of 2020. The number one type of cyber incident so far this year is ransomware.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In its modern iteration, cyber liability insurance mitigates the losses and business costs associated with cyber incidents and resulting downtime. CyberCube, a company specializing in quantifying cyber risk, estimates that the U.S. standalone cyber insurance market could reach $45 billion in premiums by 2034.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 20, 2021

Cyber insurance is driving a long overdue improvement in user access security. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is fast becoming a requirement for all privilege and non-privilege accounts, whether users are working on the internal network or remotely.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Passkeys simplify account registration for apps and websites, are easy to use, work across most of a user’s devices, and even work on other devices within physical proximity.” - FIDO Alliance Most people know what passwords are and have experienced first-hand some of the many issues with them. It’s also a requirement to get cyber insurance.

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Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

Hackers posing as Coincheck.com employees contacted the company’s customers and requested their account credentials. It should include an inventory of who can access registrar accounts, implementation of two-factor authentication, and password hygiene checks.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

One area where campuses have been collaborating recently are changes around cyber liability insurance for higher education, an opportunity for campus cybersecurity teams to combine forces with their risk management team. In a recent Duo blog post, we gave an overview of cyber liability insurance.

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BH Consulting

JULY 17, 2024

MFA momentum gathers after AWS adoption and Snowflake breach Multi-factor authentication (MFA) got a boost on two fronts recently. One of the largest tech companies, Amazon Web Services, has now made it mandatory for privileged accounts. MFA is seen as a critical control in reducing the risk of account takeovers.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

Even with the advancements in network isolation, containment, and prevention at the endpoint, hackers will still bypass predictive controls to execute malware attacks, ransomware exploits, account takeovers.etc. What Is Not Covered Under Cyber Insurance? Below is a list of adaptive controls needed for cyber insurance.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 22, 2023

Instead, the ransom pay can be covered from a cyber insurance policy, provided it is taken prior to the launch of the attack and covers the costs associated with the malware attack. Notify your bank: Inform your bank about the situation and work with them to protect your accounts and prevent any fraudulent activity.

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Enable two-factor authentication (MFA) : For added protection, enable two-factor authentication on your accounts. This ensures that even if a hacker gets your password, they can’t access your account without a second step. Cyber insurance might also be worth looking into as an additional safety net.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Insight #1: CISOs, you need insurance coverage According to German multinational insurance company Munich Re, the global cyber insurance market is expected to rise from $14 billion to $29 billion by 2027. Insight #3: We should review security policies more often How often are you reviewing your security policies?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2023

Applicable Metrics Aruba ClearPass is deployed in high-volume authentication environments (e.g. 10+ million authentications a day) as well as distributed environments requiring local authentication survivability across multiple geographies (e.g. 30 points of presence).

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Insight #2: Controls to lower cyber insurance costs The number one thing that should decrease cyber security insurance premiums should be multi-factor authentication. There are definitely other things you can do as outlined here , but MFA is probably the largest factor in preventing account compromise/breach.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 14, 2025

To gain access to internal networks, Akira targeted local accounts with disabled multifactor authentication (MFA) and SonicOS firmware versions vulnerable to exploitation, often exposed to the internet for virtual private network (VPN) access. In addition, aligning PowerShell policies with user roles further minimizes abuse.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For example, implementing multifactor authentication (MFA) through mobile authenticator apps is impossible in airport areas where smartphones are prohibited. For example, an aircraft tracking app using publicly accessible flight information doesn’t need the same security protocol as an accounts payable app.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

If you have cyber insurance, will it cover some or all BEC incidents? Additionally, adding a banner or warning to external emails can make it easier to detect spoofed phishing attempts and enabling Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) can help block some attempts. BEC-IRP Section 5: Recovery.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Key Targeted Regions Figure 3: Number of organizations listed on data-leak sites by geography, Q3 2024 As expected, the US accounted for approximately 50% of ransomware victims posted to data-leak sites, while English-speaking countries made up around 70% of posts. However, some cyber insurance policies explicitly forbid ransom payments.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

The Risk Manager program checks for common security practices, things like two-factor authentication, limiting the number of privileged accounts, or not allowing RDP to run amuck. The firms will also allow for a full year of compensation for lost income for a Google Cloud attack, rather than an industry standard 90 to 120 days.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Take cyber insurance , for example. Cyber insurance can prevent local governments from having to pay huge out of pocket costs in the event that they’re hit with a cyberattack. Baltimore learned this the hard way. (An

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Use multi-factor authentication. In theory , putting those keys out of reach is easy: You just need all your users to choose strong, unique passwords for every account they use, all the time. That’s where multi-factor authentication (MFA) comes in. Cyber threat hunting for SMBs: How MDR can help.

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Daniel Miessler

MARCH 20, 2022

In the next 15-30 years we’ll see a move from wizardry to accounting—and a much more Operational Technology approach to the discipline in general. This will include things like cloud configurations for open protocols, open ports, authenticated entities, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, who is accessing what items, etc.

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Centraleyes

JUNE 11, 2024

Additionally, ensure that updates are authentic and delivered over secure channels to maintain the integrity of software installations. Maintain a list of trusted certificates to validate the authenticity of executable files and scripts. Time is of the essence when it comes to patch management.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

As we’ve seen recently, cyber insurance is no guarantee of avoiding a ransomware pitfall either with refusal of payout being decided in a court of law. Ensure your RDP points are locked down with a good password and multi-factor authentication. Rate limiting is a great way to fend off brute force attempts on your login.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Security Information and Event Management Product Guide Best SIEM Tools & Software Zero Trust As a concept and framework, Zero Trust requires that all users and devices are regularly authenticated and re-authorized before accessing any part of the network.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating. Having basic cyber hygiene Advanced technology is important, but basics like regular data backups, software updates, strong password policies, and multi-factor authentication are fundamental.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 27, 2022

43% believe that implementing multifactor authentication (MFA) would have made a difference in preventing breaches. Multifactor authentication jumps to the top of the list. Multifactor Authentication (MFA), in the context of a “mitigation strategy,” jumped to the top of list in preventing breaches. Lax deprovisioning.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Ransomware attacks increased by 80% year-over-year, accounting for all ransomware payloads observed in the Zscaler cloud. Prepare for the worst with cyber insurance, a data backup plan, and a response plan as part of your overall business continuity and disaster recovery program. AvosLocker. BlackCat/ALPHV. Key Findings.

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Enable two-factor authentication (MFA) : For added protection, enable two-factor authentication on your accounts. This ensures that even if a hacker gets your password, they can’t access your account without a second step. Cyber insurance might also be worth looking into as an additional safety net.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

Cloud Services centrally manages and monitors all accounts, as well as failover in a disaster, without third-party intervention. The Cyber Incident Recovery offering provides immutable and air-gapped backup for data recovery with at least one offline backup copy. Fault-tolerant cloud is available for disaster recovery.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and External Access Controls To reduce the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive data, hospitals must implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for external access to their internal networks. What Are the Implications for Cyber Insurance?

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Logins without multi-factor authentication. Attempt access to file and SQL servers with privileged accounts. Some can’t afford not to pay, and some are covered by cyber insurance. Enable multi-factor authentication. Should I get a ransomware cyber insurance policy? About 1 in 4 victims pay the ransom.

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