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How MFA and Cyber Liability Insurance Effectively Manage Risk in Higher Education

Duo's Security Blog

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. The use of phishing to take over user accounts as a first step to gain access to a campus for a ransomware attack has been making the headlines.

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How a Credential Harvesting Attack Cost Companies $1 Million

SecureWorld News

Unwitting employees of the agencies visited the fake web pages and provided their e-mail account usernames and passwords. In a ransomware attack, they encrypt it or steal it and threaten to publish your data unless you pay a ransom. Environmental Protection Agency. government agencies. What could my company have that hackers want?

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Top 8 Cyber Insurance Companies for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware Drives Up Costs, Lowers Coverage. Not surprisingly, ransomware insurance has become popular and is included in many policies. This is driven by the proliferation of cyber claims across the entire market, particularly ransomware related. Also see: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools.

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U.S. Government to Sue for False Cybersecurity Claims

SecureWorld News

government is doing this, but Boynton also spells it out: "At bottom, the department's Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative will hold accountable entities or individuals that put U.S. information or systems at risk.". The IGs regularly examine compliance and cyber risk. You can probably guess why the U.S.

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What’s new at BH Consulting: marking European Cybersecurity Month and more

BH Consulting

Ransomware risk is rising, but we’ve got your back. During October, we also unveiled our new ransomware white paper, updated from the edition we first published in 2017. Our preferred candidate will have at least 10 years’ background in cyber risk roles, with excellent leadership skills.