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Ransomware: Number One Cyber Insurance Claim

SecureWorld News

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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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. Cyber insurance coverage ramps up. Governments step up to protect all businesses.

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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

SecureWorld News

Phishing attacks, for instance, are extremely common: these are deceptive emails or messages designed to steal data. The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating. Because of this, it's crucial to understand the types of threats nonprofits face.

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Best Disaster Recovery Solutions for 2022

eSecurity Planet

But it also requires software to orchestrate data movement, backup and restore technology to ensure a current copy of data is available, and the ability to recover systems and data rapidly. This type of backup and DR technology offers RPOs measured in hours. See the Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection.

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Local government cybersecurity: 5 best practices

Malwarebytes

Cyber Resilience Review (CRR) : The CRR assessment evaluates your organization’s operational resilience and cybersecurity practices. Phishing Campaign Assessment (PCA) : Evaluates an organization’s susceptibility and reaction to phishing emails. Take cyber insurance , for example.

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5 essential security tips for SMBs

Malwarebytes

Use multi-factor authentication. That’s where multi-factor authentication (MFA) comes in. It is hugely effective: It can protect you from stolen passwords and credential stuffing, shut out online and offline brute-force guessing attacks, and some forms of MFA will even stop phishing attempts. Make offsite, offline backups.

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Ransomware Prevention, Detection, and Simulation

NetSpi Executives

Logins without multi-factor authentication. Attackers guess the passwords easily, find them in open source code repositories, or collect them via phishing. Hunt and destroy or encrypt backups hosted in local and cloud networks as well as virtual machine snapshots. Enable multi-factor authentication.