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. Backup your data. Make an emergency plan sooner, rather than later.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And a key part of building out any cybersecurity policy for your local government is to develop an organizational understanding of risk to systems, people, data, and so on. Take cyber insurance , for example. Related : Cyber threat hunting for SMBs: How MDR can help. Also delivered free of charge by the NCATS team.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

While a typical ransomware attack just encrypts the data, exfiltration raises the risk by threatening to make sensitive data public. The developer has fewer risks, and the buyer does all of the work. There are, however, some industries at higher risk than others. Supply chain companies are primarily at risk.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

The ISO assisted the college in restoring locally managed IT services and systems from backup copies. The University had servers encrypted but restored the systems and the access from backups. It had cyber insurance: "The university’s cyber insurance policy paid part of the ransom, and the university covered the remainder.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

An organization must: Prepare a good backup policy and procedure. We should use multi-factor authentication. We also need to periodically check that the policy is up to date with the latest insurance providers, incident response vendors, attorneys, and executives’ contact information. Simple Ransomware Recovery.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 6, 2021

The eight areas are: Application Control Patch Applications Configure Microsoft Office Macro Settings User Application Hardening Restrict Administrative Privileges Patch Operating Systems Multi Factor Authentication Daily Backups Each area comes with guidance to improve maturity of the area. Watch this space — there’s more to come!

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

But the season-four episode “Decrypt” did capture many of the key elements that play into an attack scenario, including incident response, the role of cyber insurance agencies, and the ethics of paying. SC Media asked two cyber experts with health care experience for their own take on which parts of the episode – written by Thomas L.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2022

That $3.29, even with cyber insurance, is still a significant hit to the organization’s bottom line. If the CEO requires a 20% reduction across the whole organization, reducing security only puts the company at risk for a breach that could make far more financially impactful than a drop in sales.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Whether it is synchronized files from on-premises to cloud environments or the risk of encryption of cloud email, ransomware is a real threat to your data. As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. Backups aren’t working. Why do businesses pay the ransom?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Obviously, organizations gotten smart to that and they started doing offline backups securing their backups differently, so that they would continue to have access and availability. VAMOSI: So right there, this seems like some kind of authentication bypass. LANCE : So typically, it would go request an authentication code.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 22, 2022

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.”. Backup all critical data at least daily.

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SC Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

Last year a friend was preparing for a cybersecurity roundtable and asked me a thought-provoking question: What “black swan” event will make the world take stock of cybersecurity as an existential risk to the world? Every year, cyber events nudge up the digital risk level and we’ve become desensitized to the increasing temperature.

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