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Local government cybersecurity: 5 best practices

Malwarebytes

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. 24/7 monitoring of cyber threats. Employee security awareness training. Baltimore learned this the hard way. (An

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The 2022 ThreatLabz State of Ransomware Report

Security Boulevard

Apply software security patches and conduct regular security awareness employee training to reduce vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cybercriminals. 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.

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Ransomware Prevention, Detection, and Simulation

NetSpi Executives

Logins without multi-factor authentication. Disable or bypass detective security controls. Hunt and destroy or encrypt backups hosted in local and cloud networks as well as virtual machine snapshots. Some can’t afford not to pay, and some are covered by cyber insurance. Enable multi-factor authentication.

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One of ransomware’s top negotiators would rather you not have to hire him

SC Magazine

Credential monitoring, password policy, [multi-factor authentication], are preventable problems. And, then, upgrading security awareness training. Sometimes they have the cyber insurance policy. Also anti-phishing. You’re rolling your eyes, I’m sure, but these are all things that we know.

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Law Firm to the Stars Hit by Ransomware Attack

SecureWorld News

If the law firm had cyber insurance, the policy may cover part of a ransom payment. When Florida cities paid more than a million dollars to ransomware operators in 2019, insurance covered most of it. The company says we're not going to pay the ransom, or we've got the backups.