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. Cyber insurance: whisper it, but it seems to be working Cyber insurance premiums have dropped by 15 per cent compared to their peak in 2022. Links we liked Google Maps for security?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Some industries saw particularly high growth of double-extortion attacks, including healthcare (643%), food service (460%), mining (229%), education (225%), media (200%), and manufacturing (190%). Ransomware attacks increased by 80% year-over-year, accounting for all ransomware payloads observed in the Zscaler cloud. Have a response plan.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Specializing in seed and Series A opportunities, the San Francisco-based firm has an extensive consumer, enterprise, and healthcare investments portfolio. Insight’s portfolio goes beyond cybersecurity, serving IT verticals in data, fintech, healthcare, and logistics. New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Redpoint Ventures.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

However, this stance indicates a lack of understanding of the effects of all the parties involved, such as cyber insurance underwriters, incident response firms, government regulations, and ransomware attribution. For many organizations, paying the ransom can be less damaging than risking any additional impacts.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Cyber criminals have learned that it is not only businesses that make soft targets for the attacks. Hospitals and healthcare organizations are being infected by ransomware, with predictably dire results. Multifactor authentication (MFA) can protect critical applications and devices, as can zero trust security principles.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

By focusing on identity and access management (IAM), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and micro-segmentation, ZTA provides a robust defense against modern threats. Current cybersecurity trends show that attackers are now targeting critical infrastructure, healthcare, and financial services, leading to massive disruptions.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Logins without multi-factor authentication. 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? Many organizations have used cyber insurance to recover from ransomware attacks.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. cyber insurance as a whole was changing heavily. And why is that? It started off pretty easy to get.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In fact, one report shows that business email compromises are 23% of cyber insurance claims. If RDP connections exposed to the Internet are required, make sure RDP servers are patched, use two-factor authentication to authenticate to RDP, and restrict access as much as possible via network or other means.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2023

I am very surprised that the cyber insurance industry has not required zero trust architecture already, but perhaps the $1.4 All resource authentication and authorization are dynamic and strictly enforced before access is allowed. Networks need to be segmented and authenticated. No asset is inherently trusted.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

We should use multi-factor authentication. Paying for internal assessments and penetration tests by a third party can provide fresh thinking and a level of assurance for stakeholders such as customers, the board of directors, and the insurance company that wrote our cyber insurance policy. We should encrypt data at rest.

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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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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

Don’t worry though, there's already an insurance policy for that. What is Cyber Liability Insurance? Cyber liability insurance, sometimes known as cyber insurance, is distinct from traditional commercial general liability and property insurance policies.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

And the reason that they engaged us was they were seeing inbound authentication successful to their environment for remote users, but it was on demand authentication and so they weren't seeing where the outbound authentication codes were being issued, or even the inbound requests for those authentication codes.

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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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SecureWorld News

JUNE 25, 2024

Implement Strong Access Controls: Utilize multi-factor authentication and least privilege principles. Implement Strong Identity and Access Management: Use multi-factor authentication and role-based access controls. industries last year at 218, with only the healthcare sector experiencing more attacks, according to FBI data.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

Sectors like energy, healthcare, transportation, utilities, and financial systems are increasingly at risk because they are integral to national security and daily life. Cyber Insurance Cyber insurance will become an essential component of risk management strategies.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Cunningham John Paul Cunningham , CISO, Silverfort Identity-based attacks in 2024, like those on Microsoft and Snowflake, are prompting insurers to intensify scrutiny in 2025. Our research reveals 69% of breaches are rooted in inadequate authentication and 78% of organizations have been targeted by identity-based attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2021

“From there, the actor was able to distribute phishing emails that looked authentic but included a link that, when clicked, inserted a malicious file used to distribute a backdoor we call NativeZone,” Tom Burt, corporate vice president of customer security and trust at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post late last week.

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