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World Backup Day on March 31 Seeks to Protect Data Before It's Gone

SecureWorld News

However, data is as vulnerable as it is valuable, and World Backup Day on Friday, March 31st, is a welcome reminder of the need to have a well thought out data protection strategy in place. The campaign began in 2011 as World Backup Month and was changed to World Backup Day later.

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MITRE ResilienCyCon: You Will Be Breached So Be Ready

eSecurity Planet

Speakers at last week’s MITRE ResilienCyCon conference had a surprisingly candid message for attendees: You will likely be breached at some point so focus on the controls and response capabilities your organization needs to survive a cyber attack. Backup Is Hard. MSSPs Fare Well in First MITRE Evaluations. Really Hard.

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Recapping Cisco Secure at Black Hat USA 2021

Cisco Security

In case you missed them, below is a brief recap of some of the Cisco sessions, including a fight that almost broke out between the Incident Response (IR) team represented by Matt Olney, Talos’ Intel Director, and Wendy Nather, Head of Advisory CISOs. Backups… Let’s Get This Out of the Way. Read on for details….

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

CISOs will have to get quantum resilient encryption on their cyber roadmap. Nick Mistry , SVP, CISO, Lineaje Mistry The software landscape is poised for significant changes, with a growing emphasis on Software Bill of Materials (SBOM.) As concerns about supply chain attacks continue to escalate, compliance measures will tighten.

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The Era of Ransomware: How to Respond in a Crisis

CyberSecurity Insiders

Step 3: Use backup and disaster recovery (BDR) software to restore systems and data from backups taken before the network was infected by ransomware. Step 4: Review all the facts surrounding the ransomware attack to figure out how it started so you can begin to put additional preventive measures in place. Endpoint Protection.

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Cost-Effective Steps the Healthcare Industry Can Take To Mitigate Damaging Ransomware Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

A solid cybersecurity posture is only as strong as its policies, backups and disaster plans. Security providers also help the hospital or clinic to meet HIPAA requirements that ensure patients, clinicians and devices are secured from both internal and external threats like social engineering, data destruction or targeted cyber attacks.

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Protecting your Customers and Brand in 2022: Are you doing enough?

Jane Frankland

Nowadays, organisations need digital leaders such as CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs who are strategists, visionaries, and know how to manage, effectively. The pressure for those in charge is immense as cyber risks have scaled, and can now bring businesses, economies, and communities to a halt. billion) is expected online.

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