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How security pros, the insurance industry, and regulators can combat ransomware

SC Magazine

AIG is one of the top cyber insurance companies in the U.S. Today’s columnist, Erin Kennealy of Guidewire Software, offers ways for security pros, the insurance industry and government regulators to come together so insurance companies can continue to offer insurance for ransomware. eflon CreativeCommons CC BY 2.0.

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CynergisTek Announces 3-Year Contract With Leading Medical System Resulting in Highest Annual Bookings in 3 Years

CyberSecurity Insiders

This alliance will allow the healthcare system to reduce its risk of a cyber-attack and help them achieve its cybersecurity goals. “We The cost of these cyber events is rising sharply with cyber insurance premiums and compliance requirements increasing. About CynergisTek, Inc.

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Play ransomware group claims to have stolen hotel chain data

Malwarebytes

” The release goes on to say that although bookings are still taking place, email is unavailable as H-Hotels examines all systems to ensure they are no longer compromised. Law enforcement, cyber insurance (if you have it), external security contractors may well be some of the first entities on your list.

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Security Roundup June 2023

BH Consulting

Target the human, swipe the cash: Verizon DBIR 2023 highlights crime trends Manage the human risk and mind your money: those are two key takeaways from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report. MORE UK NCSC calls on the cyber insurance market to become more sophisticated.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

See the Top Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Tools. The states of Nevada, Minnesota and Washington stand out for having their own laws on the books creating liability in certain situations for businesses that handle credit card transactions and are not in compliance with PCI-DSS. Compliance Comes Down to Risk Management.

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Why are “Secure” Companies Still Being Hacked?

Security Boulevard

His name is Omar Masri and he's a software engineer and also the founder and CEO of Mamari.io, which helps businesses overcome the cost and complexities of cybersecurity, preventing attacks while meeting compliance and cyber insurance requirements. But actually, the biggest change is actually how risk was assessed in cybersecurity.

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Thinking About the Future of InfoSec (v2022)

Daniel Miessler

Essentially the business will see what the risk tolerance is for all these items, and that’s what the Ops team will monitor in their dashboards. Taking the output of data analysis and dashboards and turning that into narratives for partners, management, investors, insurers, regulators, etc. Again, like a factory. The arcane.

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