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Cyber Insurance Costs Soaring: Is Your Organization Covered Enough?

SecureWorld News

Cybersecurity threats are a growing menace, wreaking havoc on businesses and individuals alike. In this digital battlefield, cyber insurance has emerged as a crucial shield, offering financial protection against data breaches, ransomware attacks, and other cyber incidents.

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Local government cybersecurity: 5 best practices

Malwarebytes

It seems like not a day goes by where we don’t hear about a local government cyberattack. Indeed, from 911 call centers to public schools , cyberattacks on local governments are as common as they are devastating. Just how often do threat actors attack local governments? Take cyber insurance , for example.

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Security Experts Assess 2.0 Draft of NIST Cybersecurity Framework

SecureWorld News

Michael Gregg, CISO, State of North Dakota: " One of the things that most excites me about the new framework is the addition of the 'govern' function. 26 on " Lessons from a CISO: Increasing Your Cybersecurity Footprint Despite Worn Soles. Yacone is speaking on " API Security: A CISO Perspective " at SecureWorld Denver on Sept.

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Peer Report Explores Concerns, Challenges Facing Cybersecurity Leaders

SecureWorld News

Results of the study, conducted in partnership with research consultancy Censuswide, reveal that businesses are struggling to understand their cyber risks, with 66% of respondents indicating they have limited visibility and insight into their cyber risk profiles, hindering their ability to prioritize investments and allocate resources effectively.

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Annual Reports: How They Warn of Cyber Risk

SecureWorld News

The section on cyber risk is in bold: "We face legal, reputational and financial risks from any failure to protect client and/ or Accenture data from security incidents or cyberattacks.". These are the very impacts we regularly hear CISOs mention on SecureWorld webcasts. Here is the entire section on cyber risk from Accenture's report.

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The Unseen Threats: Anticipating Cybersecurity Risks in 2024

Security Boulevard

Nation-State attack dominance now underpins the capabilities, growth, and impacts of the cybersecurity industry Nation-state investment, innovation, and willingness to conduct complex attacks are the catalyst that underpins the advancement of malicious capabilities and empowers all levels of activity across the spectrum of cyber threat archetypes.

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2023 Cybersecurity Predictions from Marcus Fowler, Darktrace

CyberSecurity Insiders

A look ahead to 2023 we can expect to see changes in MFA, continued Hactivism from non-state actors, CISOs lean in on more proactive security and crypto-jackers will get more savvy. The hijacking of computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies is one of the fastest growing types of cyber-threats globally.