The Security Ledger

MAY 2, 2024

Host Paul Roberts speaks with Jim Broome, the CTO and President of MSSP DirectDefense about the evolution of cybersecurity threats and how technologies like AI are reshaping the cybersecurity landscape and the work of defenders and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP). Read the whole entry. » » Click the icon below to listen.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Let us now see how you can make the best use of ITAM to minimize cyber attacks. 9 ways through which ITAM can decrease cybersecurity threats. Here is a rundown of the benefits of an asset management software in cutting down cyber-related threats. Identify assets and their associated risks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A recent statement issued by the Summer Olympics Organizer from Japan revealed that the cyber threat to the games event was so intense that the organizing committee had to hire a third party firm that with a dedicated team of 200 Cybersecurity specialists helped thwart over 500 million or half a billion cyber attacks.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 18, 2024

While technological advances have, in some ways, allowed humans to enjoy an unprecedented quality of life, they also create significant risks. The Rising Threat Landscape: Complexity With each passing day, the cyber threat landscape becomes more sophisticated, complicated, and aggressive.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This initiative, backed by a substantial $500 million investment, sets forth a series of nation-leading proposed regulations for hospitals, bolstering their defenses against ever-evolving cyber threats. The act mandates risk assessments, incident reporting, and data breach notification procedures.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2021

The audit proves what we've heard from many security leaders during our SecureWorld Remote Sessions : the pandemic and work from home have greatly increased the cyber attack surface and attack attempts. NASA cyber threats: insiders, third-parties, nation-states. Did you even have the visibility to track them?

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Instead, it had been discovered that one of their software providers had not stored sensitive data correctly, running the risk that the details of millions of hotel customers could have been exposed. million following a cyber attack in 2018 which flagged that it was failing to keep its customers’ personal data secure.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

One of Spain's leading hospitals, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, was hit by a ransomware attack on March 5 of this year that affected its computer systems and forced the cancellation of thousands of appointments and surgeries. Many ransomware attacks today involve exfiltration of victim data," said Dave Monnier, CIO of Team Cymru. "In

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As we move towards the end of 2022, now is the time to take a look back at the major trends from the last eleven months and identify what might happen from a cyber threat perspective in 2023. It also gives incident responders less chance to respond to the attack, in attempting to restore files via backups.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cyber threat actors, with varying resources and motivations, are highly interested in these eye-catching events too. For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 12, 2021

Protecting your organization from IT security risks is an ongoing, fluid task. Proactively identifying, mitigating and remediating security threats is one of the biggest challenges today’s global businesses face. Components of Security Risk Assessments. Risk assessment : A risk assessment quantifies what you have to lose (i.e.,

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 5, 2024

of its landmark Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), a comprehensive update aimed at helping organizations better manage and reduce cybersecurity risks across all sectors and sizes. is supply chain risk management. s new concepts and implementation resources to truly elevate risk management capabilities. Key updates in CSF 2.0

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 19, 2024

While technological advances have, in some ways, allowed humans to enjoy an unprecedented quality of life, they also create significant risks. The Rising Threat Landscape: Complexity With each passing day, the cyber threat landscape becomes more sophisticated, complicated, and aggressive.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Last Watchdog posed two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? ai Antani Many speculated that the ransomware attack on a Toyota supply chain player in Kojima, Japan was in retaliation for Japan’s aid to Ukraine. Our defensive strategies must evolve.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 21, 2024

The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape The contemporary threat and regulatory landscape have pressed organizations to fortify their cyber-crisis management capabilities. In recent years, a surge in cyber-attacks targeting critical infrastructure has been observed globally.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

Cybersecurity US holds conference on military AI use with dozens of allies to determine ‘responsible’ use DFSA’s Cyber Risk Management Guidelines: A Blueprint for Cyber Resilience?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

The CISA ‘s Joint Cyber Defense Collective (JCDC) initiative is going to build operation plans for protecting and responding to cyber threats. What comes to mind when you think of cyber criminals? To address this gap, the JCDC is planning proactive measures for future cyber risks.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Their loss ratios – total claims plus the insurer’s costs, divided by total premiums earned – are now consistently above 60%, which presents something of an existential threat to the insurance industry, making cyber risk a potentially uninsurable area due to falling profitability.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As cyber threats grow more frequent and sophisticated, organizations are turning to artificial intelligence as an integral part of their security strategy. AI and machine learning have become vital tools to detect never-before-seen attacks and respond to threats in real time.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 31, 2023

If that did happen, you might want to also know what the risk of flood risk is for your other investments. You could go to each company every quarter and ask “How at risk are you of flooding and what are you doing to mitigate that risk?” Money talks.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 10, 2020

A 2018 Cisco Cybersecurity Special Report found that 54 % of all cyber attacks cost the target company more than $0.5 However, smaller companies rarely have the IT talent, tools, or budget to prevent such attacks. million — damages that would crush most SMBs. We offer a product that has a ton of value,” Côté says.

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Jane Frankland

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cybersecurity can often feel like a game of cat and mouse where cyber attackers and defenders engage in a chase, with one party trying to outsmart the other. Just like in previous years, 2024 is set to test practitioners’ skills as the frequency of cyber threats continues to surge leaving no room for complacency.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2021

During the crisis of Corona Virus pandemic, such cyber attacks on healthcare units might cause an unnecessary strain on the infrastructure of global healthcare. “As Note- As most companies are opting for remote workers, their critical data is at major risk of falling into the hands of hackers.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 25, 2024

"Heavily armored and weaponized nation-state threats are difficult to stop compared to lesser threats of opportunistic eCrime or more immature threats," says Ken Dunham, Cyber Threat Director at Qualys Threat Research Unit. "A

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 31, 2022

But a survey conducted by cyber risks disclosing firm BitSight suggests that the set deadline is unrealistic as it is hard to achieve. The conclusion was made after security researchers from BitSight analyzed responses & data from over 190 respondents and 12K publicly disclosed cyber incidents from 2019 to 2021.

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BH Consulting

MARCH 21, 2024

Creeping cyber risk grabbing global headlines Ransomware keeps reminding us of the strong connection between a cybersecurity incident and financial loss. Writing an op-ed column in The Times, Prof Ciaran Martin, former head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, argued it’s time to ban ransomware payments.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

"The incidents involving Clorox and Johnson Controls highlight significant operational disruptions and financial losses due to cyber-related incidents," said Callie Guenther, Senior Manager of Cyber Threat Research at Critical Start. These incidents underscore regulatory aims for public cyber risk transparency.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 30, 2018

As the Industrial Internet of Things continues to transform the global industrial manufacturing and critical infrastructure industries, the threat of aggressive, innovative and dangerous cyber-attacks has become increasingly concerning. Related: The top 7 most worrisome cyber warfare attacks. Addressing exposures.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The post Episode 228: CISA’s Eric Goldstein on being Everyone’s Friend in Cyber. Related Stories Spotlight: When Ransomware Comes Calling Episode 227: What’s Fueling Cyber Attacks on Agriculture ? Read the whole entry. » » Click the icon below to listen. CISA: A Different Kind of Agency. Eric Goldstein (CISA).

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In this article we will learn how to address and effectively respond to major enterprise cybersecurity threats and provide tips to mitigate IT security risk. Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 22, 2020

In this Spotlight podcast* we’re joined by Andrew Jaquith, the CISO at QOMPLX to talk about how the COVID pandemic is highlighting longstanding problems with cyber risk management and cyber resilience. Episode 107: What’s Hot at Black Hat & does DHS need its new Risk Management Center? Read the whole entry. »

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Cytelligence

AUGUST 8, 2023

Cyber attackers find small businesses an attractive target for several reasons. The Value of a Cyber Security Audit for Small Businesses Small businesses must prioritize proactive cybersecurity measures to mitigate cyber threats’ financial and reputational risks.

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BH Consulting

JULY 13, 2023

The 51-page report goes into detail on the threat landscape, risks to key sectors and supply chain risks. The National Cyber Security Centre, which led a broad steering group to develop the report, also released a useful infographic summing up the main points. The full report is available to view or download.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 8, 2021

It’s important to remember, however, as we slowly transition back into some semblance of normality, that there will be new challenges to face in all facets of life, and the Cyber Security sector is no exception. CTO, Cyber Tec Security.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Creeping cyber risk grabbing global headlines The World Economic Forum’s latest Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024 gives senior leaders a high-level overview of cybersecurity trends. Cyber attacks featured in the top five risks for the year ahead, along with factors like extreme weather and the cost of living crisis.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2023

Below are the projects approved: Rescana (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Trend Micro (Irving, TX) – which will develop an operational cyber threat intelligence capability to inform cyber risk maritime decision-making. The above projects were submitted in response to the first BIRD Cyber call.

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NopSec

AUGUST 30, 2013

If you are responsible for IT security in the financial services industry, you may have been asked by a regulator to disclose details on your company’s preparedness for cyber-attacks. The article contends that, “the cyber-attacks facing banking institutions continue to evolve at an accelerated rate.”

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