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Policyholders may be the primary target in hack of cyber insurance provider CNA

SC Magazine

Insurance firm CNA Financial, a prominent provider of cyber insurance, confirmed a cyberattack against its systems, which has some concerned that cybercriminals may target policyholders. For example, messaging might now include ‘We know that you use xyz firewall, and we know how to break it,’” he said. “I

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Is The Cost Of Predictive Cyber Security Worth The Investment?

Security Boulevard

The Livingston firewall rapidly became replaced with Checkpoint running on Windows NT server, (Stop laughing, I actually set one up once). Cisco came to market with the PIX firewall, Netscreen came to market with the ASIC based firewall, and suddenly, security had a voice. What Is Not Covered Under Cyber Insurance?

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Cyber Defense Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Robert Herjavec

Herjavec Group

History shows he’s the first person to wrap the remote management business model around firewalls, from a small office on the east coast of Canada., In 2003, he knew that firewalls were too complex for all IT staff and for understaffed companies to manage. He and his tiny team of 3 people, began the world’s first MSSP.

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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

SecureWorld News

The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating. Implementing cost-effective cybersecurity tools There are numerous affordable or even free tools available to nonprofits to help them enhance their overall cyber hygiene.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Internet As A Pen Test

ForAllSecure

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. We do the same thing for firewalls. cyber insurance as a whole was changing heavily.

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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

Penetration Testing Product Guides 9 Best Penetration Testing Tools 10 Top Open Source Penetration Testing Tools Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) move beyond the traditional perimeter of a network to provide protections at the application layer of the TCP/IP stack.

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How to Recover From a Ransomware Attack

eSecurity Planet

The classic approach of a modern firewall , robust network security , and advanced endpoint security would be reasonable. We should encrypt data at rest. We also need to periodically check that the policy is up to date with the latest insurance providers, incident response vendors, attorneys, and executives’ contact information.