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26 Cyber Security Stats Every User Should Be Aware Of in 2024

Security Affairs

Data Breach Costs: The average global cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 Cyber Insurance: US cyber insurance premiums soared by 50% in 2022, reaching $7.2 Cyber Skills Gap: By 2025, there could be 3.5 million unfilled cyber security jobs, showing a big need for skilled professionals.

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

Byron: Companies often underestimate threats, neglect basic cyber hygiene, and fail to educate employees on cybersecurity. Erin: What are some of the most common social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use? Erin: Do you think cyber insurance should play a bigger role in companies’ cybersecurity strategies?

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City of Dallas Vital Services Shut Down in Suspected Ransomware Attack

SecureWorld News

Frequent SecureWorld speaker and PLUS Course instructor Shawn Tuma , Co-Chair of the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice at Spencer Fane, LLP, gives this commentary on the situation in Dallas: "This is a horrible event that will surely impact the lives of many people, and unfortunately it has become a fact of life in today's times.

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Annual Reports: How They Warn of Cyber Risk

SecureWorld News

We are subject to numerous laws and regulations designed to protect this information, such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the United Kingdom’s GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act (and its successor the California Privacy Rights Act that will go into effect on January 1, 2023), as well as various other U.S.

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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. cyber insurance as a whole was changing heavily. And why is that? It started off pretty easy to get.