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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. And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet.

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

The Last Watchdog

Byron: Since I started, the cyber threat landscape has grown exponentially, with more sophisticated attacks and diverse attackers ranging from individual hackers to professional criminal rings to state-sponsored entities. Erin: Do you think cyber insurance should play a bigger role in companies’ cybersecurity strategies?

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MY TAKE: NIST Cybersecurity Framework has become a cornerstone for securing networks

The Last Watchdog

The CSF’s core principles have been incorporated into Europe’s GDPR , NYDFS’s cybersecurity requirement s, California’s Consumer Privacy Act and Ohio’s Data Protection Act. And they echo through a wide variety of other risk assessment tools and initiatives that touch on third-party risks and data privacy. Wrenn said. “So

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CISA, SolarWinds up interest in security scoring

SC Magazine

Sachin Bansal, general counsel at SecurityScorecard, spoke with SC Media about ratings, and how they can be used to strengthen the supply chain, determine cyber insurance premiums and as an investigative tool for an oversight body. These scores are updated every day because the internet changes every day.

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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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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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Podcast Episode 117: Insurance Industry Confronts Silent Cyber Risk, Converged Threats

The Security Ledger

In this episode of the podcast (#117), we go deep on one of the hottest sectors around: cyber insurance. In the first segment, we talk with Thomas Harvey of the firm RMS about the problem of “silent cyber” risk to insurers and how better modeling of cyber incidents is helping to address that threat.