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Has ESG Become aWake-Up Call for Cybersecurity?

Security Boulevard

Even with ransomware costing billions of dollars in losses and cyber insurance claims, organizations are still impacted beyond the checkbook. These attacks have driven the cost of cyber insurance premiums higher. Cyber insurance has become more critical to organizations to help offset the risk to the company.

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After Springhill: Assessing the Impact of Ransomware Lawsuits

eSecurity Planet

“From a technological standpoint this is a fairly old case, so whatever was in place then probably isn’t relevant to what needs to be in place today – but it does tie together the absolute gravity of the situation that we’re in,” Crockett said. ” Cyber Insurance No Longer Reliable.

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Q&A: Why SOAR startup Syncurity is bringing a ‘case-management’ approach to threat detection

The Last Watchdog

Now toss in the fact that digital transformation is redoubling software development and data handling complexities. This, in short, is the multi-headed hydra enterprises must tame in order to mitigate rising cyber risks. Its backers include the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO,) and Kluz Ventures.

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NEW TECH: Brinqa takes a ‘graph database’ approach to vulnerability management, app security

The Last Watchdog

Imposing just the right touch of policies and procedures towards mitigating cyber risks is a core challenge facing any company caught up in digital transformation. Related: Data breaches fuel fledgling cyber insurance market. Digital transformation is all about high-velocity innovation and on-the-fly change.

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Cyber Defense Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Robert Herjavec

Herjavec Group

Now, looking back, there isn’t a person on planet earth who would say that the cell phone is not an ‘obvious’ piece of technology. Teleportation is a building block for a wide range of technologies. Welcome to the information technology storm. Now, it’s obvious. We’re still waiting on the teleporters. The research is under way.

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Evolution of Cloud Security: From Shared Responsibility to Shared Fate

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

These were just some of the major facets of cloud transformation that are creating challenges for data security that I discussed with Sunil Potti, Vice President and General Manager, Google Cloud in a recent Thales Security Sessions podcast moderated by Neira Jones. The digital transformation “mega trends”.

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MY TAKE: Can Hollywood’s highly effective ‘source-code’ security tools help make IoT safe?

The Last Watchdog

Related: HBO hack spurs cyber insurance market. Digital media and entertainment giants like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, HBO, ESPN, Sony, and Disney are obsessive about protecting their turf. Irdeto’s Cloakware technology is a key component in these technologies. Makes sense, though. Baking in security.

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