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As market for cyber insurance booms, watchdog calls for better data

SC Magazine

In a report released May 20, the Government Accountability Office looked at how the private cybersecurity insurance market has developed over the past five yearsRich Baich is global chief information security officer for insurance giant AIG. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images).

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Local government cybersecurity: 5 best practices

Malwarebytes

It seems like not a day goes by where we don’t hear about a local government cyberattack. Indeed, from 911 call centers to public schools , cyberattacks on local governments are as common as they are devastating. Just how often do threat actors attack local governments? Take cyber insurance , for example.

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Is The Cost Of Predictive Cyber Security Worth The Investment?

Security Boulevard

In the early 1990s, the Internet industry needed to move packets as fast as possible because some marketing genius came up with the idea that everyone could have “Unlimited Internet Access” for $9.95 Those people belong in the Internet Hall of Fame. Truth be told, AOL made the Internet, the Internet.

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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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Implementing Zero Trust: Beyond Internal Network Models

Security Boulevard

With 2024 being the year that people and organizations are realizing that they will never be able to prevent every breach, and they need to ensure the implementation and deployment of appropriate proactive cyber resiliency solutions, zero-trust is rapidly becoming more popular. It’s a recommended part of a SASE framework.

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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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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Kip Boyle

SecureWorld News

A : I just got back from a trip to the capital of Kazakhstan where I f acilitated a roundtable discussion between government and industry leaders at their annual Digital Bridge Forum. A : We may need a new federal agency to make the internet less dangerous, similar to how the Environmental Protection Agency protects our waterways.