CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Security Advisor scans the customer’s Cohesity environment, including an array of security configurations, and considers a host of factors such as access control, audit logs, and encryption framework that are critical to protecting the security posture of the data cluster.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Enter the need for a more precise and actionable approach — Cyber Risk Quantification. This blog aims to serve as a guide to navigating the intricate terrain of cyber risk quantification, providing insights into its significance, methodologies, and the transformative impact it can have on organizational cybersecurity strategies.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

The most effective way to ensure data security is through encryption and proper key management. Key Management as a Service (KMaaS) allows companies to manage encryption keys more effectively through a cloud-based solution instead of running the service on physical, on-premises hardware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2023

Although such automated tools help to cut down cyber risks, they also create complex visibility hiccups because of a shortage for the trained workforce. NOTE- In the year 2017, a ransomware attack on Maersk shipping company disrupted the firm’s IT systems with encryption from NotPetya Ransomware, causing $300m damage to the company.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

“This will eradicate malicious payloads from being downloaded through office files that will also help in mitigating risks such as compromised identity theft, data loss, malware propagation and remote access,” said Kellie Eickmeyer, the Principal Product Manager, Microsoft.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In a world of IT complexity, escalating cyber risk and rigorous compliance requirements, data-centric security is winning favor with a growing number of enterprise CISOs. A data-centric security approach will apply strong encryption or tokenization to that data.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 3, 2024

Risk Management : Organizations are mandated to implement measures aimed at minimizing cyber risks in alignment with the new Directive. These measures encompass incident management, strengthening supply chain security, enhancing network security, improving access control, and implementing encryption strategies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2022

And in the year 2021, Dordongne GHT, a healthcare service provider from France, chose DarkTrace Antigena to protect its entire corporate network of medical devices and computers from cyber risks. RYUK steals data from its victim’s database and locks down access to it with encryption until a ransom is paid.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2024

Ransomware attacks have become a significant threat to organizations of all kinds worldwide, with attackers encrypting data and demanding payment for its release. In this regard, many have touted cyber insurance as the knight in shining armor, the end all-be all in terms of mitigating criminals' assaults on your network.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

The new ransomware strain outstands for the use of encryption to protect the ransomware binary. CACTUS essentially encrypts itself, making it harder to detect and helping it evade antivirus and network monitoring tools,” Laurie Iacono, Associate Managing Director for Cyber Risk at Kroll, told Bleeping Computer.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 25, 2024

The cybercriminals encrypted critical data and systems across the council's networks, severely hampering its ability to operate and provide services to residents. Council staff were unable to remotely control or fix the lighting systems as the malware had locked them out. However, the lighting issue was just the tip of the iceberg.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Experts believe Yahoo was using outdated, easy-to-crack encryption, which led to the attack. The attack is a good reminder of how critical strong encryption is in protecting your website users. While eliminating the risk completely is impossible, there are a few things organizations can do to improve their cybersecurity posture.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Related Stories Episode 163: Cyber Risk has a Dunning-Kruger Problem Also: Bad Password Habits start at Home Spotlight Podcast: Unpacking Black Hat Hacks with Digicert CTO Dan Timpson Lasers Eyed as Way Forward for Quantum Encryption of Data, Cryptocurrencies.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Today, criminal hackers rather routinely leverage loosely-configured and lightly-monitored APIs in two ways: to gain a foothold in the early stages of multi-stage network attacks, and later to encrypt crucial systems and/or exfiltrate sensitive data. API complexity. Hackers just need one loophole for a successful exploit.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2018

However, they make weapon systems more vulnerable to cyber attacks. Although GAO and others have warned of cyber risks for decades, until recently, DOD did not prioritize weapon systems cybersecurity. From the summary: Automation and connectivity are fundamental enablers of DOD's modern military capabilities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 26, 2023

An expanding and more complex business risk environment More than ever, small businesses need support to overcome the ripple effects of geopolitical tensions, climate crisis, and financial recession. Keep Your Encryption Keys Separate Encryption is a way to make your important data unreadable to those without the necessary decryption key.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

An entry on the DarkSide Leaks site dated April 20 states: “Now our team and partners encrypt many companies that are trading on NASDAQ and other stock exchanges. If the company refuses to pay, we are ready to provide information before the publication, so that it would be possible to earn in the reduction price of shares.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2023

Even though this initiative is relatively young, CISA says it has notified over 60 entities across the energy, healthcare, water/wastewater, education, and other sectors about potential pre-ransomware intrusions, and we’ve confirmed that many of them identified and remediated the intrusion before encryption or data loss occurred.

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Cytelligence

OCTOBER 18, 2023

By gaining unauthorized access to MOVEit, they can encrypt critical files, rendering them inaccessible until a ransom is paid. The group’s modus operandi involves gaining unauthorized access to corporate networks and exfiltrating sensitive data before encrypting it.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 15, 2021

Apart from the file encrypting malware, the other incidents that resulted in breaches were related to email phishing/compromise, insider threat and unsecured databases. During the crisis of Corona Virus pandemic, such cyber attacks on healthcare units might cause an unnecessary strain on the infrastructure of global healthcare.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 3, 2023

As we rely increasingly on digital technologies for our work, communication, entertainment, and education, we also expose ourselves to more and more cyber risks. But how much do we know about the cyber threats we face daily? Ransomware is malware that encrypts the victim's data and demands a ransom for its decryption.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

We'll carefully walk you through a tested, systematic process for identifying, assessing, and managing cyber risks. You'll learn about the importance of thorough risk assessments, real-time threat intelligence, and effective incident response plans.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Mattel discovered that it was the victim of a ransomware attack on its information technology systems that caused data on a number of systems to be encrypted. Cyber risk is business risk. Mattel's ransomware attack is more evidence that cyber risk is also business risk.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 18, 2022

On the flip side, awareness of the necessity to prioritize budget and resources to reduce cyber risk is at an all-time high. Thales and Google have developed a joint trusted cloud solution featuring ubiquitous data encryption and integration of Google Cloud’s confidential computing with Thales’ CipherTrust Manager.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 16, 2021

Backups can be damaged, untested, prohibitively difficult to deploy, encrypted by attackers, or restore to the same breached state they backed up. ” Restoring encrypted files might seem like the most important thing to do when faced with a ransomware attack. Indeed, recovering from ransomware can be tough.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Justin McCarthy, Co-Founder and CTO of Strong DM agrees that developing Zero Trust strategies is an essential step towards mitigating cyber risk. One of the most effective solutions to eliminate data compromise and implement true zero trust for data is encryption-in-use or data-in-use encryption.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Balancing the promise against the potential of cyber risks of smart cities will be critical to realizing their potential. For more information on Thales’s data encryption technologies, please visit our website to learn about “Advanced Data-at-rest Encryption, Access Control and Data Access Audit Logging”.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Governor Hochul recently announced New York's first-ever statewide cybersecurity strategy aimed at protecting the State's digital infrastructure from today's cyber threats. The rule emphasizes data encryption, access controls, and vulnerability management. The rule emphasizes data encryption, access controls, and employee training.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 16, 2023

This includes sensitive data such as passwords, encryption keys, APIs, tokens, and certificates. The challenges of secrets management Poor secrets management can expose organizations to many cyber risks. Encrypt data using a Key Management solution. Evaluate the level of security and encryption provided by the tool.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 18, 2024

This evidence serves multiple purposes, including: Verification of Controls : Auditors rely on evidence to verify the existence and effectiveness of cybersecurity controls, from access management to encryption mechanisms. The audit includes reviewing risk analysis, data access controls, encryption procedures, and physical security controls.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

We covered the cybersecurity landscape including the most high-profile cyber crime statistics: number of attacks, crime targets, cybersecurity spendings, and cyber risk management. Cyber Risk Management It’s important to recognize that what is commonly called cybersecurity is really cyber risk managemen t.

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 9, 2020

In this Spotlight edition of the podcast, sponsored* by RSA Security, we go deep on public sector cyber risk with two interviews from the most recent RSA Conference: Kelvin Coleman, the Executive Director of the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and Sean McHenry, the CISO of the Utah State Board of Education.

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Spinone

APRIL 13, 2020

In this cyber security guide , we’ll help you to learn more about risks and cyber security best practices for remote work. Cyber Risks of Remote Work For many organizations, the global coronavirus epidemic played a significant role in their decision to let employees work out of office.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 2, 2022

Data is exfiltrated using an off-the-shelf and custom program to activate the LockBit ransomware in encrypting the victim’s files. Employees should undergo frequent cyber security awareness programs to keep them up to date on the latest cyber risks and how to recognize an attack in its early stages.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2018

That was followed by a wave of successful ransomware attacks in which attackers targeted healthcare patient date, encrypted that data, and then demanded a ransom to supply a decryption key. About the essayist: Jonathan Simkins is chief financial officer at CyberGRX , a supplier of cyber risk management systems. .

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

On a recent SecureWorld cybersecurity webinar, attorney Shawn Tuma of Spencer Fane LLP explained that a surprising number of organizations, particularly SMBs, believe they do not have anything that hackers would want; and therefore, many companies continue to downplay cyber risk.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. This appears to be even more true today than it was when I began writing about business cyber risks at USA TODAY more than a decade ago. Last February, Dallas-based email encryption vendor Zix Corp.

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