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How to Use Your Asset Management Software to Reduce Cyber Risks

CyberSecurity Insiders

The best asset management software sets up a stock of your organization’s assets, phases of their entire life cycles, most recent software upgrades, the risks they could face, and the approaches to ensure their security. . . IoT devices could be used like botnets so as to execute DDoS attacks. . . Conclusion.

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Annual Reports: How They Warn of Cyber Risk

SecureWorld News

However, we were most interested in seeing how Accenture articulated a particular business risk: the risk from a cyberattack. On page 34 of the report, Accenture dives into the risk that cyber poses to the business. L egal, reputational and financial risks? That's where the fine print comes in.

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Tackling Cyber Threats: Is AI Cybersecurity Our Only Hope?

Jane Frankland

With the emergence of new attack methods such as (but not limited to) ransomware, supply chain, fileless attacks, and IoT botnets, traditional cybersecurity measures are struggling to keep up. This not only frees up valuable time for security professionals to focus on more complex tasks but also reduces the risk of human error.

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Cybersecurity awareness: Train your employees and reduce cyber threats

IT Security Guru

The fast rise in endpoint devices, the expansion of IoT, businesses’ desire to go digital , and the altering workforce models. As we move into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it would be a disaster to try to slow down the rate of change; instead, we must be fully aware of cyber risks and be able to better protect our assets.

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How Your Company Can Prevent a Cyberattack

Adam Levin

There will soon be more than 30 billion connected devices “out there’ in consumer hands, on their wrists, in their laps, cars, kitchens, walls, and, yes, at work–in short, IoT is everywhere, our connectables almost always go with us. Okay, so the obvious metaphor everyone is used to is the vectors of a virus on the move.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Blog Series: Using Technology to Safeguard the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Some of these include: Advanced persistent threats (APTs); Insider threats; Social engineering; and, Human error. It is imperative to maintain a continued campaign to help our people understand their role in protecting both physical and digital environments by outlining a strong physical and cyber risk management plan.

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Top Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Breach and attack simulation (BAS) is a relatively new IT security technology that can automatically spot vulnerabilities in an organization’s cyber defenses, akin to continuous, automated penetration testing. With features devoted to remediation and attack surface monitoring, Rapid7’s InsightVM goal is to make cyber risk management seamless.