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Cybersecurity awareness: Train your employees and reduce cyber threats

IT Security Guru

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. In other words, what we have to do is to manage human risk in the most competent manner. He is also a writer for Bora.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. What are the benefits of cyber security awareness trainings?

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Meet the 2021 SC Awards judges

SC Magazine

Since founding Cedric Leighton Associates, he has become an internationally known strategic risk expert. Leighton is also a founding partner of CYFORIX, specializing in the field of cyber risk. His expertise is in social engineering, technology, security algorithms and business.

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The Surge of Double Extortion Ransomware Attacks

Pen Test

Provide cybersecurity awareness training to all personnel, enabling them to identify social engineering attacks and risky behavior. Cyber insurance will likely continue covering ransomware incidents, but insurers may increase scrutiny of policyholders' security measures before offering coverage.

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2023 Cyber Threat Predictions

Digital Shadows

Influence operations (IO) have also been utilized as a weapon during the conflict, by targeting Russian telecommunications providers, utilities, and private companies. The best possible method of understanding cyber risk—and of course tackling it—is through a robust intelligence service.