Assessing cyber risk is essential to a business and is a key contributor to its overall reputational risk. Businesses need to take cyber risk into account in overall business strategy and planning.
Axio's 2021 State of Ransomware Preparedness report reveals that organizations are not equipped to defend against ransomware due to deficiencies in implementing and sustaining basic cybersecurity practices, including managing privileged administrator credentials and ensuring visibility of supply chain risk.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency (NSA) published a cybersecurity advisory regarding BlackMatter ransomware cyber intrusions targeting multiple U.S. critical infrastructure entities, including two U.S. food and agriculture sector organizations.
Whether remote, in the office or in a co-working space, all employees must be sensitized to cyber threats. It is important not only to provide training for employees but also to give IT security a permanent place in the corporate culture.
Despite a company’s belief on how it would respond in the event of a ransomware attack, companies should consider opening a bitcoin account with a nominal amount of bitcoin in it so that it is at least prepared to make the tough decision should the need arise.
Sukumar Reddy Saddi has been named Global Integrity Finance's Chief Technology Officer. Saddi will lead the company's end-to-end information technology strategy and development of financial applications.
(ISC)² published a new research study highlighting the unique challenges diverse cybersecurity professionals worldwide face and provides recommendations to create positive change.
The recent pandemic accelerated a trend towards remote work that has been ongoing for years and, as a result, accelerated usage of cloud-based collaboration platforms and their impact on the field of digital forensics. This article will discuss the trends and challenges associated with these platforms as they pertain to cloud-based data collection and its use in forensic investigations.
We spend a lot of time and effort so we can spot attackers —
and for a good reason! But without visibility into our own organizations, we’re left with too much uncertainty. So how can you use more visibility to counter the fog of war?
Like many other security processes, penetration testing and threat hunting are often incorrectly equated. However, the difference between the two is that between prevention and detection.
