Articles Tagged with ''cyber threats''

Conn. public schools forced to close from ransomware attack

Hartford, Connecticut public schools' first day delayed from ransomware attack

September 8, 2020

Hartford, Conn. city officials were forced to postpone the first day of school set for Tuesday, Sept. 8, after a ransomware virus caused an outage of critical systems.

bigglass insider threats more than 70% of companies have an insider cyber attack

Insider threat report: 61% of companies have had an insider attack in the past year

September 2, 2020

A majority of survey respondents (61%) reported at least one insider attack over the last 12 months (22% reported at least six separate attacks). Forty-nine percent of respondents stated that at least one week typically goes by before insider attacks are detected; additionally, 44% said that another week usually passes before the organization recovers from the attacks.

cyber phishing breaches see major increase since start of COVID-19

New research shows significant increase in phishing attacks since the pandemic began straining corporate IT security teams

September 1, 2020

New research spike in phishing attempts since the pandemic began, leading to more frequent successful attacks and a heavier burden on corporate IT security teams to remediate incidents.

Five Factors Influencing the Cybersecurity Threat Landscape

August 14, 2019

Cybercrime campaigns and high-profile advanced persistent threat groups are shifting how they target victims and focusing more on intricate relationships with “secure syndicate” partnerships to disguise activity, according to the latest 2019 Cyber Threatscape Report from Accenture.

Understanding the Convergence Between Online and Real-World Threats

Jon Gonzalez

August 1, 2019

What happens online sometimes manifests as a real-world threat. Real-world threats are typically planned, referenced or originated online. Understanding the convergence between online behavior and real-world actions is increasingly important in the corporate security field. Here’s how security professionals can think about identifying and understanding threats in a society that increasingly straddles the virtual and physical worlds.

CISO's Communication Breakdown

Dan Holden

August 1, 2019

The relentless bombardment of cyber-attacks, and the fear of a breach and all that entails, have led to some rather dramatic changes in the Chief Information Security Officer position recently. It has long been considered the corporate hot seat, where job security is a misnomer and the average tenure is less than two years. That may still be true for many, but changes are happening that are finally allowing the CISO to emerge from the shadows of the IT department.

It's Time to Change Your Perception of the Cybersecurity Professional

Assess Cyber Risk Using the COBIT2019 Framework

Fredric Greene

July 18, 2019

The COBIT2019 framework includes a holistic approach to manage cyber risks.

Small and Medium-sized Financial Institutions: The Security Challenges They Face Each Day

David Canellos

July 15, 2019

It’s no secret that financial institutions are in criminals’ crosshairs.

Most Countries without Cybersecurity Strategy

Gov. Larry Hogan Signs Maryland Cybersecurity Law

June 19, 2019

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed an executive order aimed at strengthening cybersecurity.

Year in Review: The SEC and Cybersecurity

In the wake of many cybersecurity breaches, SEC's aggressive agenda demonstrates that cybersecurity management is vital to U.S. public companies and capital markets.

Seth P Berman Ian Roffman Melanie L Todman

May 13, 2019

What can we learn from the SEC and its aggressive agenda?

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