Articles Tagged with ''ransomware''

What can U.S. states do to mitigate ransomware and cybersecurity risks? A two-tiered approach that begins with continuous data care best practices and diligent data recovery measures, followed by public and private partnerships is the most successful path.

Organizations should focus on employee cybersecurity awareness to bolster endpoint defense and reduce the risk of phishing attacks.

Security's Associate Editor Maria Henriquez analyzes the top data breaches of 2022 and their effects on enterprise cybersecurity and national legislation going forward.

Security magazine's top 10 data breaches of 2022 annual report covers impactful breaches throughout the past year — Uber, Twitter, DoorDash and more.

To guard against cybercrime, it’s critical to monitor and assess every secret window into your organization’s operations. For most, these gateways are in the supply chain among third parties. 

Here are the top ways hackers use psychological warfare to find their targets and successfully coerce them into meeting their ransom demands. 

Security professionals can consider strategies other than encryption, such as microsharding, to protect company data in the event of a ransomware attack.

Australia’s Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil said the government was considering a law that would make it illegal to pay ransoms.

Regardless of which security controls an organization implements first, zero trust should be at the forefront of cyber resilience strategy.

The OpenText Security Solutions 2022 Global Small-Medium Business (SMB) Ransomware Survey identified cybersecurity concerns of small business leaders.