The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

Small and midsize businesses — so-called SMBs — face an acute risk of sustaining a crippling cyberattack. This appears to be even more true today than it was when I began writing about business cyber risks at USA TODAY more than a decade ago. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the SMB security landscape at length with Gill.

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Adam Levin

JULY 3, 2019

In this regard, knowledge of cyber risks and cyber defense are fungible assets. While I am not in a position to say exactly why this was the case, last year’s average per record cost, according to IBM’s “2018 Cost of Data Breach Study” was $157, with the average total cost to a company coming in at $4.24

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Related: Cyber risks spinning out of IoT Credential stuffing and account takeovers – which take full advantage of Big Data, high-velocity software, and automation – inundated the internet in massive surges in 2018 and the first half of 2019, according to multiple reports. Hackers count on it.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2019

Have I Been Pwned allows users to search across multiple data breaches to see if their email address has been compromised. This data is disconcerting and shows that we are far from to be secure even if security experts continue to warn users of cyber risks associated with the use of weak passwords.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

A seemingly arcane topic, every organization should have vulnerability management as top-of-mind when it comes to managing cyber risk. For American organizations, only the GDPR wake-up call in 2018 compares. One example has been the Vastaamo data breach in Finland.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

A report this month from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the number of companies seeking cyber insurance coverage has steadily risen since 2016 and that insurers are increasing the prices of their policies and lowering their coverage limits as the number of cyberattacks rise. In addition, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2019

The MongoDB archive contains 854GB of data related to the last three years, it is the largest data leak incident of ever occurred in China. “On December 28th, Bob Diachenko, Director of Cyber Risk Research at Hacken.io “As of the date of this publication, there is no official confirmation on the data owner.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 4, 2019

How has GDPR affected other global data protection regulations? On May 22, the European Commission published an infographic on compliance with and enforcement of the GDPR from May 2018 to May 2019. 57% of Europeans know that there is a public authority in their country responsible for protecting their rights about personal data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

cybersecurity M&A deals hit 151 in the first three quarters of 2021, compared to 80, 88 and 94 in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively, according to data from 451 Research. “ A damaged asset is worth less ,” according to Sean Wessman, a Principal at EY’s Americas Risk and Cybersecurity Practice.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 11, 2018

The popular UpGuard’s risk analyst Chris Vickery discovered an unsecured GoDaddy’s Amazon S3 bucket containing sensitive information related to more than 31,000 GoDaddy systems. ” The expert discovered the unsecured AWS bucket named abbottgodaddy on June 19th, 2018. . ” reads the post published by UpGuard.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Board of the subject: business leaders lack resilience to reduce cyber risks. Many Irish boards lack the ability to understand and respond to cybersecurity risks effectively. Remember the Marriott and BA data breach cases that came to public attention within weeks of each other in 2019? Another fine mess?

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Creeping cyber risk grabbing global headlines The World Economic Forum’s latest Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024 gives senior leaders a high-level overview of cybersecurity trends. Cyber attacks featured in the top five risks for the year ahead, along with factors like extreme weather and the cost of living crisis.

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Centraleyes

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a comprehensive data protection law enacted by the European Union (EU) in 2018. Its primary aim is to safeguard the personal data of EU residents and regulate how businesses and organizations process this data.

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McAfee

MAY 26, 2020

Though terrifying for many people, Brexit was handled relatively easily through a transition period, which goes until 31 st December 2020, during which UK organisations are bound by two laws: the EU GDPR and the UK DPA (Data Protection Act 2018 ). The EU GDPR will no longer apply directly in the UK at the end of the transition period.

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Cytelligence

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Global cyber insurance premiums are expected to grow from $4 billion in 2018 to $20 billion by 2025. According to Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management Survey , cyber-attacks were identified as a top ten risk facing organizations and is predicted to be one of the top three risks for organizations in 2022. “As

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Compliance with the Essential Eight is increasingly recommended by regulatory bodies and aligns with laws such as the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 and the Privacy Act 1988. Advantages Enhanced Security Posture: Protect critical assets from cyber threats like ransomware and data breaches.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 27, 2020

IBM’s “ 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report ” details the costs that come from a data breach as a result of various cybersecurity risks. million Healthcare organizations for the 9th year in a row had the highest costs associated with data breaches – $6.45 Yes, they are.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 11, 2019

Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on May 25th last year, data protection has become a very hot topic. On May 22, 2019, the European Commission published an infographic on compliance with and enforcement of the GDPR from May 2018 to May 2019 and it is clear that a lot of work still needs to be done.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

API security protects data and back-end systems while preserving fluid communication between software components through strict protocols and access controls. Fundamentals of API Security API security includes a range of tactics such as strict authentication and authorization methods, data encryption technologies, and strong access controls.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Spinbackup’s cutting edge cloud data protection solutions have been rising in popularity in 2017 because of the combination of Machine Learning and comprehensive cyber threat analytics tools, with more than 50 new features and improvements specifically designed to deliver enhanced product agility and flexibility.

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SC Magazine

JULY 1, 2021

A 2018 CHIME-KLAS report found the average number of connected medical devices within the health care environment totaled about 10,000. In health care, ransomware and data breaches frequently receive the most media attention. Combatting health care’s greatest threats.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Startup Est Headquarters Staff Funding Funding Type Abnormal Security 2018 San Francisco, CA 261 $74.0 Series A Confluera 2018 Palo Alto, CA 33 $29.0 Series A Perimeter 81 2018 Tel Aviv, Israel 159 $65.0 2018 Santa Clara, CA 305 $50.0 Series A Confluera 2018 Palo Alto, CA 33 $29.0 2018 Santa Clara, CA 305 $50.0

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Their loss ratios – total claims plus the insurer’s costs, divided by total premiums earned – are now consistently above 60%, which presents something of an existential threat to the insurance industry, making cyber risk a potentially uninsurable area due to falling profitability.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In fact, “the number of publicly reported data compromises in the U.S. ” Data Breaches Are on Pace to Break a New Record High in 2021 | Money Please see my article in FORBES for more of 2021’s alarming cybersecurity statistics. With that comes cyber-risk.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 9, 2020

million following a cyber attack in 2018 which flagged that it was failing to keep its customers’ personal data secure. Cyber threats are a real and significant problem. Around the same time, Ticketmaster UK was fined £1.25 This however was small fry compared to the £18.4 This however was small fry compared to the £18.4

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