Cytelligence

JANUARY 27, 2020

Effectiveness of data backup strategies. Unlocking – Organizations can either pay the ransom and hope for the cybercriminals to actually decrypt the affected files (which in many cases does not happen), or they can attempt a recovery by removing infected files and systems from the network and restoring data from clean backups.

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Cisco Security

JULY 11, 2022

67 individual ransomware attacks on schools and colleges–a 19 percent decrease from 2020 (83) . 954 separate schools and colleges were potentially affected–a 46 percent decrease from 2020 (1,753) . 950,129 individual students could have been impacted–a 31 percent decrease from 2020 . In 2021: . Hackers demanded up to $52.3

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

” Nicko died nine months later, on April 16, 2020. ” Cyber Insurance No Longer Reliable. ” Cyber Insurance No Longer Reliable. ” Crockett said unofficial numbers indicate that only about 10 percent of such cyber insurance claims are paid out. Prioritize Best Practices.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Within that, it's four categories: preparation, updates, protection, and backups. Cyber defense is about test, test, test.". Familiarize yourself and your organization with cyber insurance. And we want to partner with cyber insurance in order to share that information that will allow us to do that.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With vulnerabilities rooted in unsuspecting users, the task of preventing these attacks means both staff training and a robust email and network security system that includes a strong backup program so you have a recent copy of your data that you can roll back to. Offline Backups. Screenshot example. Zero Trust. Statistics.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

2020 saw a record number of cyberattacks—and threats for school, university, and other educational institutes are growing each day. They followed the FBI’s advice to not pay the hackers and restored their system from backups they had kept for such an emergency. Unfortunately, there is no perfect profile for a cybercriminal. “In

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 2, 2020

We carry insurance, including cyber insurance, which we believe to be commensurate with our size and the nature of our operations. Number one, we're going to want to think about the viability of the backups? Not only do we have backups but also have we tested them? Can we restore from these backups?

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Take cyber insurance , for example. Cyber insurance can prevent local governments from having to pay huge out of pocket costs in the event that they’re hit with a cyberattack. A 2020 survey of 165 municipalities found 50.9% Baltimore learned this the hard way. (An

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Centraleyes

JUNE 11, 2024

Encrypt and securely store backups offsite to protect critical data from unauthorized access or tampering. Get Cyber Insurance Organizations turn to cyber insurance to transfer risk to an organization that would cover the costs of a cyber attack, mitigating their own risk.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. At this point, typical defenses for ransomware, such as backups and restoration of systems and data, do not apply. What is Double Extortion Ransomware?

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Sopra Steria - One of the Largest Reported Ransoms Europe's major IT services firm Sopra Steria was breached in October 2020 by the Ryuk gang, with extensive backups preventing major disruption. Keep backups completely isolated and air-gapped offline to prevent malware from infecting those too. Ensure backups are highly secured.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

The Greeley, Colorado JBS meat packing plant, as seen in April 2020 when it was closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Backups often fail as a solution because of multiple extortion vectors or technological issues. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images).

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SC Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

The energy sector experienced a 74% increase in ICS vulnerabilities disclosed during the second half of 2020 compared to second half 2018. Are the backup and restore capabilities in place? Does the company have cyber insurance in place to pay a ransom? How should security teams respond? Are board members prepared to act?

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

At times it can seem like a war of attrition, which brings us to the first series of predictions for 2020: CISOs will get worse at their jobs. We will also see better backup practices that will help minimize or neutralize the threat of these attacks. . It’s good news for 2020 babies. . million).

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Adam Levin

MARCH 2, 2020

Ransomware attacks on businesses skyrocketed 365 percent in 2019, and all signs point to more of the same in 2020. Bear in mind that your data backups will be of no use if they are also encrypted by a ransomware attack, so keep them stored separately and offline. Don’t be the next Heritage Company.

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