The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Seara Jose Seara , CEO, DeNexus Recent regulatory updates highlight a shift toward robust cyber risk governance, requiring organizations to adapt. emphasizes governance, while the SEC mandates cyber risk reporting and incident disclosures. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

One area where campuses have been collaborating recently are changes around cyber liability insurance for higher education, an opportunity for campus cybersecurity teams to combine forces with their risk management team. In a recent Duo blog post, we gave an overview of cyber liability insurance.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Much has been published about how the demand — and subsequent cost — for cyber liability insurance has skyrocketed in line with increasing incidents of cyberattacks. But what are the risks with this approach? Of course, insurance cover is not the only measure that can be taken.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 20, 2021

Hospitals, medical clinics, labs, pharmacies, insurance companies, and others involved in the vaccination process often require people who want to be vaccinated to share large amounts of both medical and demographic data in order to register for vaccine appointments.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

With the rate that new threats emerge, it may come as no surprise that cyber liability insurance can be traced back to 1997. In its modern iteration, cyber liability insurance mitigates the losses and business costs associated with cyber incidents and resulting downtime. What would an insurer do?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 4, 2022

How Cybersecurity Insurance Can Work To Help An Organization. For many years, organizations had limited options for addressing data protection risks. A company could never eliminate risk, but they could try to reduce or mitigate it. The function of cybersecurity insurance. What does cybersecurity insurance cover?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The size of the cyber risk to companies cannot be underestimated. To indicate the size of the cyber risk to companies, there is, on average, a cyber-attack every 39 seconds, which does not mean that every attack is successful, but that there is an attempt to access companies’ computer systems with that frequency.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Related: Adopting an assume-breach mindset With that in mind, Last Watchdog invited the cybersecurity experts we’ve worked with this past year for their perspectives on two questions that all company leaders should have top of mind: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2022

It wasn’t just the recent Uber attack in which the victim’s Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) was compromised; at the core of the vast majority of cyber incidents is the theft and abuse of legitimate credentials. 2 – Continued ‘hacktivism’ from non-state actors complicates cyber attribution and security strategies.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In this episode of Security Ledger Podcast (#163) sponsored by LastPass: companies are spending more than ever on cyber security, but feel less secure. Kevin Richards of the insurer Marsh joins us to talk about that company's Cyber Risk Perceptions Survey. Read the whole entry. »

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The IAM vendors took single sign-on to the next level, adding multi-factor authentication and other functionalities. Our customers all have the pain point of wanting to have single sign-on for multiple applications, requiring capabilities like self-service and self-registration,” Curcio told Last Watchdog.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

The end result was hefty payment: "After careful consideration, the university decided to work with its cyber insurance provider to pay a fee to the ransomware attacker. It had cyber insurance: "The university’s cyber insurance policy paid part of the ransom, and the university covered the remainder.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2023

On the plus side, they did mention multi-factor authentication and EDR. Mike Parkin, Senior Technical Engineer at Vulcan Cyber, a provider of SaaS for enterprise cyber risk remediation, is a fan of the collaborative. He will join a panel at SecureWorld Dallas on October 26 on the topic, "Cover Your Cyber Assets."

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BH Consulting

JULY 17, 2024

MFA momentum gathers after AWS adoption and Snowflake breach Multi-factor authentication (MFA) got a boost on two fronts recently. Cyber insurance: whisper it, but it seems to be working Cyber insurance premiums have dropped by 15 per cent compared to their peak in 2022. Links we liked Google Maps for security?

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 17, 2024

Targeting of Critical Infrastructure Ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure sectors — including the likes of healthcare, energy and public services — underscore the significant risk they pose to broader society, not just targeted organisations. Some insurers are scaling back their coverage of ransomware or increasing premiums.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and role-based access controls are your best friends here. Case in Point : In 2019, First American Title Insurance Company experienced a significant data exposure incident, revealing sensitive customer documents due to a vulnerability in their document-sharing application.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2024

This incident underscores the need for robust data security measures at healthcare providers, insurers, and companies that handle protected health information (PHI). Setting up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on your accounts provides a critical second layer of security in the event that your password is compromised.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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SC Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

Devon Ackerman, managing director and head of incident response for North America with Kroll’s Cyber Risk practice, said that the malicious actors behind this growing trend are “directly tied to ransomware groups” and are likely using automated scripts to seek out “Contact Us” or chat forms on the internet that they can abuse.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Click here to watch the roundtable and learn about the future of cyber insurance from leading experts. In partnership with Cysurance, BlastWave hosted a roundtable entitled “The Future of Cyber Insurance and MSP Insurability. of Morris Risk Management, John Franzino of Grid Security Inc.,

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Risk management is a concept that has been around as long as companies have had assets to protect. The simplest example may be insurance. Life, health, auto, and other insurance are all designed to help a person protect against losses. Also read : Thousands of Data Center Management Apps Exposed to Internet.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 30, 2022

Applications like personal healthcare, biosensors, smart beds, smart pills, the health insurance industry, robotics, and other specializations are only expanding the scope of IoMT. They serve to identify and authenticate the various connected devices to the organization’s network. Weak PKI Implementation is a Major Cyber Risk.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

Reduce business threats Key Management as a Service can help organizations reduce cyber risks and address various threats to business and data security. It authenticates the user and ensures all requests are authorized before forwarding them to the key management system. Compliance is the foundation to effective data security.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Security Information and Event Management Product Guide Best SIEM Tools & Software Zero Trust As a concept and framework, Zero Trust requires that all users and devices are regularly authenticated and re-authorized before accessing any part of the network.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 17, 2023

Despite their popularity, however, VPN authentication can grant malicious third parties unrestricted network access and allow them to compromise an organization’s digital assets. A software-defined perimeter relies on identity authentication before connecting users and, as such, acts as a virtual barrier around every level of access.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 15, 2024

IAM solutions are crucial in authenticating identities and assigning appropriate access privileges. Continuous Authentication Unlike traditional authentication methods that rely on static credentials, Zero Trust emphasizes continuous authentication. Let’s break down the major components of Zero Trust security priciples.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. To enhance security, organizations should block direct internet access to RDP services using firewalls and restrict access to internal networks and VPNs.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 27, 2018

In this article we will explore how to anticipate the unexpected emerging cyber risks and establish proactive cyber-resilience for effective IT operations and business continuity. How are users authenticate into those cloud apps? The Cloud is changing, and cloud security solutions must evolve to keep the pace.

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Centraleyes

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, is a federal law, whereas HITRUST is a comprehensive control framework. ” HIPAA: An Overview HIPAA, short for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a pivotal U.S. Access data-rich insights and reporting tools.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Thats according to Corvus Insurances Q3 2024 Cyber Threat Report , which said many of the ransomware attacks in Q3 leveraged outdated VPN software and poorly protected VPN gateways. What Can You Do About It? The Corvus ransomware report also found that five ransomware groups RansomHub, PLAY, LockBit 3.0,

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. AllegisCyber Investments.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 6, 2022

Discovering and continuously monitoring all cyber assets enables the second essential capability: doing strategic risk assessments to gain important insight into the status of their cyber risks and security posture. It comes down to taking an informed approach to triaging cyber exposures, Smith says.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. To enhance security, organizations should block direct internet access to RDP services using firewalls and restrict access to internal networks and VPNs.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Kip Boyle, vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC: The Challenge of Cultivating Buy-in from Leadership and Employees "Cybersecurity professionals will continue to face a critical challenge: cultivating genuine buy-in from both senior leaders and employees. Let me unpack what I mean. could reduce identity theft and build trust online.

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As demand for cyber risk insurance increases, two recent developments could have policyholders scrambling to check their cover. In the United States, a judge dismissed a claim against an insurance company that refused to pay extra for losses due to business email compromise. And the cyber insurance market keeps growing.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 22, 2022

But according to Anne Neuberger, the White House’s Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology, this warning is “based on evolving threat intelligence, that the Russian government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the United States.”. Cyber insurance is not the answer!

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Jane Frankland

DECEMBER 7, 2023

To counter advancing cyber threats, organisations will implement more sophisticated security measures like multi-factor authentication, micro-segmentation, and continuous monitoring. Balancing security and user experience, innovations in IAM solutions will provide seamless and frictionless authentication experiences.

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