Centraleyes

APRIL 24, 2025

There’s a growing recognition that resilience rather than just certifications or complianceis the true measure of cyber maturity. Cyberattacks, system failures, and data breaches arent IF scenariostheyre WHEN scenarios. Cyber Insurance with AI-Driven Risk Assessments (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2024

In some cases, attackers are even leveraging the threat of regulatory actions or causing cyber insurance policies to be rendered moot by reporting lapses in security on the part of the victim to regulators and insurers. The indirect costs of ransomware attacks are often even more damaging.

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Cisco Security

JULY 11, 2022

From extortion to data breaches, ransomware is always evolving, and is becoming very lucrative with Ransomware-as-a-service kit making it easier to target organizations. Downtime varied from minimal disruption (thanks to frequent data backups) to months upon months of recovery time . In 2021: .

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2023

There’s no word if any of the schools affected paid the ransom and had their data leaked anyway, or if the ransomware gang stuck to its word and “only” leaked in cases of non-payment. Backup your data. Backups are the last line of defence against an attack that encrypts your data.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2025

Attackers are not only encrypting data but also engaging in "double extortion," stealing sensitive patient information to demand higher ransoms. The costly disruptions and data breaches from these attacks have made ransomware defense a top investment area for healthcare organizations.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating. Having basic cyber hygiene Advanced technology is important, but basics like regular data backups, software updates, strong password policies, and multi-factor authentication are fundamental.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Major developments this quarter include “Play” transitioning from double-extortion tactics to targeting ESXi environments and the cybersecurity firm Fortinet experiencing a data breach in which 440GB of customer data was compromised. However, some cyber insurance policies explicitly forbid ransom payments.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Many small businesses do not realize that they are vulnerable to hackers, perhaps because they don’t realise they have data worth stealing. This can also be one of the reasons behind insufficient security practices with many businesses not realising the full effect of a data breach or ransomware attack until it is too late.

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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. Baltimore learned this the hard way. (An

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2022

Cost of Breach Could Be Greater Than The Expected Cost Savings. IBM’s annual Cost of a Data Breach study revealed a single data breach could cost a company up to $3.29 That $3.29, even with cyber insurance, is still a significant hit to the organization’s bottom line.

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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. High-privileged accounts enhance attackers’ ability to access unauthorized data, potentially causing data breaches and operational disruptions.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Double extortion introduces catastrophic risks of data breach and loss of customer trust if sensitive information gets leaked publicly. Even just the notification of a data breach can harm an organization's reputation and bottom line. However, the attackers threatened to leak terabytes of data if not paid.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. In IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2019 cited the following: Lost business is the biggest contributor to data breach costs The average cost of lost business in 2019 was $1.42

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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. The problem is that businesses are not yet aware of double or triple extortion ransomware and how these tactics can affect their data protection strategies.

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Centraleyes

JUNE 11, 2024

NIST tags: Protect/Detect Exercise a System Recovery Plan Develop and regularly review a comprehensive system recovery plan to ensure business continuity during system disruptions or data breaches. Encrypt and securely store backups offsite to protect critical data from unauthorized access or tampering.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 19, 2024

An effective IRP ensures swift and informed action, from data breaches to malware attacks. In the event of a security breach, an IRP ensures rapid response. Key benefits include shorter downtimes, reduced recovery costs, lower cyber insurance, and fewer fines in heavily regulated sectors.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Cyber insurers are losing money. 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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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. High-privileged accounts enhance attackers’ ability to access unauthorized data, potentially causing data breaches and operational disruptions.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

An organization must: Prepare a good backup policy and procedure. Paying for internal assessments and penetration tests by a third party can provide fresh thinking and a level of assurance for stakeholders such as customers, the board of directors, and the insurance company that wrote our cyber insurance policy.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 27, 2019

fewer of you to go around because at this moment in history everyone understands that a good CISO is critical to the ongoing success of an enterprise (the 2019 IBM Cost of Data Breach study found that the average cost to an organization was $3.92 You’re going to have personal cyber insurance.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 2, 2020

Back Up Everything: Data recovery is an expensive and time-consuming process even when it isn’t being done in the wake of a ransomware attack. If the loss of your data is potentially catastrophic, the most straightforward solution is to back up your systems and data and do it often.

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