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The cybersecurity regulations apply to entities overseen by the NYDFS, such as financial institutions, insurance companies, agents, and brokers, as well as banks, trusts, mortgage lenders and brokers, money transmitters, check cashers, and other related businesses.
The 2022 SonicWall Cyber ThreatReport found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. Capital markets, insurance, financial services, and banking are now online. Backup and encryption.
Our latest threatreport found the average ransomware payment peaked in September 2020 at more than $230 thousand. Presumably this has to do with whether a target had readily available backups, and lost time due to back and forth with extortionists or time spent making a payment. The list goes on….
The cybersecurity regulations apply to entities overseen by the NYDFS, such as financial institutions, insurance companies, agents, and brokers, as well as banks, trusts, mortgage lenders and brokers, money transmitters, check cashers, and other related businesses.
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