SecureWorld News

AUGUST 1, 2023

-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) for Defence and Security Studies conducted an extensive 12-month research project , which aimed to examine the role of cyber insurance in addressing the threats posed by ransomware. RUSI's research challenges the notion that cyber insurance is a direct catalyst for ransomware.

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Cisco Security

JANUARY 10, 2023

As the majority of the global Covid fog finally started lifting in 2022, other events – and their associated risks – started to fill the headspace of C-level execs the world over. In my role, I regularly engage with CISOs in all kinds of sectors, representatives at industry bodies, and experts at analyst houses.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 4, 2024

The moment when that dreaded questionnaire from your Cyber Insurer lands on your desk like a ton of digital bricks. The post Cyber Insurance Reduces Risk: Five Ways to Lower Your Rates appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

In March 2021 Google Cloud announced a new offering called Risk Protection Program, which is designed to help its cloud customers reduce security risk and connect with Google’s insurer partners, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty and Munich Re.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Chief Financial Officers aka CFOs are ignoring billions of dollars loss incurred through cyber risks and threats, says a survey. So, experts want the CFOs to stay in a loop with the board to understand the risks and severity involved in cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

CISA adds Fortinet products and Ivanti CSA bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Nation-state actor exploited three Ivanti CSA zero-days Dutch police dismantled dual dark web market ‘Bohemia/Cannabia’ macOS HM Surf flaw in TCC allows bypass Safari privacy settings Iran-linked actors target critical infrastructure organizations (..)

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Dark Reading

MAY 30, 2019

The reality for business owners and CISOs looking to protect their business from a cyberattack is that cyber insurance is not a catchall for protecting against risk and loss.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

CISOs continue to face an uphill battle, and one of their biggest headaches is where to focus cyber investments. Solving distinctly separate challenges like cyber insurance, compliance and regulations, and visibility for the board is an overwhelming task, but what if you could solve these issues with a single solution?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 26, 2024

Important steps to lower premiums include preparation, articulating your risk, and demonstrating progressive improvement in security through measurable metrics. Why Do Organizations Need Cyber Liability Insurance? Cyber liability insurance has become an important component of every organization’s cyber strategy.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2022

cyber insurance carriers in 2021 rose 92% year-over-year, largely in response to a surge in ransomware. Cyber risk insurers are also declining coverage to companies with substandard cybersecurity controls, as well as changing the fine print for sublimits to reduce coverage for types of losses one by one.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

From a cyber risk perspective, attacks on data are the most prominent threat to organizations. Regulators, cyber insurance firms, and auditors are paying much closer attention to the integrity, resilience, and recoverability of organization data – as well as

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cybersecurity risks increase every year and bludgeon victims who fail to prepare properly. For those interested in a better understanding of the oncoming risks, this is the information you are looking for. It can feel like crossing a major highway while blindfolded. Many never see the catastrophe about to happen, until it occurs.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

What Cybersecurity Needs To Know About Segregation Of DutiesCybersecurity has moved to the top of the list of priorities of CISOs and not just because of the astronomical cost of cyber insurance. billion on information security and risk management products and […].

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Cyberrisk is business risk. But how should we communicate this risk to the business, to clients, or to investors? Accenture annual report: risks we face from cyberattacks. However, we were most interested in seeing how Accenture articulated a particular business risk: the risk from a cyberattack.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 22, 2022

Even with ransomware costing billions of dollars in losses and cyber insurance claims, organizations are still impacted beyond the checkbook. These attacks have driven the cost of cyber insurance premiums higher. Cyber insurance has become more critical to organizations to help offset the risk to the company.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2022

The post Cyber Insurance: What to Know for 2022 and Beyond appeared first on Hyperproof. The post Cyber Insurance: What to Know for 2022 and Beyond appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

We need to work with many different teammates on campus — risk management, legal, compliance and institutional review boards, to name a few — to effectively manage cybersecurity risk across our communities. They see the investment in MFA as critical to a campus cybersecurity program and managing risk for a campus.

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BH Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Cyber insurance industry faces a pivotal year The cyber insurance industry faces a pivotal year, influenced by evolving ransomware threats, regulatory changes, and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). Links we liked Help Net Security rounds up insights into CISO thinking and strategy.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

But when it comes to cybersecurity coverage, the relationship between enterprises and insurers has been rocky and uncertain. . The relationship between enterprises and insurers, like the cyber insurance market itself, is evolving. A maturing model. billion in premium.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

He helps senior decision makers overcome cybersecurity sales objections and manages unlimited cyber risks through rigorous prioritization. In the private sector, he was a CISO for an insurance company, credit card processor, bank, credit union, and IT Managed Service Provider. See the conference agenda and register here.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If you want to remain proactive about new threats, you need to learn from the experts in the trenches: hackers,” said Chris Evans, HackerOne CISO and Chief Hacking Officer. The versatility of hackers and the impact of the vulnerabilities they surface make them instrumental to how our customers anticipate and address risk.”

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

This, in short, is the multi-headed hydra enterprises must tame in order to mitigate rising cyber risks. Last Watchdog had the chance to visit with Michael Sutton, former longtime CISO of cloud security vendor Zscaler, who recently signed on as advisor to a fresh, new SOAR startup, Syncurity. Smart money.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2023

Cybersecurity budgets under pressure…regulators tightening risk disclosure rules.breakdown in the cyber insurance market. As 2022 ended, a series of trends lined up that will set the agenda in 2023 for cyber risk and security leaders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2022

A look ahead to 2023 we can expect to see changes in MFA, continued Hactivism from non-state actors, CISOs lean in on more proactive security and crypto-jackers will get more savvy. 5 – Recession requires CISOs to get frank with the board about proactive security. By Marcus Fowler, CEO of Darktrace Federal.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By this point, we’re all familiar with the list of requirements for a strong password: unique, long, memorable, free from any personal information… But even the strongest passwords can pose a risk if they’re the only thing standing between your users and enterprise content. trillion USD annually by 2025?

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SC Magazine

JULY 14, 2021

A new Cybereason survey found that more than four out of five respondents from various business sectors – some 81% – said they are “highly” or “very concerned” about the risk of ransomware attacks. In addition, having cyber insurance coverage in place does not guarantee an organization can recoup losses associated with a ransomware attack.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

As an advisory CISO and part of Cisco’s strategy group, an essential part of my role is talking to CISOs from every kind of organization. From these conversations, it is clear cyber liability insurance is steadily rising to the top of the agenda, due to the sheer amount and scale of cyber-attacks hitting firms.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2023

This morning, Critical Start released its first ever Cyber Risk Landscape Peer Report , which explores some of the major concerns and challenges currently confronting cybersecurity leaders as they manage risk within their organizations. Here are some comments on the cyber risk landscape from cybersecurity vendor experts.

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McAfee

JUNE 17, 2021

Imagine if you had one place where you found a comprehensive real time security posture that tells you exactly where the looming current cyber risks are and the impact? Let’s consider a recent and relevant cyber threat. With the score, you’ll know at a glance: Have you done enough to stave off the most likely risks?

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a solid rundown of what the updates mean, check out this SecureWorld article from Kip Boyle , vCISO, Cyber Risk Opportunities LLC. Michael Gregg, CISO, State of North Dakota: " One of the things that most excites me about the new framework is the addition of the 'govern' function. 19, Detroit on Sept. Stacy O'Mara, Sr.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Increased risk of cyberattacks The rising cost of living can lead to an increase in cybercrime, as people become more desperate to make money. I think it requires taking a step back and assessing what you can do with less," said Chris Roberts, CISO and Senior Director at Boom Supersonic. This is more critical now than it's ever been."

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 20, 2021

On the business side, the plan should address elements such as having a communication plan for the CISO, CIO and company executives as well as a risk management component that includes cyber insurance.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2023

We use this type of model for our 'Whole of State' approach to security in North Dakota," says Michael Gregg, CISO for the State of North Dakota. Mike Parkin, Senior Technical Engineer at Vulcan Cyber, a provider of SaaS for enterprise cyber risk remediation, is a fan of the collaborative. He says: "I love this idea!

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And a key part of building out any cybersecurity policy for your local government is to develop an organizational understanding of risk to systems, people, data, and so on. Take cyber insurance , for example. Also delivered free of charge by the NCATS team. Adopt the fundamentals. Baltimore learned this the hard way. (An

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SecureWorld News

MAY 18, 2021

This is what informs his perspective: "My role in practical terms is to be somewhat like the conductor of the symphony that comes in when there's this issue to work with cyber insurance providers, t o work with forensics firms, to work with PR firms, to work with data decryption negotiation firms, all of this. That's big.".

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The new NY regulations, however, go further by requiring hospitals to implement: Tailored cybersecurity programs, Designation of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Penetration testing, Mandatory breach reporting within 72 hours. Hospitals must conduct regular penetration tests and risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2022

In just a few years, cyber has transformed from the nerd in the corner into the Kim Kardashian of risk. businesses can be built on, and destroyed by, cyber risk. Ask your cyber exec to explain the threats facing the organisation. 2 Talk to your CISO. 9 Challenge Risk Transfer Strategies.

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