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GUEST ESSAY: The three horsemen of cyber risks: misinformation, disinformation and fake news

The Last Watchdog

Such a transformation however, comes with its own set of risks. Misleading information has emerged as one of the leading cyber risks in our society, affecting political leaders, nations, and people’s lives, with the COVID-19 pandemic having only made it worse.

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GUEST ESSAY: New SEC rules aim to help C-levels, board members quantify cyber risks

The Last Watchdog

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking steps to crack down on insufficient cyber risk reporting. Related : Making third-party risk audits actionable. Worryingly, threats are beginning to outpace organizations’ ability to effectively prevent and respond to them. Fostering understanding.

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GUEST ESSAY: Rising cyber risks make business intelligence gathering more vital than ever

The Last Watchdog

The top reason, chosen from a proved list of ten, was ‘increased cyber security risks’, followed by the related concern, ‘new and/or increased data privacy regulations’. Cyber security keeps the C-suite up at night and perhaps that’s no surprise. Cyber in a silo? Risk, including cyber risk, cannot be viewed in isolation.

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Cyber Threats: The Financial System’s Top Risk

CyberSecurity Insiders

With cyber attacks against financial and banking institutions now a daily occurrence, cyber threats have become the biggest risk to the global financial system, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. But the world changes, the world evolves, and the risks change as well.

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CFOs ignoring billions of dollars loss incurred through Cyber Risks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Chief Financial Officers aka CFOs are ignoring billions of dollars loss incurred through cyber risks and threats, says a survey. Interestingly, over 87% of survey respondents are over-confident that their companies can overcome any level of threats, although their current Cybersecurity posture was never tested to the core.

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Half a billion cyber attacks thwarted by Tokyo Olympics 2021

CyberSecurity Insiders

A recent statement issued by the Summer Olympics Organizer from Japan revealed that the cyber threat to the games event was so intense that the organizing committee had to hire a third party firm that with a dedicated team of 200 Cybersecurity specialists helped thwart over 500 million or half a billion cyber attacks.

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Local U.S. Governments and Municipalities at Risk of Foreign Nation Cyber Attacks

Security Boulevard

Experts have warned that the Russia-Ukraine conflict poses an unprecedented cyber risk for U.S. Governments and Municipalities at Risk of Foreign Nation Cyber Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard. organizations as well as State and local governments and municipalities. The post Local U.S.