Nearly 80 per cent of all ransomware attacks in the first half of 2021 involved the threat of leaking exfiltrated data. Exfiltration is a popular pressure tactic as it introduces the threat to publish stolen sensitive data to a threat actor extortion website if a ransom payment is not received. Our team currently tracks over 40 threat actor extortion websites, with new sites belonging to new ransomware groups emerging each week.

A network vulnerability assessment is the reviewing and analyzing of an organization’s network infrastructure to find cybersecurity vulnerabilities and network security loopholes. The assessment can be carried out either manually or by using vulnerability analysis software — although the latter is preferred because it’s less susceptible to human error and usually delivers more accurate results.

An audit universe is a document that details all the audit activities to be carried out by the internal audit function. It consists of multiple and distinct auditable entities, processes, and activities, which can be considered “auditable units.” The number of these auditable units varies depending on the organization’s size, business complexity, and operational scale. In some cases they can run into the hundreds or even thousands.

Regulations have long existed to govern how organizations collect and use information online, as well as what cybersecurity precautions organizations should take while conducting business online. As digital transformation of business processes has accelerated in the last few years, however, that means ever more organizations — large and small — must comply with all those regulations.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by Congress in 1996 to prevent medical fraud and to assure the security of protected health information (PHI), such as names, Social Security numbers, medical records, financial information, electronic health transactions and code sets. The law is managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).

This is a story of an emperor who wanted to protect people and grow his empire. Once he had to face the biggest battle. He conquered the battle through back door intelligence of the enemy. With a risk-based approach he was able to predict the actions of the enemy. This made him invincible. In today’s world, CISO organization faces the same battle but against the cyber war and are therefore are under constant pressure to protect organization.

Security compliance management is the process of monitoring and assessing systems, devices, and networks to ensure they comply with regulatory requirements, as well as industry and local cybersecurity standards. Staying on top of compliance isn’t always easy, especially for highly regulated industries and sectors. Regulations and standards change often, as do threats and vulnerabilities. Organizations often have to respond quickly to remain in compliance.