According to a 2022 Verizon report, 43 percent of all data breaches reported worldwide targeted small and medium-sized businesses – with numerous businesses reporting at least eight hours of downtime after a severe cybersecurity incident. Little surprise, then, that demand for cyber liability insurance has surged in recent years. Businesses – especially small ones, with fewer financial resources – want to be made whole after a disruption.

Naming a company is one of the most important decisions a business ever makes. It’s the first thing potential customers will see, and it’s what they’ll use to remember you. A good company name helps establish credibility and image.

AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (AI TRiSM) is an emerging technology trend that will revolutionize businesses in coming years. The AI TRiSM framework helps identify, monitor and reduce potential risks associated with using AI technology in organizations. By using this framework, organizations can ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and data privacy laws. In this article, you'll learn what AI TRiSM is, how it works, and how organizations can use it for their benefit.

The security industry spent decades propagating the myth that risk is bad, and you must eliminate it — but this truth is… Your biggest risk could be the way you view it. You see, there are various “lenses” through which to view risk: rose-colored, blinders, magnifying and crystal clear. After presenting this concept at an ISACA-sponsored webinar, I received many questions and comments about putting this into practice.

SecurityScorecard is a customer-obsessed organization, which is why we asked ourselves: How can we provide more value to the thousands of CISOs who rely on our security ratings to make smarter, faster business decisions? We now make this guarantee: Qualified customers who maintain an A grade within the SecurityScorecard security ratings platform and still suffer an incident are eligible for complimentary Digital Forensics and Incident Response services.

Enterprises these days are facing a triple threat: stiffer government policies, volatile cyberspace and an extra-competitive economy. And without a well-planned strategy, it will be hard to survive all these and hit high-performance goals. Hence the need for an effective GRC strategy. Since its invention in 2003, GRC as a strategy for achieving organizational goals amidst uncertainty and with integrity, has stayed true to its primary purpose. Despite the increasing turbulence in the economy.

Imagine you've alerted your IT team to a critical infrastructure error plaguing your network. You ask them to drop their current work and focus on immediate remediation of this detected vulnerability. After further investigation, however, it is found to be a false positive. Unfortunately, these incidents are commonplace – and they cost your organization valuable time and manpower. More worrying, they distract from legitimate security issues.

In January 2023, PrivateLoader, a malware loader from a pay-per-install malware distribution service called “ruzki”, started to distribute Tofsee (a.k.a. Gheg), a modular spambot. Spambots are typically utilized by cybercriminals to spread malware and phishing emails, and this particular one has been in operation since at least 2008.

As technology becomes more prevalent in our lives, the risk of cybersecurity incidents is also increasing. Cybersecurity incidents can cause significant damage to organizations, including financial loss, reputational damage, and theft of sensitive data. Therefore, it is essential to have a robust cybersecurity system in place to protect against cyber-attacks. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one technology that can be used to predict cybersecurity incidents and mitigate their associated risks.

Recently, we discussed the most effective cybersecurity frameworks to reduce the risk of cyber threats. One of the most important systems is the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). This act applies to certain organizations, and is imperative to help protect them against data breaches. Let’s take a look at four things to know about FISMA, from what it is to how to monitor FISMA compliance.