According to IBM & Ponemon, the average cost of a data breach is a staggering $4.35 million! No wonder companies feel the need to invest heavily in cybersecurity. For legal tech companies, handling a large amount of sensitive client data daily, the stakes are even higher. Beyond the immediate financial impact, a data breach can cause severe reputational damage that is often much harder to repair, making cybersecurity a top priority for legal professionals.

The concept of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) promised a revolution in network security. Its core intent: to simplify the deployment and consumption of both networking and security functions. However, does the reality really live up to the initial hype?

Starting today, Riscosity is available on AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog of software listings from independent software vendors that makes finding, testing, buying and deploying software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS) simple. This new partnership enables companies using AWS cloud services to easily purchase a Riscosity license directly from the marketplace, streamlining risk management and the deployment of Riscosity into their current security stack.

Atlas Oil, a major player in the oil and fuel distribution industry, fell victim to a ransomware attack orchestrated by the Black Basta group. This attack not only compromised sensitive company data but also exposed a variety of documents that could potentially harm the company’s operations and reputation. Overall, Black Basta claims to have exfiltrated approximately 730 GB of data.

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a robust cybersecurity regulation in the European Union (EU) taking effect next year. It is designed to help protect against evolving digital threats to financial systems. Like GDPR, the scope of DORA isn’t only limited to financial services companies and banks. Service providers in Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) and third-party vendors are also on the hook. If you haven’t been preparing, the time to be is now.

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A few weeks ago, my wife asked me why stopping threat actors from impacting our lives is so difficult. In this digital age, the necessity to connect online brings inherent exposure to vulnerabilities. The challenge for you as a security leader lies in reducing the sense of vulnerability by building trust. You need to protect your organization and reassure employees so they can perform their jobs without fear.

CREST accreditation is a good place to start – a ‘stamp of approval’ for a high-quality penetration test. But what does it mean to be CREST-approved, and what differentiates CREST penetration testing from other assessments? Read on to find out.

As we enter the age of AI, we’ve seen the first wave of AI adoption in software development in the form of coding assistants. Now, we’re seeing the next phase of adoption take place, with organizations leveraging increasingly widely available LLMs to build AI-enabled software. Naturally, as the adoption of LLM platforms like OpenAI and Gemini grows, so does the security risk associated with using them.