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Choosing the Best Tool for Cybersecurity Audits

Oct 13, 2023 By Leah Sadoian In UpGuard
Cybersecurity is becoming a growing priority for organizations, as daily news headlines feature large-scale data breaches due to unauthorized access and ransomware attacks dismantling systems across the globe. The last thing an organization wants is to become the next headline because its poor cybersecurity posture left it vulnerable to hackers. Cybersecurity audits meticulously analyze and report on an organization’s security program, helping them identify weak points that need addressing.
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Meeting the Third-Party Requirements of the Essential Eight

Oct 13, 2023 By Leah Sadoian In UpGuard
Today’s rapidly evolving digital world requires organizations to build a robust cybersecurity plan to safeguard internal infrastructures and oversee third-party vendors' cyber health. The Essential 8 is a cybersecurity framework developed by the Australian Signals Directorate designed to help organizations protect themselves against different cyber risks.
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Should You Use Controversial Simulated Phishing Test Emails?

Oct 13, 2023 By Roger Grimes In KnowBe4
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about using highly-emotionally charged, “controversial”, subjects in simulated phishing tests. Controversial topic examples include fake pay raises, reward gift cards, and free Taylor Swift tickets. The younger half of our team is convinced the latter topic would have completely tricked them.
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9 in 10 CISOs Report at Least One Disruptive Cyberattack in the Last Year

Oct 13, 2023 By Stu Sjouwerman In KnowBe4
A new report sheds light on whether CISOs have been the victim of a cyber attacks, if they're every paid a ransom, their greatest cyber concerns, and much more. While most of the reports I cover on this blog are typically surveys of those "in the trenches," we do like to cover analysis of c-suite perspectives. The CISO Report from Splunk provides some interesting insight into experienced cyber attacks and their impact.
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53% of Organizations Experienced Cyber Attacks

Oct 13, 2023 By Stu Sjouwerman In KnowBe4
As increasing percentages of businesses experience cyberattacks, new data provides details on where the most organizational risk lies. According to U.K. cyber insurer Hiscox’s Cyber Readiness Report 2023, attacks are on the rise: With these increases, how prepared are organizations? According to Hiscox, organizations are spending money on the problem; the median cybersecurity spend is a little over $1.39 million (with enterprises spending $4.9 million).
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Understanding Insurance Risk

Oct 13, 2023 By Razorthorn In Razorthorn
Insurance is essentially a sophisticated game of chance, where insurers evaluate the balance between the payouts they might need to make during the coverage period and the premiums they can charge. This delicate equilibrium hinges on risk assessment. When it comes to insuring against specific perils like fire, insurance companies send experts to scrutinize the safety measures in place. If your risk profile resembles a scene with candles, a furnace, and someone pouring gasoline, don't expect fire insurance because the risk here is simply too high.
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What is a Hard Token? Hardware Security Tokens Vs Soft Tokens

Oct 13, 2023 By Nicholas Sollitto In UpGuard
In the past, passwords alone were considered an effective security measure for protecting user accounts and deterring cybercriminals. Motivated by the increased threat of data breaches and other cyber attacks, the cybersecurity industry has since evolved from relying on passwords to favoring more robust authentication methods, such as multi-factor or two-factor authentication (2FA).
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Runtime security for containers: Detect threats by identifying anomalies in container behavior

Oct 13, 2023 By Patrick Ghidel In Tigera

Securing your Kubernetes environment and workloads is paramount in today’s digital landscape. Calico is the industry’s only active security platform with full-stack observability for containers and Kubernetes. Calico prevents, detects, troubleshoots, and automatically mitigates exposure risks of security breaches across multi-cluster, multi-cloud, and hybrid deployments.

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Weekly Cybersecurity Recap October 13

Oct 13, 2023 By Steven In IDStrong

This week, threat actors targeted the vital aspects of many companies characterized by their robust cybersecurity. 23andMe got hit early on, suffering demographic and relationship exposures that may target Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese descendants. The D.C. Board of Elections was also targeted, potentially exposing the voter information of 600,000+ individuals. Flagstar Bank and Air Europa also suffered, leaking the payment information of their trusting consumers.

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