According to Sophos, the average cost of rectifying a ransomware attack in the financial services industry was US$2.10 million, considering ransom paid, downtime, people time, device cost, network cost, lost opportunity, and other factors.
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A recent ransomware attack disclosed by a medication management systems provider is the latest reminder of persistent cybersecurity threats and risks facing healthcare supply chain and related vendors, as well as their customers. What's at stake?
Viasat's satellite communications suffered an outage an hour before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24. The company said it was a cyberattack, but did not identify the attacker. The U.S., U.K., EU and Ukraine have now attributed this attack to Russia.
As the Russia-Ukraine war continues, what cybersecurity lessons should be learned? At the CyberUK conference in Wales, cybersecurity czars focused on surprises - including low online attack volume and the role of hacktivists - and lauded Ukraine's cyber resilience, honed by years of stress testing.
Russia's use of wiper malware, DDoS attacks and targeted disinformation show it no longer depends on traditional methods in its war with Ukraine. John Walker, a professor and counterintelligence expert, says organizations need to be "more realistic" about how they handle cyberattacks.
Since existing security products are not adaptable to the way applications are being developed and pushed today, continuous security testing proves an ideal solution that helps in staying ready for any threat that is coming your way.
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Why you should continuously test and tune your...
BAS is focused on validating the effectiveness of security controls. Due to its automated architecture, it also provides continuous visibility and quick mitigation insights unlike the traditional assessment methods.
Traditional assessments value is limited by:
The duration of testing
Scope
Human...
Starting out with MITRE ATT&CK can initially seem daunting. Containing over 180 techniques and 375 sub-techniques and distinct ways that attackers perform malicious activities.
In this blog, we offer advice to help you:
Become proactive in your approach
Respond to evolving attacker behaviors
Operationalize...
As organizations move to the cloud, adapt to remote work, and cope with the Great Resignation, tracking data sprawl and identifying risk across the enterprise becomes an impossible task.
Collaborative apps, data democratization, and corporate/personal use apps means data is constantly spreading and often...
According to a report by Boston Consulting Group, financial institutions are 300 times as likely to be targeted by a cyberattack than other companies.
In this blog you will learn about the most common metrics used to assess the effectiveness of security controls:
Volume of alerts
% of false positives
Blocked...
Understanding the challenges that increase cyber risks faced by the financial industry is crucial to be resilient against cyber threats.
In this blog you will learn how the below challenges can be addressed in a holistic approach:
Continuous Digital Transformation and Innovation
Complicated Legislations and...
Medical device cybersecurity is again getting attention from Congress, with yet another bill proposing to require manufacturers to address product life cycle cybersecurity concerns in their premarket submissions to the Food and Drug Administration.
We see figures around projected endpoint security spend climbing year-over-year as organizations aim to protect themselves against today’s evolving threat landscape. In a December ‘21 survey by ESG, 75% of respondents indicated that they planned to increase their spending in endpoint security over the next 12...
Can free software really provide the value necessary to perform full lifecycle
operations management across the enterprise?
Free software is really not free when you consider the total cost of the hardware,
software, maintenance, engineering support, and operations for multiple,
disparate...
We see figures around projected endpoint security spend climbing year-over-year as organizations aim to protect themselves against today’s evolving threat landscape. In a December ‘21 survey by ESG, 75% of respondents indicated that they planned to increase their spending in endpoint security over the next 12...
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