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Double trouble: When climate change and cyber crime collide

everbridge

Today, many BCDR programs rely on response plans for a handful of most likely potential incidents. Recently, during the severe wildfires in California between 2018 and 2020, phishing attacks and scams pretending to be wildfire relief efforts were widespread. Build awareness.

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7 Reasons Why Cybersecurity Fails

NexusTek

million in 2020. Exposure of employee and customer information 36 billion records were exposed from data breaches in the first half of 2020. Hijacking of important business data The average ransomware payment rose 33% in 2020 to over $100,000. In 2020, p hishing attacks rose 11%. View Standard Cybersecurity Plan.

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Getting Ahead of Cybercriminals: 5 Essential Cybersecurity Practices

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Create an Incident Response Plan. Develop a comprehensive incident response plan for your business, so you know exactly how to respond should you fall victim to cyberattack. Cost of a data breach report, 2020. Why Is This Important? Small Business Association. Stay safe from cybersecurity threats. link] Morrow, S.

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Ransomware + Cryptocurrency = Costly for Your Business

NexusTek

The cryptocurrency craze has grown in the past few years, with prices jumping in 2017 and simply skyrocketing in 2020. The average ransomware payment increased by 60% in the first half of 2020. Before 2020, there was no ransom above $6 million, but every quarter since Q1 2020 has had at least one. To Pay or Not To Pay.

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Cyber Security: 8 Steps to Cyber Resilience

NexusTek

With a 69% increase in internet crime in 2020 and a 40-60% chance that a small business will never reopen after data loss , both cyber security and cyber resilience are critical to a company’s endgame. In a 2020 survey, 89% of Americans thought they were good at cybersecurity but only 10% received an ‘A’ grade.

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Ransomware Attackers Find Fresh Targets in Cultural Institutions

Pure Storage

This supply chain attack was in the style of the SolarWinds attack in 2020, in that the damage spread to Gallery Systems’ customers. Create and test your incident response plan. Along with creating an incident response plan , consider the infrastructure necessary to support it.

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Integrating Risk Disciplines: Business Continuity and Cyber Response

Castellan

But, as we’ve seen with an increase in cyber events, specifically the increased number of ransomware attacks and phishing schemes since the start of the coronavirus outbreak back in 2020, we’re learning that even effective cybersecurity programs can’t stop all attacks. Get The The Cyber Response Builder. DOWNLOAD NOW.