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What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data

Pure Storage

The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in 2021 forced the shutdown of a major U.S. If using vendors or contractors, evaluate their cybersecurity practices to ensure they dont introduce vulnerabilities. Activate the incident response plan (IRP) Having a pre-established incident response plan is critical.

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Do Cyber Risks Lurk in Your Business Ecosystem?

NexusTek

Managing Cyber Risk in Your Business Ecosystem To effectively manage cyber risk in our digital world, you need to evaluate not only your own cybersecurity posture but third parties’ as well. Unfortunately, 51% of businesses report that they do not evaluate third-party cyber risk 2. 2021, May 4). 2021, May 7).

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Money at Risk: Finance & Data Security in the Digital Age

NexusTek

Chief among these is the unarguable fact that financial services organizations are consistently a top target for cyber threat actors, a reality that exists in tension with the #1 criterion customers use to evaluate financial institutions: security 1. And when it happens, a ready-to-implement plan will be of the utmost importance.

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Cyber Security: 8 Steps to Cyber Resilience

NexusTek

July 7, 2021. The three-step process of risk identification, analysis, and evaluation provides a foundation for the development of business continuity and disaster recovery plans to maintain operations during an internal or even external crisis. READ TIME: 4 MIN. Cyber Security: 8 Steps to Cyber Resilience.

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Integrating Risk Disciplines: Business Continuity and Cyber Response

Castellan

While a few months of 2021 remain, we’re seeing ransomware attackers didn’t relent this year. Sophos’ The State of Ransomware 2021 report estimates almost 40% of respondents had been affected by ransomware in the past year. When planning, remember these core actions: Anticipate Protect Detect Defend Recover Adapt.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

The 2021 Alliance Gap Report stated, “Critically, the huge potential benefits of hydromet services can ONLY be realized with a successful crossing of the ‘last mile’ – that the forecasts, warnings, and other information generated are received, understood, and acted upon by those affected”. Aerial POV view Depiction of flooding.

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NexusTek Boot Camp: Cybersecurity Basic Training & Quiz

NexusTek

READ TIME: 4 MIN March 10, 2021 NexusTek Boot Camp: Cybersecurity Basic Training & Quiz Welcome to NexusTek Boot Camp! According to Cybersecurity Ventures, global cybercrime costs are expected to rise to $6 trillion in 2021 , and businesses are predicted to experience a ransomware attack every 11 seconds. What is cybersecurity?