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Four Attack Vectors for Web Applications Being Targeted by Ransomware

Solutions Review

The shift to remote work has pushed even more applications out of the data center and onto the internet. Sometimes the rush to keep business services functioning meant that security was overlooked, and cybercriminals are ready to exploit these vulnerabilities. Application access. Application access. Infrastructure access.

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What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data

Pure Storage

Data breaches often exploit vulnerabilities in software, weak passwords, or insider threats to gain access to critical systems and exfiltrate data. Sextortion scams surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with attackers sending emails claiming to have hacked webcams or email accounts, demanding Bitcoin to delete the alleged footage.

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Customer Value Story: Prevention is Better Than Cure

LogisManager

The pandemic has disrupted operating models of businesses across the globe. Ransomware attacks are running rampant, and hackers are using the vulnerability of HIPAA-protected information to advance their coercion. On top of these unknowns, there were also the uncertainties of the pandemic to account for.

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4 Questions IT Managers Can Ask to Strengthen Data Backup and Resiliency

Solutions Review

The landscape of evolving digital threats, coupled with the pandemic-induced surge in remote and hybrid work, has exposed organizations to an increasing number of vulnerabilities. IT leaders face an escalating array of challenges.

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Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated 

MHA Consulting

A partial list would include: the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the rise of the internet and cell phones, the spread of cybercrime, globalization and the lengthening of supply chains, the COVID pandemic, the growing impact of climate change, growing international tensions, the shortening of attention spans, and the rise in cloud computing.

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4 Questions IT Managers Can Ask to Strengthen Data Backup and Resiliency

Solutions Review

The landscape of evolving digital threats, coupled with the pandemic-induced surge in remote and hybrid work, has exposed organizations to an increasing number of vulnerabilities. IT leaders face an escalating array of challenges.

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Securing Your Remote Workers

LAN Infotech

Very few got the chance to fully prepare themselves, which left them more vulnerable to cyberattacks and data breaches. According to the FBI, daily cybersecurity complaints increased from 1,000 to 4,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic. For starters, your existing protocols and training programs were created in a pre-pandemic world.