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What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data

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Also, cyber insurance premiums have risen dramatically as insurers face increasing claims, further straining budgets. Lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA): Systems without MFA are more vulnerable to unauthorized logins. Businesses sometimes spend upwards of $1.4

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A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware

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Cyber insurance coverage could encourage more attacks. Attackers have even been known to research how much insurance a target company has and then ask their victim to pay that amount. In fact, enterprises with larger budgets for cyber insurance could be more lucrative targets for bad actors.

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A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware

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Cyber insurance coverage could encourage more attacks. Attackers have even been known to research how much insurance a target company has and then ask their victim to pay that amount. In fact, enterprises with larger budgets for cyber insurance could be more lucrative targets for bad actors.

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A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware

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Cyber insurance coverage could encourage more attacks. Attackers have even been known to research how much insurance a target company has and then ask their victim to pay that amount. In fact, enterprises with larger budgets for cyber insurance could be more lucrative targets for bad actors.

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World Backup Day: Four Data Protection Best Practices to Know

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They will often try to discover cybersecurity insurance limits, critical operations your organization is running, and where and to whom services are provided, all in an effort to understand where an attack can do the worst damage.

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Resiliency Is Top Priority in 2023 White House Cybersecurity Strategy

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As you review the key objectives and recommendations, ask yourself: Is my security architecture resilient? Those investments add up to one concept: a tiered resiliency architecture. A three-tiered resiliency architecture can protect your entire data estate, which I outlined how to do do this in this article.

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5 Ways to Minimize the Cost of a Ransomware Attack 

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Increased insurance premiums (or possible cancellation). Adopt tiered security architectures. Talk with your CISO about the value of tiered security architectures and “ data bunkers ,” which can help retain large amounts of data and make it available immediately. Confirm what your cyber insurance covers—and what it doesn’t.