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What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data

Pure Storage

Lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA): Systems without MFA are more vulnerable to unauthorized logins. 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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Cyber Insurance For Small Business: Why You Need It And How to Get Covered In 2025

LAN Infotech

Insurers want to make sure you’re taking cybersecurity seriously before they issue a policy, so they’ll likely ask about these key areas: Security Baseline Requirements Insurers will check that you have basic security measures like firewalls, antivirus software and multifactor authentication (MFA) in place.

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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.

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Cyber Security: 8 Steps to Cyber Resilience

NexusTek

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) adds an extra layer of identification to stop cyber threats from slipping through unsecured devices. Incident Response Plan In the event of a cyber breach, a previously tested incident response plan can save up to $2 million , according to IBM.

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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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NIST CSF 2.0: What It Is, Why It Matters, and What It Means for Your Data 

Pure Storage

This includes incident response planning, analysis, mitigation, and communication. Recover Plan for resilience and timely restoration of capabilities or services that were impaired due to a cybersecurity incident. Evaluating your data storage solutions against NIST 2.0 How to Get Your Data Storage Ready for NIST 2.0

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NexusTek Boot Camp: Cybersecurity Basic Training & Quiz

NexusTek

Threat awareness training should not be an annual evaluation but a biannual or quarterly review. Utilize strong passcodes (not passwords) and Multi-Factor Authentication to stop breaches from fully penetrating the system. Establish an incident response plan.