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Risk Governance: To Stay Safe,  Write Policies Addressing These Five Areas 

MHA Consulting

Whether the company you work for has five employees or 5,000, it should have a risk governance program. Experience shows that there are five areas where risk governance policies and procedures are especially important: data retention, data access, device security, people security, and social media. Let’s look at them one by one.

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Change Healthcare’s 2024 Data Breach: Key Risk Management Lessons

LogisManager

Change Healthcare, a leading provider of data analytics, revenue cycle management, and payment solutions, found itself vulnerable due to flaws in its data management practices. Insufficient Board and Leadership Oversight : The board of directors and executive team were not actively engaged in risk management, leading to a lack of governance.

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What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data

Pure Storage

This form of cybercrime has surged as the digital landscape grows increasingly interconnected, with businesses, governments, and individuals becoming prime targets. Data breaches often exploit vulnerabilities in software, weak passwords, or insider threats to gain access to critical systems and exfiltrate data.

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Why Paying the Ransom Should Be Your Last Option

Pure Storage

Governments in countries like the U.S. They dont secure your system or eliminate vulnerabilities that led to the attack. These experts can assess the scope of the attack, quarantine affected systems to prevent further spread, assist in safely restoring operations, and identify vulnerabilities.

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The Critical Role of Safe and Secure Backup System Storage

Solutions Review

As attackers have grown more skilled and sophisticated, they are now leveraging hard-to-detect tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that capitalize on backup system vulnerabilities to either steal data or disrupt recovery operations. Take the CVE-2022-36537 vulnerability that was publicized in early 2023 for example.

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The Possible Crisis Before Us: How Deepfakes Could Combine With AI, Blockchain, Quantum and Other Threats

Security Industry Association

” The technology intends to produce fake images, video and audio that have the primary objective of manipulating receivers into believing these artifacts are authentic. Any cybersecurity expert would tell you there is a cybersecurity vulnerability and threat anywhere there is an interface. They are fake, “not real.”

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Ransomware Attackers Find Fresh Targets in Cultural Institutions

Pure Storage

Ransomware Attackers Find Fresh Targets in Cultural Institutions by Pure Storage Blog Ransomware attacks are big news when they hit giant corporations, government services, and resources like gas pipelines. Then, prioritize and address any identified vulnerabilities. Often, penetration testers take a fairly siloed approach to testing.

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