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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. Cybercriminals exploit vulnerabilities in outdated systems or through advanced persistent threats (APTs). To fix these vulnerabilities: 1. Businesses sometimes spend upwards of $1.4

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

In the wake of the WHO report, Professor Ziad Abdeen of the Palestinian Health Authority said about pandemics: "My task is to tell you things you don't want to know, and ask you to spend money you haven't got on something you don't think will happen." For example, civil aviation is particularly vulnerable.

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Ransomware and Healthcare Payers: What Can You Do to Protect Yourself

Pure Storage

Unfortunately, even the most sophisticated organizations that deploy comprehensive hardware and software solutions are vulnerable. If a ransomware event happens, payer organizations can’t process authorizations, check eligibility for benefits, and often cannot connect with their providers or members.

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How to Create a Data Breach Response Team

Pure Storage

Their skills should include vulnerability diagnostics, digital forensics, the ability to analyze memory dumps and malware, and the ability to use analysis tools to perform a correlation analysis of security events. Critical partners and authorities , including legal and tech partners who can help with recovery. Other Contacts to Know.

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Do Cyber Risks Lurk in Your Business Ecosystem?

NexusTek

Penetration testing: This is an authorized, simulated attack on a company’s IT systems, which helps it to identify existing vulnerabilities. Patch management: This practice ensures that any identified vulnerabilities in software are addressed in a timely manner.

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World Backup Day: Four Data Protection Best Practices to Know

Pure Storage

It has been republished with permission from the author. 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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Guest Opinion: Why It’s Time to Get Serious About the Risk of Commercial Drones

Security Industry Association

Public space is more vulnerable to a myriad of threats posed by commercial drones. Venues that support large public gatherings tend to be unprepared for a drone event and have even less authority to do something proactive. What can and should the federal government do? As the article notes, we are not too far off from that reality.