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The Outrage or Lack Thereof: Lessons Learned from the CrowdStrike Outage

Fusion Risk Management

The Third-Party Threat There seems to have been a lot of confusion around how to classify this incident; some see it as a digital or cyber issue, attempting to claim on their cyber insurance. 13 It speaks to the fact that third parties and Operations, Security, and IT teams are now all intrinsically linked. It doesn’t work.” 3 billion 12.

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6 Signs Your Business Needs a vCIO

NexusTek

A popular alternative is a virtual CIO (vCIO), an outsourced resource of expertise, strategic planning, and leadership who works on a part-time or as-needed basis. You need stronger cybersecurity but aren’t sure where to start. You need stronger cybersecurity but aren’t sure where to start.

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TSPs: Making the Case to Invest in Risk and Resiliency

Fusion Risk Management

Yes, there are some aspects of technology and data protection that fall within the parameters of privacy and cybersecurity laws. Operational resilience – like cybersecurity and corporate compliance – is everyone’s responsibility. Ability to Procure Cyber Insurance. Lead with a Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approach.

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5 Ways to Minimize the Cost of a Ransomware Attack 

Pure Storage

There are outsourced IT and cybersecurity that may need to be deployed. Third-party cybersecurity consultants. Increased insurance premiums (or possible cancellation). Confirm what your cyber insurance covers—and what it doesn’t. There are the extra people-hours that must be devoted to reassuring customers.

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How to Create a Data Breach Response Team

Pure Storage

After a cybersecurity event, forensic experts gather evidence from data on computers and other digital storage devices for use in the investigation. This role could be an in-house team, outsourced, or hybrid. If outsourced or hybrid, a designated employee should act as a liaison. Part 1: Your Emergency Data Breach Response Team.

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Third-Party Due Diligence Best Practices

Reciprocity

For instance, if a company wants to outsource work or hire a new supplier or vendor, it will do third-party due diligence to determine any risks or possible issues with this new partnership. However, in cybersecurity, you need to update it to “if you build it, they will come, but they won’t get in.”

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Tips for Managing Third-Party Risk in Health Care

Reciprocity

Such valuable data creates immense cybersecurity risks in healthcare. The pain is felt by the healthcare organization when a vendor has an outage because of ransomware or another cybersecurity intrusion. Despite HIPAA regulations, cybersecurity attacks and data breaches targeting healthcare remain a severe and increasing threat.