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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. Sextortion scams surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with attackers sending emails claiming to have hacked webcams or email accounts, demanding Bitcoin to delete the alleged footage.

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Resiliency Is Top Priority in 2023 White House Cybersecurity Strategy

Pure Storage

According to the strategy, investing in a resiliency architecture means: Reducing vulnerabilities in foundational technology—including critical infrastructure such as storage, which should be capable of tiered backups, immutable snapshots, and fast recovery times. It’s the best way to have every chance at recovering after a security event.

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Year in Review: Key Trends in Critical Event Management

everbridge

Lessons Learned: Exploration of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities: In 2023, a surge in cyberattacks exposed vulnerabilities across various sectors. These incidents highlighted the vulnerability of such systems to cyber threats, necessitating urgent security enhancements.

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Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Failures in Risk Management: Why ERM vs GRC

LogisManager

For instance, banks and insurance carriers with robust ERM programs realize that investment research consultants and credit rating agencies, although they may have a relatively small spend, can have a significant impact on their investment portfolios if conflicts of interest, bias, or fraud go undetected.

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Risk Assessment vs Risk Analysis

Reciprocity

Risk can be affected by numerous external factors, including natural disasters, global pandemics, raw material prices, increased levels of competition, or changes to current government regulations. So would a zero-day attack, in which hackers exploit a previously unknown vulnerability. Risks are not always the fault of the business.

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What Is Risk Management?

LogisManager

This involves tracking your company’s technological resources, making sure their vulnerabilities are under control and creating policies and procedures that are compliant with today’s evolving regulations. The most timely demonstration of risk management’s ROI is Wimbledon’s pandemic insurance plan.

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BCAW : Supply Chain : What can organisations do to attempt to protect themselves from supply chain risks?

Plan B Consulting

Supplier bankruptcy, trade disputes, political instability, pandemics, natural disasters and cyber-attacks are all seen to be key factors in supply chain disruption. Added to this the constant environmental issues and suppliers collapses it is clear that supply chain vulnerability has rarely been seen as such a threat.

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