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Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
The data shows that in 2020, almost half of all global ransomware attacks were targeted towards municipalities. Even with limited budgets and resources available, there are still many resource-efficient measurements they can take to protect themselves.
Data dump containing 269 GB of police files from hundreds of U.S. law enforcement agencies and the FBI is found to be tied to a breach at a shared third-party vendor.
While organizations should prepare for a passwordless authentication-based future, in the interim, companies need to implement a strategy that utilizes as few passwords as possible, including products such as a password manager for business, federation, and privileged access management (PAM).
Second ransomware attack on Toll Group in three months shows lightning can strike twice, and there's no grace period that's honored before the next attack.
Bad bots account for 30% of internet traffic and are increasingly used in account takeover and API attacks, while human traffic fell to an 8-year low of just over half of all internet traffic.
Don’t wait for cybercrime to find you - remember that the best defense is always a good offense. Be a cybersecurity rock star. Just like any musician, you’ll have your big hits and your flops. But when you can see where you're going, with the right visibility into your systems, you will be TCB, takin’ care of business.
Exponential growth of connected devices and machines in the modern enterprise can expose cybersecurity vulnerabilities within machine-to-machine communications and it is essential that machine identity is properly authenticated and managed.
Sprint claims recent data breach will not cause risk to fraud or identify theft but the compromised customer information could lead to SIM swap attacks and allow attackers to take over victim’s accounts.
Cyber insurance has become fiendishly difficult and extremely expensive to secure and maintain. Businesses looking to obtain cyber insurance would be wise to adhere to the principles of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA).









