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10 things you must do to become cyber secure

IT Governance

Your employees are the ones following your policies and procedures, so they are directly responsible for keeping threats such as ransomware and phishing at bay. System monitoring enables organisations to detect criminals’ attempts to attack systems and business services. Conduct staff awareness training.

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Weakness at the Network Edge: Mandiant Examines 2022’s Zero-Day Exploits

eSecurity Planet

A quarter were financially motivated, and three of those were linked to ransomware operations. Exploitation of enterprise IT zero-day vulnerabilities are continuing into 2023, led by a Fortra GoAnywhere zero-day that has been behind more than a hundred attacks by the Clop ransomware group.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 30 October – 5 November 2023

IT Governance

When MOVEit was hacked by the Russian Cl0p ransomware gang in May, email addresses and links to government employee surveys were compromised. Records breached: 815,000,000 Milford Management Corp. LockBit has threatened to publish the data if Boeing doesn’t contact it – presumably, to pay a ransom. Boeing is “assessing the claim”.

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Top IT Asset Management Tools for Security

eSecurity Planet

Additionally, they often provide an accurate account of technology asset lifecycle costs and risks as well as built-in cybersecurity features to combat ransomware and malware. ITAM has a role, too, in guiding management in its efforts to enhance productivity by implementing hardware upgrades or business software. Freshservice.

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Proposed Amendments to NY Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations Impose New Obligations on Large Entities, Boards of Directors and CISOs

Hunton Privacy

In addition to the new heightened requirements for Class A Companies, the Proposed Amendments would impose new requirements for all covered financial institutions, including the following: A covered entity’s cybersecurity policies must (1) be approved at least annually by a “senior governing body” (i.e.,

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NYDFS proposes significant cybersecurity regulation amendments

Data Protection Report

The proposed changes mark a turn by NYDFS toward more specific, granular and prescriptive requirements notably with respect to governance, risk assessments and asset inventories (detailed below). Governance. NYDFS will release the official proposed changes at a later date, and they will be subject to the usual 60-day comment period.

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Podcast Episode 123: HaveIBeenPwned’s Troy Hunt on Marriott’s Big Mess and GreatHorn on the Asymmetric Threat of Email

The Security Ledger

. » Related Stories As Election Threats Mount, Voting Machine Hacks are a Distraction Cryptojacking and MikroTik’s Bad-Feeling Feel Good Patch Story Iranians Indicted in SamSam Ransomware Scheme. And: you’ve heard of Business Email Compromise attacks but what about Business Service Impersonation scams?