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4 Risk Mitigation Principles for the Remote Workforce

Data Breach Today

Jeff Schilling of Teleperformance on Risk Management During COVID-19 Pandemic Jeff Schilling, global CISO at Teleperformance, a Paris-based company offering digitally integrated business services worldwide, describes four principles for mitigating security risks for the remote workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

Krebs on Security

The reporters found another collection of 97 MSBs clustered at an address for a commercial office suite in Ontario, even though there was no evidence these companies had ever arranged for any business services at that address. are international money transfer or remittance services to countries like Malaysia, India and Nigeria.

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Internet Backbone Giant Lumen Shuns.RU

Krebs on Security

“The business services we provide are extremely small and very limited as is our physical presence. However, we are taking steps to immediately stop business in the region.” ” “We decided to disconnect the network due to increased security risk inside Russia,” the statement continues.

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UK Suffers Third Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks in the World

IT Governance

UK organisations suffer the third highest rate of ransomware attacks globally, with small businesses most at risk, a report by NordLocker has found. The other most vulnerable sectors were business services (23), construction (22), manufacturing (19) and transport (18). Why are small businesses at risk?

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10 things you must do to become cyber secure

IT Governance

Create a risk management regime. A risk management regime is a top-level framework for addressing security issues. You can reduce this risk by implementing policies and architectural and technical responses. As the NCSC notes, “any exchange of information carries with it a degree of risk that malware might be exchanged”.

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Increased reliance on third party services puts risk management in jeopardy

Information Management Resources

With many third-party providers performing a variety of business services for organizations, material risks can’t always be identified prior to the start of a business relationship.

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How financial institutions can deliver value from investment in digital operational resilience

IBM Big Data Hub

DORA has several objectives, including to comprehensively address information and communications technology (ICT) risk management in the financial services sector and harmonize the ICT risk management regulations that already exist in individual EU member states. On the surface, this might seem to complicate matters.