The odds of an organization experiencing a cyber security breach are about 30% in any two-year period. A cybersecurity breach can have major, sometimes catastrophic, effects – on an organization’s reputation and even the cost of debt. This makes responding …
Health care cybersecurity is an issue that has gained more recognition over the past few years, especially as hospitals have become a prime target for cyber criminals. In 2020, more than 600 health care facilities were affected by ransomware attacks, …
COVID-19 has changed our everyday lives dramatically fast. One of the things that has changed – and will probably remain that way – is work. Remote working entered our lives, and companies saw this as an opportunity to test the …
Researchers in the UK have demonstrated a security flaw that allowed them to make a contactless Visa payment of £1,000 ($1,345) via a locked iPhone. According to Bleeping Computer, the hack relies on Apple Pay’s Express Transit mode, a feature …
The Biden administration’s efforts to counter the growing threat of ransomware – malware that aims to prevent victims from accessing their data until they pay the perpetrators – have been bolstered by the US Department of the Treasury. On September 21, Treasury announced the actions it would take to disrupt “criminal …
Government employees at the City of Yonkers were denied access to their computers last week, after cyber criminals launched a ransomware attack. The city said that it refused to pay the ransom and would restore as much data as possible …
Howard University was forced to cancel classes this week after its network was infected with ransomware. The Washington D.C.-based college said that its IT team detected “unusual activity” on its systems on Friday, and shut down to investigate the situation. …
ISO 27701 is a relatively new standard in the ISO 27000 family. It was introduced to help organizations tackle data privacy alongside their data protection requirements. The standard essentially bolts privacy processing controls on to ISO 27001, creating a PIMS …
If you start making forays into the world of information security and management systems, you will quickly stumble across the term ‘ISMS’. ISMS stands for “information security management system.” It’s a documented management system that consists of a set of …
If you’re trying to advance your cybersecurity career, there’s good news. There are many different roles in cybersecurity, and organizations are in desperate need of skilled personnel, with more than 4 million unfilled positions around the globe. But what cybersecurity …
