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Is cyber insurance worth the paper it’s written on?

Weighing up whether you think insurance is worth it, in any situation, depends to some extent on personal experience. You can see the value of protection far more clearly if …

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Companies unprepared to measure incident response

Companies struggle to keep up with and respond to cyberattacks due to lack of resources, according to Demisto. For example, more than 40 percent of respondents said their …

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Destruction of Service attacks could shut down organizations for good

The Cisco 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report (MCR) uncovers the rapid evolution of threats and the increasing magnitude of attacks, and forecasts potential Destruction of …

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Every organization is only one click away from a potential compromise

Information security staffs are so single-minded about defending their organizations from external attack that they all but ignore a threat with vastly greater potential for …

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Creating the security operations center of the future with Siemplify

Security operations teams are engaged in a constant struggle to keep up with the volume of security alerts, maintain the right skills, and manage incident response processes. …

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US data breaches surge, businesses and healthcare organizations hit hardest

The number of US data breaches tracked through June 30, 2017 hit a half-year record high of 791, according to recent numbers released by the Identity Theft Resource Center …

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A UK business will spend more than £1m recovering from a data breach

A UK business would have to spend £1.1m on average to recover from a breach – more than the global average of £1m. An NTT Security study of 1,350 non-IT business decision …

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Launch your own cybersecurity sprint: 30 days to improved security

Whether it’s well-publicized cyber attacks on government organizations or widespread ransomware that threatens to halt business operations, attackers continue to target …

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Could e-discovery pros fill the insatiable demand for cybersecurity talent?

When looking at the cybersecurity industry from a jobs perspective, there is no denying demand for talent far exceeds supply. With many lingering vacant job requisitions, who …

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BEC scams: How to avoid them and how to fight back

Phishing and spear-phishing emails are a constant threat to all users, but enterprises are positively inundated with them. “Most businesses will use a spam filter and …

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Don’t let cybercrime hold your innovation to ransom

When things break, our natural instinct is to look for someone to blame. Why? Because nothing happens by accident. It’s either done on purpose, a casualty of neglect or lack …

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Security analytics and operations are becoming more difficult

A new Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) study, which involved a survey of more than 400 IT and cybersecurity professionals, found that 72 percent feel cybersecurity analytics …

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