The challenge when designing technology for critical national infrastructure sectors is that it must be securable today and remain resilient to cyberattacks for decades to come, says cybersecurity Professor Prashant Pillai.
A tale of two different ransomware victims' responses: One Connecticut city says it had little choice but to pay a ransom to restore crypto-locked systems. But a North Carolina water utility hit separately says that rather than bow to criminals' demands, it will rebuild affected systems and databases.
Scotland's Arran Brewery fell victim to a Dharma Bip ransomware attack that infected its Windows domain controller and crypto-locked files and local backups, leading to the loss of three months' worth of sales data. The brewery refused to pay the attackers' two bitcoin ransom demand.
IT needs to be able to respond fast in an emergency, such as a natural disaster, or malware, security breaches, cyberattacks, and ransomware extortions that result in outages.
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CISOs and CIOs must ensure their organizations plan for worst-case scenarios, conducting frequent "dry runs" of disaster recovery plans, says Tonguc Yaman, CIO of SOMOS, a New York Community Care Network, who formerly served as deputy CIO of Bellevue Hospital.
In today's environment, where government is run by technology, business continuity is a necessity.
This white paper discusses a new active/active stretched cluster technology that allows government agencies to achieve the highest levels of business continuity without the costs and complexities that have typically...
Can you afford to lose $740,357? That's the average cost of a data center outage, according to the Ponemon Institute.* That's just one reason that IT needs to be able to respond fast in an emergency, such as a natural disaster, DNS attack, ransomware, malware, or any other type of outage. With a growing number of data...
This case study illustrates how Digital Shadows helped the head of threat intelligence at a bank discover a user on the dark web claiming to be a bank employee selling access to high net worth individual's accounts. The fact that the seller appeared to be an employee, this threat was of heightened priority to this...
Technology, regulations and customer expectations all have evolved, but what does this mean for how organizations secure identities?
This evolution has proven to be a two-sided coin, particularly for financial institutions. It's not only allowing financial institutions to offer new, innovative products where...
Boeing says that a malware outbreak affected a small number of systems but did not disrupt production. An executive has reportedly identified the malware as being WannaCry ransomware and called for "all hands on deck" to respond to the incident.
A new strain of the Petya ransomware called "Bad Rabbit" is impacting business and sweeping across Russia and Ukraine, among other Eastern European countries. Like many of the other ransomware outbreaks, understanding fact from fiction is the first step in staying safe.
There is no doubt that every organization now requires advanced malware protection. Even so, there are plenty of organizations that have either not yet implemented this protection, or have it only somewhat implemented. Do these organizations recklessly believe they won't be targeted? Do they think their investment in...
For public sector technology leaders evaluating technologies to combat malware attacks, this report offers important considerations for deploying cloud-based security.
Ransomware and other data security threats are a serious concern for any organization, but the stakes are higher and the risks are greater for...
As of Q1 2018, the global cybersecurity community finds themselves inundated with both internal and external advanced threat actors who are stealthier, more resilient and sadly, more effective than they have ever been before. Many organizations are coming to terms with deciding whether their security posture is...
Apple and Cisco say they've partnered with insurers Aon and Allianz to offer cyber insurance policies for organizations that meet best security practices and use products from the technology companies. The partnership follows increasing interest in cyber insurance as a hedge against hacking risks.
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