An incident response tabletop exercise is the equivalent of a cybersecurity fire drill. In the digital era, it’s not a matter of if your organization will be a target of a cyber-attack, it’s a matter of when. CNBC reported that in 2018 cybercrime cost as much as $600 billion annually, approaching 1% of the world’s GDP. Cybercrime is a pandemic with repercussions that could drive organizations to early retirement.
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Basics of the NIST Risk Assessment Framework
In the same way businesses have security measures for their physical locations, every business needs to shore up its cyberdefenses. With cybercrime on the rise, and hackers often outpacing even the strongest and smartest cybersecurity systems, it’s extremely important to keep all architecture and practices up to date. To that end, the NIST risk assessment framework is one of the best ways to understand exactly what risks are posed to your business, as well as how to mitigate and manage them.
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Guide to Password Management in Network Security
There are many reasons password management in network security is one of the most important aspects of overall cybersecurity for all businesses. Passwords are some of the longest established and most ubiquitous cybersecurity measures available. Nearly every activity logged on hardware and software is password protected. But that doesn’t mean they’re all safe, as passwords are also some of the easiest security measures to bypass for hackers.
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Email Security Services: What to Look for in an Encryption Provider
Email has become integrated into everyday life to the point that we take it for granted. In both personal and business contexts, sending and receiving emails is often no more difficult than text messaging a friend or colleague—another innovation that’s become part of the fabric of modern life. But email is especially vulnerable to cyberattacks, which makes email security services especially important for businesses. They’re as vital as security for regular (snail) mail!
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Implementing The NIST Third-Party Risk Management Framework
What do air conditioners and credit card information have in common? They were both involved in third-party hacks. Target stores, unfortunately, suffered a point-of-sales attack in early 2014, which was a result of the third-party supplier vulnerability, specifically a vulnerability in the building’s air conditioning units. Even more unfortunately – NIST third-party risk management framework was unknown.
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Top 5 Challenges in Cyber Security Incident Management
In the world of information technology (IT) and cybersecurity, prevention is often the major focus. Companies need to have fully compliant, robust cyberdefenses in place to dissuade hackers and preclude any potential attacks. But attacks still do happen, and a vital part of security is knowing how to detect and respond to them when they occur. Thus, cyber security incident management is one of the most important areas of overall IT management.
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Conducting a Data Breach Tabletop Exercise
Although no one hopes for disasters, they are usually inevitable. So, it’s always beneficial to prepare ahead for them. Organizations are not immune to disasters, and data breach is a disaster that could cripple the information system of business organizations that don’t implement proper data breach tabletop exercises. In recent times, cyberattacks have been on the rise and data breaches, an outcome of these attacks, are becoming more frequent.
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Top 7 Best Password Management Software For Businesses
Leaked or stolen credentials are the leading cause of data breaches, with some reports stating that 84% of data breaches result from this factor alone. With percentages this high, it is paramount that organizations apply the best password management software for business. This article will examine our top picks for the best password management solutions, but first…
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What is a NIST Cyber Risk Assessment?
The risk of cybercrime is present for companies of all types and sizes. Hackers and other malicious actors outpace the advancement of cybersecurity technologies, constantly innovating new ways to compromise your resources. When dealing with the federal government, the risks are even more pronounced. That’s why a NIST cybersecurity risk assessment can be the difference between smooth sailing and potentially irreversible damage.
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Top 5 Email Encryption Tools
There’s a good reason that security standards concerning analog or physical (snail) mail are extremely stringent. Mail can contain sensitive information that criminals can leverage to do serious financial harm to any person or business they’ve targeted. The same is true, and even more so, for email. That’s why email encryption tools are absolutely essential for all businesses that send their mail digitally.