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Improve Your Security Posture with the Essential Eight

No matter your organization’s maturity, industry, or business goals, cybersecurity should always be top of mind. Considering the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) recorded a staggering 76,000 cybercrime reports in the 2022 financial year, it’s safe to say that all organizations are at risk for an incident or breach.

Choosing a Healthcare Attack Surface Management Product

With its treasure trove of sensitive information swirling inside vulnerable legacy software, the healthcare industry fits the profile of an almost textbook-perfect cyber attack target. This is why ransomware attacks are so popular within the healthcare sector. Threat actors have very little trouble getting into the industry’s network, and they know the data they compromise is too valuable to end up on the dark web.

Choosing a Tech Attack Surface Management Product

With cybercriminals continuously improving their breach tactics, the tech industry can no longer solely rely on point-in-time cyber resilience evaluations like penetration testing. Point-in-time assessments now must be combined with continuous attack surface management for the most comprehensive awareness of data breach risks.

3 Takeaways: New SEC Cyber Risk Disclosure Rules

Yesterday the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to issue long-awaited regulations that mandate uniform cyber incident disclosures for public companies. The SEC’s rulemaking progress has been lengthy and controversial, and cybersecurity experts and business advocates have been eagerly awaiting the release of the final rules after more than a year of public comment and lobbying from business and cyber experts.

Financial Services Cybersecurity: 4 Ways to Combat Modern Threats in this Vulnerable Sector

The financial services sector is one of the highest performing in terms of cybersecurity. One factor that contributes to this performance is regulation. Laws such as FFIEC IT, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, NYDFS, GDPR, and SOC2 have placed pressure on financial services companies to build and enforce some of the strongest cyber risk management programs across any industry. You should consider another factor, which is money.

Why Is PowerShell So Popular for Attackers?

There is an old saying: “One person’s tool is another person’s weapon.” That is certainly true of Windows PowerShell. Included with every Windows operating system today, this powerful command-line shell and scripting language is used by IT professionals for system administration, remote management, cybersecurity, software development and more.