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Ransomware
How to Disrupt Quantum Locker Ransomware TTPs
2022-07-14 Update: A breach of 657 providers totalling over 1.9 million patient records from an attack in February of this year was just reported. Quantum Ransomware has been attributed / implicated in this breach. Read on for how to disrupt the TTPs known to be part of this attack. Getting its..
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Managed Detection and Response
Why Ransomware-as-a-Service is a Problem
As a security engineer specialized in systematizing automated response to security risks, I prioritize understanding emergent threats using tools like Threat Modeling to guide the process. Through the course of my decades long career, I have witnessed the technological and tactical evolution of..
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Threat Intelligence
4 Ways to Stop Ransomware on the Endpoint
With the global rise in ransomware, multinationals and SMBs believe it is not a matter of if but when an attack will occur. Several companies expect requests for ransom payments (despite warnings from the FBI), while others are convinced their current technology or processes will prevent, or enable..
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Security Takes a Village
Tenets of Incident Response Postmortem (RCA)
As IT leaders, we invest in people, processes, and technology to prevent cybersecurity incidents, and to plan for potential threats and attacks. But despite our best efforts, we encounter situations that lead to exposed vulnerabilities, hacked systems, and stolen data. The threat, regardless of..
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Ransomware
Ransomware Task Force: A Year of Action
Ransomware is no longer just a financial crime, it is an urgent security risk that threatens businesses and government agencies around the world. In response to this growing threat, the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) formed in December 2020, under the guidance of the Institute for Security + Technology
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No Case for Security Budget? Demand Participation Instead
It’s a common misconception across business and industry that cybersecurity is a function performed exclusively by security or IT people. In actuality, virtually all members of staff, including non-technical staff, form part of your cybersecurity protective barrier.
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Protecting Healthcare Networks
As we all struggle to meet the demands of changing economic conditions and changing threat landscapes, we must realize that we all have a shared responsibility to protect our healthcare system from cyberattacks.
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Cybersecurity: It’s Not Just for CISOs Anymore (and Never Was)
The impact of cyberattacks like ransomware aren’t felt only by the enterprise’s security team, and neither is the job of protecting against them. Eliminating vulnerabilities and ultimately the breaches resulting from them is a team effort, requiring collaboration between business teams, IT and..
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Inclusive Talent Acquisition
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Your Security Operation Needs Data Science — But It Isn’t That Simple
Given the continuous buzz dinning around data science, it’s easy to imagine it as the panacea to cure almost everything ailing the enterprise. In cybersecurity, specifically, the application of data science can combat alert fatigue, better detect abnormal behavior, and improve security operations..
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Data Protection
Achieving Unity Across Piecemeal Cybersecurity Solutions
Have you inherited a cybersecurity program with many different tools? Do they offer little in the way of measurable outcomes that show your program is more effective today than it was last month?
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Why a Carrot Beats a Stick in Cybersecurity Breach Insurance
Just look at the headlines today and it's plain to see: more and more companies of all sizes are getting breached... more frequently and with greater magnitude.
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Cybersecurity Budget vs Cross-vector Coverage
Thanks to modern technology, there’s an abundance of tools and services that can help organizations identify and respond to cyberthreats with confidence. Yet, a recent survey from the International Data Group found that almost 80% of senior IT security leaders are concerned that their enterprises..
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What Is an Impossible Cybersecurity Trade-Off?
Cybersecurity is an all-over kind of problem. You need to be prepared for anything because attackers can change their strategies on a dime.
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The Power of the “X Is a Data Problem” Hypothesis
Over the past two decades, small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) have been flooded with complex, and difficult to process data— ‘big-data’ as it is famously known, moving at terminal speed and with no signs of slowing down.