We are fans of the podcast DarkNet Diaries, “True stories from the dark side of the Internet”. As fans, it explains why we are excited to have Jack Rhysider, the host of DarkNet Diaries, on the podcast with us today. Prepare to be surprised by some of these real hacker stories.
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It is important to think about what could happen if one of your vendors is the reason you become another business listed in data breach statistics. Third-party data breaches can impact your business even when it doesn't involve your data. These stories show how many different angles you should use when reviewing their impact on your business.
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John Miller, CEO of Sterling Seacrest Partners, was with us back at the beginning of our podcast experiment. Over 100 episodes ago, in February 2017 on episode 89, we first talked with him about cyber insurance policies. Today we’ve brought John back to discuss how cyber insurance coverage has changed over the last two years.
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Ransomware is getting scarier even if you don’t know it yet. It appears that the lull we enjoyed through the last bit of 2018 may be over. Not only are the incidents increasing but the mechanisms and ransom demands are changing. Yes, no matter how we looked at it we had to say ransomware is getting scarier than it has been since the beginning of 2018.
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There are several recent studies and articles that discuss the world from the viewpoint of the people who have the cybersecurity roles in your IT staff. Their days are packed just trying to keep everything working and secure. As much as we have been after IT folks lately it is important to note that many times they take care of problems that you never even see. Today we are taking the time to remember that cybersecurity roles are tough. Really all IT roles involved in protecting our valuable information resources are tough jobs. It takes everyone to defend our data so your cybersecurity team needs your support!
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If you spend time every day worrying about the risks in using email, you might be a security professional. Email is very risky even if you don’t realize it. Imagine that you are just walking along a bridge safely. What you don’t realize is the pit that is just a few inches below the bridge is filled with snakes, gators, and poison spikes. One small mistake could mean - dum, dah, dum, dum, duuummmm. Email is dangerous, seriously it is.
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OCR got to toot its own horn in a big press release on Feb 7. Not only did they announce another settlement that happened in December that we had not heard about but they also recapped the record-setting year they had with enforcement cases in 2018. Time to learn from other's mistakes.
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