Data Protection December 7, 2022

Will the 2.5M Records Breach Impact Student Loan Relief?

2 min read - Over 2.5 million student loan accounts were breached in the summer of 2022, according to a recent Maine Attorney General data breach notification. The target of the breach was Nelnet Servicing, a servicing system and web portal provider for the…

CISO December 2, 2022

Who Carries the Weight of a Cyberattack?

3 min read - Almost immediately after a company discovers a data breach, the finger-pointing begins. Who is to blame? Most often, it is the chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO) because protecting the network infrastructure is their job. Heck,…

News November 30, 2022

Abuse of Privilege Enabled Long-Term DIB Organization Hack

2 min read - From November 2021 through January 2022, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) responded to an advanced cyberattack on a Defense Industrial Base (DIB) organization’s enterprise network. During that time frame, advanced persistent threat (APT) adversaries used an open-source toolkit…

Data Protection November 8, 2022

Millions Lost in Minutes — Mitigating Public-Facing Attacks

4 min read - In recent years, many high-profile companies have suffered destructive cybersecurity breaches. These public-facing assaults cost organizations millions of dollars in minutes, from stock prices to media partnerships. Fast Company, Rockstar, Uber, Apple and more have all been victims of these…

Data Protection October 13, 2022

How Do Data Breaches Impact Economic Instability?

4 min read - Geopolitical conflict, inflation, job market pressure, rising debt — we’ve been hearing about economic headwinds for a while now. Could data breaches have anything to do with this? According to a recent IBM report, the average cost of a data…

Data Protection October 5, 2022

What Experts Had To Say About the 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report

2 min read - The 2022 Cost of a Data Breach report was eagerly anticipated by cybersecurity professionals and the technology industry as a whole. Following two years of increased remote work and other changes due to the pandemic, the report was an important…

Zero Trust September 28, 2022

Cost of a Data Breach: Infrastructure

4 min read - During the pandemic, businesses and consumers saw firsthand what happens when infrastructure fails. In 2019, the global critical infrastructure protection (CIP) market size was valued at $96.30 billion. It is predicted to grow to $154.59 billion by 2027, with a…

Zero Trust September 21, 2022

Companies Without Zero Trust Could Lose $1M More During a Data Breach

3 min read - In recent years, the mindset for cybersecurity has shifted. It isn’t a matter of if a company has a breach, but rather when a company has a breach. With the increase in cybersecurity incidents, most if not all companies will be…

Data Protection September 14, 2022

What Kind of Data Costs Most in a Breach?

4 min read - Today’s most valuable currency is data. Breaches, information operations, analytics and behavior recognition are all driven by data and the desire to possess it, regardless of what those who possess it want to do with it. We set out to…

Data Protection August 31, 2022

Cost of a Data Breach: Retail Costs, Risks and Prevention Strategies

3 min read - Whether it’s online or brick-and-mortar, every new store or website represents a new potential entry point for threat actors. With access to more personally identifiable information (PII) of customers than most industries, bad actors perceive retail as a great way…