Data Protection November 21, 2022

Resilient Companies Have a Disaster Recovery Plan

3 min read - Historically, disaster recovery (DR) planning focused on protection against unlikely events such as fires, floods and natural disasters. Some companies mistakenly view DR as an insurance policy for which the likelihood of a claim is low. With the current financial…

Incident Response October 27, 2022

What Hurricane Preparedness Can Teach Us About Ransomware

4 min read - Each year between June and November, many parts of the U.S. become potential targets for hurricanes. In October 2022, we had Hurricane Ian devastate Florida. To prepare for natural disasters like hurricanes, organizations are encouraged to build out and test…

CISO October 3, 2022

To Cybersecurity Incident Responders Holding the Digital Front Line, We Salute You

3 min read - Over the course of two decades, I’ve seen Incident Response (IR) take on many forms. Cybercrime’s evolution has pulled the nature of IR along with it — shifts in cybercriminals’ tactics and motives have been constant. Even the cybercriminal psyche…

Data Protection April 18, 2022

Disaster Recovery Plan Template: 8 Key Steps for Businesses

3 min read - The recent pandemic has shown that disruptions in daily business can happen quickly and without warning. Whether as a result of a pandemic, natural disaster or network disruptions due to cybersecurity incidents, you need to ensure that your business can keep…

Software Vulnerabilities September 27, 2021

A Journey in Organizational Cyber Resilience Part 3: Disaster Recovery

5 min read - Moving along our organizational resilience journey, we focus on disaster recovery (DR), the perfect follow-up to business continuity (BC) The two go hand-in-hand, often referenced as BCDR, and both are key to your cyber resilience planning. If you recall from…

News June 14, 2021

Social Engineering Scam Asks for Bitcoin Wallet Recovery Codes

2 min read - Twitter users having a hard time with their bitcoin wallets should be wary of accounts that offer to fix them. Attackers are using this social engineering method to trick cryptocurrency owners into forking over their wallet recovery codes. Malwarebytes spotted…

Risk Management November 7, 2018

How Business Continuity Management Boosts Value in Your Security Program

3 min read - A proactive, integrated business continuity management process will significantly boost the efficiency and value of your overall security program, according to the "2018 Cost of Data Breach Study."

Data Protection May 30, 2018

The Digital Disaster: A CIO Embraces Cyber Resilience

6 min read - What happens when a malware infection results in permanent loss of data, operational downtime and significant reputational damage? Experience the cyber resilience failures of airline CIO Martin Kinsley.

CISO November 27, 2017

Omnichannel Success Requires Retail Data Protections

3 min read - Omnichannel retailing is making shopping easier for consumers, but also presenting complexities to retailers.

Risk Management January 27, 2017

The Current State of IT Resilience

3 min read - According to a new report, organizations struggled to maintain IT resilience in 2016 due to challenges related to migration, downtime, the cloud and more