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This TechTarget article includes results from the useful Delinea white paper: “Cyber Insurance – If You Get It, Be Ready to Use It.” “(Kurtis Minder, CEO of cybersecurity vendor GroupSenseMinder) has observed threat actors only becoming more ruthless in exploiting enterprises. For example, earlier this month the Alphv ransomware gang leaked photos of cancer patients … Read more
“Built on Coalition’s proprietary data collection platform and knowledge graph, which captures 48 trillion monthly events, the Active Cyber Risk Model offers a more accurate picture of cyber risk for organizations and the broader economy. In a simulation modeled against a sampling of 5,000 American companies, Coalition found that a one-in-250-year cyber event could cost … Read more
Eos is investing $5m in Fenix24; valuation was not released. The investment demonstrates growing industry focus on “right of the boom” cybersecurity technology — loss management for when pre-breach underwriting standards and risk controls have failed to prevent an attack. “‘As Ransomware-as-a-Service has grown, the business impact of cyberterrorists’ ransomware attacks has also increased significantly—more … Read more
Maryland’s Atlantic General Hospital was hit at the end of January by a ransomware attack that disrupted operations, but did not penetrate electronic health records, which had a separate host, the hospital’s CEO reported. “’We will survive this,’ (Don Owrey, president and CEO) said. ‘It’s been incredibly disruptive to our business operations, as you can … Read more
“Multiple outlets reported Wednesday that DC Health Link suffered a data breach earlier this week. The company confirmed to Nextgov that data for select DC Health Link customers had been exposed on an unnamed public forum. Following the breach, the company said it is working with law enforcement and forensic investigators to determine the scope … Read more