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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

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The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating. Having basic cyber hygiene Advanced technology is important, but basics like regular data backups, software updates, strong password policies, and multi-factor authentication are fundamental.

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Kronos Ransomware Attack Reveals How Your Customers Will React

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I'm kicking myself for not doing my own daily data backups. And you can certainly expect questions about your backups. See what chsalcedo wrote to the Kronos user group: "Where are the backups, can't the backups be restored? Are the backups stored in the same "cloud/space" as production, that doesn't make sense?

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InfoSec Policies and Standards: Some strategic context for those just diving into this world

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Backup Policy. Firewall Policy. How firewalls are named, configured etc. Firewall Policy. How firewalls are named, configured etc. Network Security Policy. How network systems can be secured. Acceptable usage policy (AUP) is the policies that one should adhere to while accessing the network.

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School Cyberattack Aftermath: What Happens to Kids' Data?

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I figured they [the school district] had firewalls and things of that nature. They followed the FBI’s advice to not pay the hackers and restored their system from backups they had kept for such an emergency. Other children had been successfully signed up for an electric company account.

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North Korean Threat Actors Targeting Healthcare Sector with Maui Ransomware

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On the plus side, manual execution allows mature defense teams the ability to respond before the entire environment is encrypted, and allows for recovery from backups for specific folders instead of rebuilding the systems or environment from the ground up.". What is North Korea up to?

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How to Protect WordPress Sites from Exploitation

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Choose secure hosting providers and plugins Your web hosting provider controls physical hardware, sensitive data storage, and network configurations. Be sure to verify that they are using approved Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) and secure FTP capabilities. Schedule daily backups to create multiple restore points.

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