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Report: SMEs Are Prime Targets and Must Plan for Disaster Recovery

SecureWorld News

Here's an alarming stat from Accenture: more than one-third of cyberattacks are aimed at small businesses, but only 14% of them are prepared to defend themselves. The pandemic, geopolitical factors, and the new hybrid/work-from-home landscape put midsize companies at 500% more risk of being targeted in 2021. The key is to minimize any damage.

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Guarding the gates: a look at critical infrastructure security in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Financial Institution Attacks: Financial institutions are highly susceptible to cyber threats due to their large amounts of highly sensitive data. Money laundering, social engineering scams, and identity theft are all examples of attacks that can be used against financial institutions.

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How to avoid business downtime when navigating digital transformation

Galido

Business owners need to understand that they are increasing their business’ cyber-attack surface. In the event that a cyber-attack is successful, the downtime could spell financial disaster for an organization. With cyber-attacks against UK organizations increasing in 2019 , businesses can’t afford to take risks.

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Should You Have a Business Email Compromise Incident Response Plan?

SecureWorld News

You have a Business Continuity Plan. But do you have a Business Email Compromise (BEC) Incident Response Plan? Dougherty said: "BEC is a cyber enabled financial fraud attack, where criminal actors get into email accounts. Weaponization - While most BEC attacks don't involve malware, it isn't completely unheard of.

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Business continuity planning: A proactive approach to threat management

CIO Business Intelligence

Events like this highlight the importance of developing contingency plans based on events in the world that can impact businesses. Business continuity is an essential part of the planning process for CIOs and CTOs. Black swan events can impact businesses in significant ways. earthquakes) Directed threats (e.g.,

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FraudGPT: Scammers’ secret to stealing your data

Dataconomy

Krishnan claims that FraudGPT can also make it simpler to construct hacking tools, undetectable malware, harmful code, leaks, and vulnerabilities in enterprises’ technological systems. The business continues, “Criminals will continue to find ways to improve their criminal capabilities using the tools we develop.”

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IT Issues that Need Cleaning Up: Herzog’s Dirty Dozen

CIO Business Intelligence

Cyber resilience is one of the most important elements of an enterprise’s IT strategy today, but too many enterprises have inadequate levels of it to be sufficiently safeguarded against cyberattacks, especially ransomware and malware. Disconnect between cybersecurity and enterprise storage. It becomes an “either/or,” locking themselves in.

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