Insurance market giant Lloyd's of London says that starting next year, its cyber insurance policies will no longer cover state-sponsored cyberattacks. But with attribution being inherently tricky, expect this move to be tested in court, says Jonathan Armstrong, a partner at Cordery law firm.
Would you trust an accused hacker? Specifically, one Nickolas Sharp, a software developer charged with extorting former employer Ubiquiti, after allegedly engineering a data breach and posing as an anonymous whistleblower in media interviews.
Enterprises just starting their cloud journey should take a zero trust approach in everything they do, says Ajay Kumar Dubey, channel partner with Forcepoint. Zero trust should secure content, access, data and user activities, and above all, it should be "foolproof and simple to use," he advises.
As ransomware attacks grow, cyber insurance costs are skyrocketing, leaving small to midsized firms with tough decisions about insuring against threats, beefing up security and whether to pay or not pay ransom demands, says Diktesh Singh Puri, IT and cloud operations head at Reckitt Benckiser Group.
The sheer number of connected devices in healthcare environments is one of the top challenges healthcare entities face in adopting a zero trust approach to cybersecurity, says Zachary Martin, senior adviser at law firm Venable. He discusses the obstacles to achieving zero trust in healthcare.
California legislators passed a bill banning companies headquartered in the state that provide "electronic communications services" from providing records, information or other assistance to law enforcement in other states related to investigations of reproductive services, such as abortion.
The national network for connecting medical centers with donated human organs faces doubts about its ability to secure data amid concerns about its IT infrastructure. A federal watchdog has reviewed the Health Resources and Services Administration and United Network of Organ Sharing.
Clearwater has completed its purchase of healthcare cyber firm CynergisTek to give hospitals and physicians a broader range of security technology and services. Joining forces will give clients access to Clearwater's endpoint and logging technology and risk analysis and schematic services.
Anand Atre began his role as deputy CSO of Crux Informatics soon after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and he soon confronted the challenge of how to properly secure a hybrid workforce. He outlines his strategies for cybersecurity and employee education.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report explores the possible unintended consequences of banning ransom payments, the challenges of opening a cyber intel firm during wartime, and the need for more clarity in the regulation of cryptocurrency firms.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter Wednesday to Mark Zuckerberg asking the social media chief executive about his company's privacy and security practices following reports that the company released users' data in a Nebraska case involving an allegedly illegal abortion.
Tenable wants to help the cybersecurity industry move away from traditional vulnerability management focused on giving customers a list of vulnerabilities. Instead, CEO Amit Yoran wants to help customers understand their exposure and how they can effectively manage and reduce risk.
Cyberspace is a battlefield with no physical or geographic boundaries. During wartime, targets on land, sea, air and space are vulnerable to cyberthreats and opportunities, and nations face many uncertainties about when and how to respond to attacks, says BAE Systems' Miriam Howe.
Ben Goodman, Okta's Asia-Pacific senior vice president and general manager, explains why critical infrastructure companies lag behind born-in-the-cloud companies in zero trust adoption. He expects traditional industries to adopt zero trust for some application services and then expand into others.
No secret: Public cloud provides the technical catalyst to the healthcare industry’s modernization and the keys to the kingdom in terms of globalization. The resulting access to usable swaths of data is invaluable - and high-risk. ClearDATA's Chris Bowen weighs in on mitigating the risks.
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