In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional workforce has largely transformed into a work-from-home workforce. With most staff now operating outside of secure office environments 100 percent of the time, organizations have to deal with an immediate shift in the cybersecurity landscape. Unfortunately, a new wave of cyber attacks via ransomware, phishing, malicious…

This is the first in a series of posts about the implementation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). As someone who works in cybersecurity and privacy and who lives in California, I’ve been closely tracking CCPA since it was passed. The state statute, protecting consumers’ rights to access, request deletion of, and opt out…

Over the past 18 years at NetDiligence, we’ve often been asked about the future of ransomware. And the truth is that even after 18 years in this space, no one can fully predict what will happen. Even when ransomware became more widespread during the 2000s, no one could have imagined the current magnitude of the…

The COVID-19 outbreak has necessitated the creation of a mobile workforce practically overnight. Yet this sudden change raises cybersecurity and privacy issues that companies must now reckon with. The webinar “COVID-19 Emerging Issues: Managing Cyber Risks of a Remote Workforce and Global Privacy Concerns,” presented by NetDiligence and Arete Incident Response on March 24th, addressed…

Ransomware is a type of malware designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. Typically, a ransomware attack starts with an innocent-looking email with an infected link or fake document attached. In fact, the average company received a whopping 90% of their detected malware through email, according to…

As IT systems and data play increasingly important roles in business, opportunities for cybercriminals continue to grow. For the first time, the annual Allianz Risk Barometer Report found cybercrime to be the number one concern for companies around the globe. The increase in concern over cybercrime coincides with a rise in the number of ransomware…

Ransomware is a growing cyber risk threat impacting organizations in all sectors. This Q&A details why having a cloud-based backup solution in place can help organizations mitigate exposure, promote business continuity in case of a security event and avoid paying a ransom.

A Q&A with Matthew Cherian of BitSightThird party data security risk continues to grow and even mature enterprises struggle to contain this unwieldy challenge. For cyber insurers, it’s becoming increasingly urgent to find better tools for assessing third party vendor risk when underwriting for a policy. To learn more about why and how this should…

A Q&A with Chris Pierson, CEO of BLACKCLOAK Increasingly, cyber criminals target corporate executives and high net worth individuals not inside their well protected work environments, but at home, where they are most vulnerable. We spoke with Dr. Chris Pierson, CEO of BLACKCLOAK about the risks organizations face, and how they can better defend targeted…

A Q&A with Douglas Clare of FICOA joint effort between FICO and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Assessment of Business Cybersecurity (ABC) offers a benchmark for analyzing the security readiness of American business against cyber attack. When the first quarterly installment was released in late 2018, the construction industry scored highest among the reviewed…