I have spent the most notable years of my career helping organizations improve their cyber security incident response plans. To do this effectively, we dive in, ask questions, consider scenarios, look at contingencies, and identify gaps. It has personally been very rewarding for me because planning is in my core – I rarely fly by the seat of my pants, and usually have multiple back up plans. But on August 25, 2017, I was blindsided by Hurricane Harvey.
Ransomware is today’s menace. It’s profitable, simple to pull off, and can hit organizations of any size. In this blog post, we look at the future of ransomware and related attacks and speculate about what the migration to cloud environments might mean for the threat landscape.
Although organizations of all sizes are targeted by cyber criminals, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have turned into a preferred target. In fact, according to Aberdeen research, the risk of a single data breach is 63 percent higher for SMBs than it is for larger organizations with over 1,000 employees. Overall, The Ponemon Institute’s 2017 State of… Read More
According to the 2018 Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report released in February, 58 percent of U.S. firms with more than 250 employees have cyber insurance but only 21 percent with fewer than 250 are covered. What’s even more interesting is that more than half of U.S. small businesses have no intention of investing in cyber insurance. The lack… Read More
When the term “threat hunting” is brought up in the cyber security community, it can come across as more of a buzzwordthan a viable and important strategy for organizations to adopt. While there is plenty of discussion about what threat hunting means and why having a hunt program is important, the mindset, methods, and key steps… Read More
Last week, Delta Risk hosted a webinar on the topic of “Data Breach Survival Tactics: Building Incident Response Actionable Response Plans.” Delta Risk Solutions Expert, Stephanie Ewing, and Managing Consultant, Ryan Clancy, were the presenters for this live broadcast (view the on-demand version). In response to the poll questions, “Do you have an incident response plan,”… Read More