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
Managing risk across an organization requires a lot of different things: setting strategy, determining tolerance, defining metrics. These are critical in your overall risk management efforts, and even more so in information security. But where do you begin? There’s no denying it can feel like a daunting task. It’s hard to make sure that information… Read More
Yesterday, I attended our webinar, “How to Unlock the Full Potential of Insider Threat Tools,” and it got me thinking about the relationship between technology and past successes of insider threats. Rich Burke, Vice President of Public Sector, made a critical point during the webinar that failure to detect insiders isn’t exclusively a technology issue. There are plenty… Read More
The week four theme of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is “The Internet Wants You: Consider a Career in Cybersecurity.” We asked our Vice President of Human Resources, Leah Schmid, to weigh in on this topic. In this week’s blog, she offers her insights into the different issues surrounding the growing shortage of qualified cyber security professionals… Read More
In our previous blog in the series, “5 DIY Cyber Security Skills Every IT Professional Needs to Master,” I discussed the importance of nmap as a critical command line tool that improves network visibility and overall security. Today, I’ll cover some concepts related to translating coding and programming structures. Being a resident cyber handyman isn’t easy. Not… Read More