In October 2021, a Japanese hospital was forced to shut down operations for months. Malicious actors encrypted medical data of 85,000 patients and threatened to leak it unless ransom was paid. This is not an isolated incident – businesses depend on the cloud to accelerate workflow but don’t secure it unless an incident occurs. Cybercriminals…
Cybercrimes and threats have become so prevalent that almost everyone knows of at least one such incident. A recent study suggests that cybercrime will cost the world an estimated 10.5 Trillion annually by 2025, putting cybersecurity in the same conversation as the world’s biggest economies. But what exactly is cybersecurity, and why is it so…
Did you know that 47% of businesses already use Gen AI for cyber risk detection and mitigation? This is not surprising given the situation at hand. The pace and complexity of cyberattacks have gotten to the point where human analysts just can’t keep up anymore. There’s way too much data to sift through manually, making…
Access control is a fundamental element of any security program because it dictates who or what can access data and resources within an organization’s systems. This way, you ensure that only authorized users can interact with sensitive information, reducing the risk of breaches or misuse. One effective approach to access control is Role-Based Access Control…
In September 2023, a study by ItGovernance found 97 security incidents that compromised 91,127,815 records. And the grand champion of this unfortunate event? Twitter, with 220 million breached records. Quite the headliner, isn’t it? Now, when you dig deeper and do some number crunching, it’s hard not to feel concerned. Your organization could become a…
A research conducted by Ponemon Institute in 2022 found that an organization’s cloud security maturity levels impact the cost of a data breach – higher the maturity, lower the cost. Using CIS controls you can build a strong security posture to bring down the cost of a potential data breach for your business. But what…