Luke Irwin Archive
The Biden administration’s efforts to counter the growing threat of ransomware – malware that aims to prevent victims from accessing their data until they pay the perpetrators – have been bolstered by the US Department of the Treasury. On September 21, Treasury announced the actions it would take to disrupt “criminal …
Government employees at the City of Yonkers were denied access to their computers last week, after cyber criminals launched a ransomware attack. The city said that it refused to pay the ransom and would restore as much data as possible …
Howard University was forced to cancel classes this week after its network was infected with ransomware. The Washington D.C.-based college said that its IT team detected “unusual activity” on its systems on Friday, and shut down to investigate the situation. …
ISO 27701 is a relatively new standard in the ISO 27000 family. It was introduced to help organizations tackle data privacy alongside their data protection requirements. The standard essentially bolts privacy processing controls on to ISO 27001, creating a PIMS …
If you’re trying to advance your cybersecurity career, there’s good news. There are many different roles in cybersecurity, and organizations are in desperate need of skilled personnel, with more than 4 million unfilled positions around the globe. But what cybersecurity …
Last month, the Biden administration announced further plans to protect organizations from the growing threat of ransomware, and to punish the criminals responsible for such attacks. The new initiatives includes a State Department program that offers rewards of up to …
Data privacy laws in the United States are notoriously tricky. There are a patchwork of industry-specific federal laws and state legislations whose scope and jurisdiction vary. And to complicate matters further, each state has its own requirements for disclosing security …
The health care sector is the sector worst-affected by data breaches, a US government report has revealed. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services’ 2020 Healthcare Breach Report, security incidents in the hospitals and medical clinics resulted …
Ransomware is one of the biggest cybersecurity risks currently facing organizations. Indeed, our sister company found in Q1 2021, almost one in three publicly disclosed security incidents was the result of ransomware. Recent attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS have …
Information security must be a top priority for the legal sector, given the vast amounts of sensitive data such organizations process. Unfortunately, few organizations are doing enough to tackle the threat. According to a 2020 American Bar Association Report, 29% …
