Cyber Security Archive
Health care cybersecurity is an issue that has gained more recognition over the past few years, especially as hospitals have become a prime target for cyber criminals. In 2020, more than 600 health care facilities were affected by ransomware attacks, …
COVID-19 has changed our everyday lives dramatically fast. One of the things that has changed – and will probably remain that way – is work. Remote working entered our lives, and companies saw this as an opportunity to test the …
Researchers in the UK have demonstrated a security flaw that allowed them to make a contactless Visa payment of £1,000 ($1,345) via a locked iPhone. According to Bleeping Computer, the hack relies on Apple Pay’s Express Transit mode, a feature …
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 start making forays into the world of information security and management systems, you will quickly stumble across the term ‘ISMS’. ISMS stands for “information security management system.” It’s a documented management system that consists of a set of …
ISO 27001 is the international standard that describes best practice for an ISMS (information security management system). Achieving accredited certification to ISO 27001 demonstrates that your organization is following information security best practice, and delivers an independent, expert assessment of whether …
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 …
As of November 30, 2020, all U.S. defense contractors are required to assess their NIST SP 800-171 compliance if they are to receive a new contract or extend an existing one. The obligations are part of the CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity …
If your organization takes information security seriously, you’ve probably come across ISO 27001, the international standard that describes best practice for an ISMS (information security management system). But you may be less familiar with ISO 27701. It’s the newest standard …
We know how easy it is to get caught out by scam emails. You may be hurriedly reading through your messages, you may be worried about what will happen if the message turns out to be legitimate and you’ve ignored …
