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NIS2: Who's in the scope and what security measures are required? (part 2/3)

In this post you'll learn about what industries are affected by NIS2, security requirements the directive sets, and the available enforcement methods if an organization is not compliant.

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23.8.2023

NIS2: Working towards compliance with Cyberday (3/3)

✈️ You want to lift your cyber security management to a new level & get NIS2 compliant with a smart tool like Cyberday? In this post you'll learn how your organization can achieve NIS2 compliance in a smart way by building an own agile ISMS.

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23.8.2023

NIS2: Get familiar with the EU's new cyber security directive (part 1/3)

Learn about the background and reasons behind the EU's new Network and Information Security 2 (NIS2) Directive. How does it affect your company and how should you react to be compliant?

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1.8.2023

SOC 2: Working towards compliance (1/2)

With the help of SOC 2, organisations can provide proof of effectively implemented controls and the use of best practices to protect the data to their customers and stakeholders, which may help to build trust.

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31.7.2023

Personnel information security training and guidelines in Cyberday

Most data breaches start with human error. Still, investments in technical information security are often made more eagerly. We tell you why staff information security training and guidelines are important and how to implement then efficiently.

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13.6.2023

Information security risk management in Cyberday: Identifying risks, evaluation, treatment and closure

Every cyber security framework highlights risk management in its own way. We summarize in this post, what's essential in information security risk management and what kind of an approach Cyberday offers for it.

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13.6.2023

Become a Cyberday partner: Features, benefits and best practices

A good and efficient tool such as Cyberday is a great way to work on the organization's cyber secuirty. However, for some organizations that is not enough and the expertise and support of a consultant is needed. Our partner program offers both!

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6.6.2023

Cyberday Community has been launched!

We just launched a new Community section inside Cyberday. Our goal is to make collaboration with your peers and with us easier and thus help you improve your information security even further!

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24.3.2023

Big Microsoft data breach – 250 million records exposed

Microsoft has today announced a data breach that affected one of its customer databases.

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15.5.2020
Illegal Personal Data Processing

9 Principles to Simplify Security

This isn't a one-size-fits-all situation. Simplify as much as you can, as the saying goes, but no more than that.

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15.5.2020
CyberNow

Magento 2.3.4 Patches Critical Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Magento 2.3.4 was released this week with patches for six vulnerabilities, including three that are considered critical. The first of these severe security issues is related to deserialization of untrusted data. Tracked as CVE-2020-3716, the bug could lead to arbitrary code execution. read more

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15.5.2020
Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Predictions 2020: Cybersecurity in the New Year

A look ahead at the state of cybersecurity in the coming year Heading into 2019, the jury was still out on whether the number of data breaches would increase or decrease this year. In 2018, the number of breaches in the U.S. dropped for the first time in about five years. Good news, right? Well,..The post Predictions 2020: Cybersecurity in the New Year appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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15.5.2020
CyberNow

How Web Application Firewall (WAF) protects your website

By Waqas Why a Web application firewall is a vital tool to keep websites safe from cyber attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How Web Application Firewall (WAF) protects your website

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15.5.2020
Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Why You Should Be Prepared to Fight Against Advanced Persistent Threats

APTs may already be targeting your organization. You need to formulate comprehensive cybersecurity strategies, implement robust and stringent security measures, and test your defenses to ensure that you’re protected.

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15.5.2020
CyberNow

Oscar Nominated Movies Featured in Phishing, Malware Attacks

Attackers are exploiting the hype surrounding this year's Oscar Best Picture nominated movies to infect fans with malware and to bait them to phishing websites designed to steal sensitive info such as credit card details and personal information. [...]

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15.5.2020
Phishing

Ako Ransomware Uses Spam to Infect Its Victims

It has been discovered that the network-targeting Ako ransomware is being distributed through malicious spam attachments that pretend to be a requested agreement. Last week we reported on the Ako Ransomware and how it was targeting companies with the intent to encrypt their entire network. ID Ransomware Submissions David Pickett, a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at AppRiver, reached out to BleepingComputer yesterday to tell us that his company saw the Ako ransomware being distributed through spam email. Spam email distributing the Ako Ransomware Attached to these emails is a password-protected zip file named agreement.zip with the password '2020' being given in the email. Agreement.zip Archive As shown by this report from JoeSandbox, when Ako is executed it will encrypt the victim's files and leave them with a ransom note named ako-readme.txt. Ako Ransom Note As spam is being used to spread the Ako Ransomware, everyone must be is trained on how to properly identify malicious email and not open any attachments without first confirming who and why they were sent.

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15.5.2020
Ransomware

What’s preventing organizations from making pragmatic security decisions?

Human beings are poor judges of risk. For example, we perceive the risk of air travel to be higher than it actually is after a fatal aviation-related accident happens. We also tend to dismiss risks just because we don’t see a tangible negative impact right away. This is, for example, what prevents many from making dental hygiene a priority: we all know dental hygiene is critical to our health and a relatively easy “investment”, but … More → The post What’s preventing organizations from making pragmatic security decisions? appeared first on Help Net Security.

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15.5.2020
Employee Negligence