It’s harder than before to get a Cyber Insurance policy. Businesses are discovering that cyber insurance applications resemble cybersecurity audits. Carriers increasingly expect companies to demonstrate that security controls are not only deployed but actively managed. For example, it’s no longer enough to claim MFA is enabled. Insurers may want to know: Similarly, organizations can…

Cyber threats don’t operate on a quarterly schedule. Attackers are constantly probing organizations for weaknesses, exploiting newly disclosed vulnerabilities within days or even hours of their discovery. Yet many organizations still rely on quarterly vulnerability scans to assess their cyber risk, believing that periodic snapshots are enough to keep their environments secure. Unfortunately, that approach…

Why Recovery Has Become Just as Important as Prevention For years, ransomware followed a relatively predictable pattern. A cybercriminal gained access to a network, encrypted files, and demanded payment in exchange for a decryption key. The solution, while painful, seemed straightforward: maintain reliable backups, restore your systems, and avoid paying the ransom. That playbook no…

CISA Issues Warning as FortiBleed Impacts Tens of Thousands of Fortinet Devices The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued an alert urging organizations using Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways to take immediate action following reports of a widespread credential exposure campaign known as “FortiBleed.” Security researchers estimate that between 74,000 and 86,000…

If you’re responsible for cybersecurity at a financial firm, you already know this isn’t a decision you can afford to get wrong. The stakes are high, the threats are constant, and the expectations from regulators and clients continue to rise. At some point, most firms reach the same realization: what you have in place today…