A useful article. 2019 may be the year of the VPN hack and the year in which nationstate hackers emerged into the spotlight of media attention. A number of leading VPN manufacturers announced vulnerabilities in their products. Vulnerabilities which it…
With all the money and all the solutions are we preventing cyber attacks, or are we simply working to Paretos 80:20 law. I believe we’re working on the low hanging fruit, delivering the 80%. But to close the 20% requires…
Redcar and Cleveland council, near Middlesbourgh, the North East of England. Is undergoing a cyber attack. With local services being delivered through pen and paper. Cyber has been an issue for US municipalities for a number of years. With well…
This week the EIOPA is the European supervisory authority for Insurance and Occupational Pensions set out its priorities for 2020. One being to develop the strategy for cyber underwriting and to harmonize regulatory supervision across Europe. This means promoting appropriate…
Is the WEF correct in saying that cyber-risk should take center stage? The past month has seen the release of a number of reports from influential regulators and banks on cyber and their concerns on the impact of cyber attacks…
An important comment from the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde. Who has raised the concern of the impact of a cyber-attacks on market liquidity. Should a well orchestrated attack be aimed at major financial institutions. Which…
For those not familiar. The New York State Department of Financial Service (NYDFS) put into place a regulation known as 23 NYCRR 500. I believe it’s one of the first regulations to sit on a statute to prescriptively address cyber…
There is no available news to tell us why its taking so long to get services back up and running. But Travelex is still not fully operational, over a month after the ransomware attack. Communications about the attack have been…
Are we just shooting ourselves in the foot? Poor patch management, compromised accounts and a data breach. A week in which the NSA and SEC released guidance and observations on cyber security. We know that getting the basics right can…
This week the NSA released their guidance on managing cloud vulnerabilities. It’s a good read and sets out what they believe are the roles and responsibilities for cloud security, between cloud service providers and customers. There is nothing in the…
