One suspects that we are heading towards more sticks than carrots Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA, if the recent spate of cyberattacks and their effects on U.S national healthcare systems are an indicator. The problem for both regulators and the…
Resistance maybe futile? The UnitedHealth cyber attack is one demonstration of the effect of a cyber attack on the healthcare sector in the U.S. With calls from parts of Washington that the systemic cybersecurity risk the sector faces warrants cyber…
A great article and a good question from the WSJ and MIT. With reported U.S data breaches up 78% in 2023 from 2022 and up 72% from 2021 yet spending on cyber spend is at an estimated $188 billion globally…
When one considers the UK Parliamentary report from December 2023 and the response published on the 11th March 2024 (). Should one be surprised that the British Authorities have never detected a breach of ransomware sanctions? The December report makes…
Thanks for posting Olaf Classen. If true, it’s not an easy decision paying a ransom, under any circumstances. In the case of United Health and its company Change Healthcare, the response to the hack is more of an issue, given…
A great article from the FT, following this weeks AI summit in the UK, ‘Stop paying cyber Ransomware’. How? ,One sees no sensible answer coming out of many governments and the woes of boards are only just starting. When the…
Thank you for posting Olaf Classen. There are plenty of reports that demonstrate that Cyber-crime is more profitable than cocaine production in the 1970’s, generates more income than the drugs trade, prostitution and human tracking. As one posted earlier this…
Thank you Dean Armstrong KC. The frequency, severity and complexity of cyber attacks in increasing. As reported by the insurer Howden ransomware incidents are up 50% in 2023. The UK should be most concerned about the responses other nations such…
The ransomware threat vector was only ever going to increase in popularity, as it moved from a specialist threat to a commoditized service. When a child can run a ransomware attack through RaaS; companies ignore cyber risk; and there are…
A real reminder of the affects of a ransomware and cyber attacks on public health, in the instance following the shooting in Dallas. It is one example of many globally that point to the effects of ransomware attacks and the…
