What your cyber risk profile tells insurers

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Network World Security Alert Aug 02, 2016 What your cyber risk profile tells insurers The purpose of a cyber risk profile is to assess your organization's insurability. The work you do upfront can go a long way toward ensuring you get adequate cyber insurance coverage and a better rate to boot. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Top VCE exec: We're staying tight with Cisco • There are mobile and IoT companion documents for the CIS (Top 20) Critical Security Controls • Cisco: Potent ransomware is targeting the enterprise at a scary rate • Attack attribution does little to improve enterprise security • Adding human experts to IT security with Red Canary • Accenture, Endgame team up to become the Van Helsing of cybersecurity • SwiftKey's typing predictions may have leaked users' emails • Black Hat security conference trims insecure features from its mobile app • Interpol arrests Nigerian email scammer who swindled $60 million Video/Webcast: Google Citrix Customers Put Google Chromebooks to Work Work is no longer where we go in the morning, work is what we do - what we get done. Watch this Citrix and Google webcast to learn how you can implement a secure, fast, simple and sharable solution within your organization today. Read More ▶ Top VCE exec: We're staying tight with Cisco There was an interesting exchange between IDG Chief Content Officer John Gallant and VCE President Chad Sakac in an interview Network World published today. In it, Gallant asked Sakac about the company's converged infrastructure partnership with Cisco in light of VCE presumably soon becoming part of the merged Dell/EMC. After all, Cisco (the "C" in VCE) sold off its stake in the venture some time ago and will likely find itself competing more directly with EMC once it combines with Dell. Read More ▶ There are mobile and IoT companion documents for the CIS (Top 20) Critical Security Controls Security practitioners are familiar with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Critical Security Controls. Did you know there are versions of these controls tailored to mobile and Internet of Things? Read More ▶ Cisco: Potent ransomware is targeting the enterprise at a scary rate Enterprise targeting cyber enemies are deploying vast amounts of potent ransomware to generate revenue and huge profits – nearly $34 million annually according to Cisco's Mid-Year Cybersecurity Report out this week. Ransomware, Cisco wrote, has become a particularly effective moneymaker, and enterprise users appear to be the preferred target. Read More ▶ Attack attribution does little to improve enterprise security Improving a company's defenses should be the top priority after a hack, not spending time trying to attribute the attack. Read More ▶ Adding human experts to IT security with Red Canary Red Canary receives $6.1 million in Series A funding. Its product covers the security lifecycle of data collection, detection of risks, investigation and response. Read More ▶ Accenture, Endgame team up to become the Van Helsing of cybersecurity Accenture and Endgame partner to offer threat hunting as a service, complementing organizations' cybersecurity efforts. Read More ▶ SwiftKey's typing predictions may have leaked users' emails SwiftKey, a popular keyboard app, has suspended a syncing feature that may have leaked users' emails to strangers. Read More ▶ Black Hat security conference trims insecure features from its mobile app Black Hat has disabled features of its mobile application because attackers could have logged in as legitimate attendees, posted messages in their names and spied on the messages they sent. Read More ▶ Interpol arrests Nigerian email scammer who swindled $60 million Interpol has arrested a top Nigerian email scammer who stole more than $60 million by tricking businesses into handing over funds. 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