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Information Security vs. Cybersecurity: Main Differences

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Cybersecurity and information security are often assumed to be synonymous terms. On the contrary, they have several critical differences that security professionals should understand, if you want to deliver the best protection and risk management possible to your organization. What is Cybersecurity? They’re not.

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Strategies for Digital Risk Protection

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So it is for houses and buildings – and the same principle is just as true for cybersecurity. Hence cybersecurity risk management is crucial to prevent and mitigate cyber threats. To combat those threats, businesses need to develop digital risk management. What is Digital Risk Protection?

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Best Practices Series: A Six-Step Business Compliance Checklist

Solutions Review

In fact, a business’s future growth may hinge on doing so, as the latest data suggests that cybersecurity practices among vendors are becoming an expectation, as 44% of firms say they are being asked for proof of cybersecurity as part of a request for proposal (RFP) 3). Safeguards from viruses, malware and ransomware.

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Guest Post: Cybersecurity Incidents Lead to New Standards, Requirements

Security Industry Association

Axis Communications’ Wayne Dorris Discusses How Mirai, SolarWinds Have Pushed the United States and European Union to Act Wayne Dorris is business development manager, cybersecurity, at Axis Communications. Many cybersecurity standards in the U.S. trillion by 2025. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Be a Hard Target: Train Your Employees in Security Awareness  

MHA Consulting

Most organizations today are justifiably obsessed with cybersecurity, but many overlook their greatest IT vulnerability: their employees. Everyone is concerned about cybersecurity, and rightfully so. Staff members’ clicking on malicious email links is the biggest vector by which malware infects company networks.

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Risk Assessment vs Risk Analysis

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Although people often use the words “assess” and “analyze” interchangeably, the terms are not synonymous in risk management. A risk assessment forms the backbone of your overall risk management plan. Security risks aren’t the only type of risk that organizations face.

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How to Protect Against Ransomware Attacks

everbridge

Implementation strategies should absolutely include risk management plans for your newly established digital environment. On-Demand: Ransomware Risk and Response. Prior to a few years ago, ransomware was almost always nothing more than a frustrating malware incident requiring a couple of hundred dollars.