When you renew or try to obtain cyber insurance, the questions have historically been pretty lame. But, in the face of large losses, insurance companies are STARTING to get serious. Here is a report from one company on what their insurance company asked at renewal time. This is from an actual application. How would you […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The UK Might Beat Us to Regulating MSPs In the US, anyone can become a managed service provider. Unfortunately, customers may think that comes with security, but usually it does not. The UK is about to create a legally binding cybersecurity framework for managed service providers. This may be the first step at forcing businesses […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]About ten days ago Ireland’s healthcare system was forced to shut down its computers due to a ransomware attack. Ireland’s health minister said the attack was having a severe impact on the health and social services. In today’s healthcare world, having doctors and hospitals run without computers means no patient charts and a very labor […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Teslas can be Hacked via a DRONE Without any Owner Interaction Researchers have shown how they can hack a Tesla from a done without the owner even being aware that he or she is being attacked and particularly, without the owner being involved in the takeover of the car. The attack, called TBONE, was reported […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As I said yesterday, some EOs are a couple of paragraphs long. This one goes on for pages. Today’s post is going to cover the section of the EO that addresses supply chain risk. Supply chain risk, as we saw in both the SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange attacks, is a huge problem. So what does […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While this EO and almost all EOs only affect what executive branch agencies do, it is likely that it will have a big effect on cybersecurity in general. Here are some requirements: The government uses a lot of commercial cloud software. Current contract terms may limit what data a cloud provider is allowed to share […]
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