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Ransomware Protection Tips

Ransomware Protection Tips That Actually Work in 2024

MGM Resorts lost an estimated $100 million from a single ransomware attack in September 2023. The entry point? A social engineering call to the help desk that lasted about ten minutes. That's all it took for the Scattered Spider threat actor group to cripple slot machines, hotel check-in

Carl B. Johnson Feb 09, 2024 7 min read
Cost of a Data Breach

Cost of a Data Breach: What 2022 Trends Signal

$4.24 Million Per Breach — and the Trajectory Is Ugly IBM's 2021 Cost of a Data Breach Report pegged the global average at $4.24 million per incident — the highest in 17 years of the study. That figure jumped 10% from the prior year. If you're

Carl B. Johnson Feb 24, 2022 7 min read
Data Breach Notification Requirements

Data Breach Notification Requirements: A 2021 Guide

The SolarWinds Breach Just Made Notification a National Crisis In December 2020, FireEye disclosed that a sophisticated threat actor had compromised SolarWinds Orion software, giving attackers access to roughly 18,000 organizations — including the U.S. Treasury, the Department of Homeland Security, and Fortune 500 companies. Weeks later, we'

Carl B. Johnson Jan 14, 2021 8 min read
Cyber Incident Response Steps

Cyber Incident Response Steps That Actually Work

When SolarWinds disclosed in December 2020 that threat actors had compromised their Orion software update mechanism — affecting up to 18,000 organizations including multiple U.S. government agencies — it became the most significant supply chain attack in modern history. The organizations that responded effectively didn't improvise. They followed

Carl B. Johnson Dec 20, 2020 7 min read