Cyber This Week Edition #2

This week, we delve into diverse and crucial topics, from the role of directors in cyber breach responses to navigating risks in supply chains. We also explore the imperative of patching in cybersecurity, implications of major cyberattack settlements, and the top trends to watch this year.

Additionally, we look at adapting security for AI/ML systems, ways to enhance cyber resilience, navigating cyber insurance, reducing attack surfaces, and conducting effective cybersecurity exercises.

Join me as we explore these critical aspects, offering insights and guidance for navigating the cybersecurity realm.

Keep directors out of cyber breach response, risk specialists say

The best practice is to get members of the board involved in creating the response plan but not in the response itself.

Keep directors out of cyber breach response, risk specialists say | Legal Dive

Navigating cyber risk in the supply chain

The article examines the complex web of supply chain and cyber risk, as well as putting forward best practices business should adopt to safeguard their operations.

Navigating cyber risk in the supply chain | The Insurer

The Imperative of Patching: A Resolution for Cybersecurity In 2024

Consistent and timely patch application is crucial in reducing an organization's vulnerability, and proactive patching should be part of any comprehensive cybersecurity strategy

The Imperative Of Patching: A Resolution For Cybersecurity In 2024 (forbes.com)

Merck's Cyberattack Settlement: What Does it Mean for Cyber Insurance Coverage?

Pharmaceutical giant Merck reached a confidential settlement with its insurers regarding its 2017 $1.4B cyberattack damages claim.

Merck's Cyberattack Settlement: What Does it Mean for Cyber Insurance Coverage? (informationweek.com)

5 cybersecurity trends to watch in 2024

Preventative measures remain woefully unmet, the scourge of ransomware is as bad as it’s ever been, and a wave of new incident reporting and compliance regulations are taking hold. Buckle up for 2024.

5 cybersecurity trends to watch in 2024 | Cybersecurity Dive

Adapting Security to Protect AI/ML Systems

AI/ML libraries create much larger attack surfaces, and traditional IT security lacks several key capabilities for protecting them.

Adapting Security to Protect AI/ML Systems (darkreading.com)

4 ways to increase cyber resilience against increasingly diverse threats

Cyber resilience can be improved through four key steps: use what works, instill cyber governance and a cyber resilient culture and ensure design supports cyber security.

4 ways to increase cyber resilience against diverse threats | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

A guide to getting the right cyber insurance

It’s more challenging for organizations to get cyber insurance, and when they do manage to get insured the premiums are steep. It also turns out that not all policies cover ransomware, the leading cause of cyber insurance claims

Fighting ransomware: A guide to getting the right cybersecurity insurance | SC Media (scmagazine.com)

How to Reduce Your Attack Surface

An attack surface is the total number of channels, pathways, or areas that threat actors can utilize to gain unauthorized access to networks. Reducing your organization's attack surface is essential to protect against potential threats.

How to Reduce Your Attack Surface | Tripwire

How to Conduct a Successful Cybersecurity Exercise

Cybersecurity exercises must help your employees understand all the potential cyber risks and threats better. The ultimate goal would be to improve their skills to identify potential threats and teach them how to prevent them from escalating.

How to Conduct a Successful Cybersecurity Exercise - CPO Magazine