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Aiming for the right defense strategy against ransomware threats

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Steve Caimi is a security specialist Cisco with nearly 25 years’ experience in cybersecurity.  Ransomware had a banner year in 2020, taking advantage of pandemic-related shifts in network access for remote work, distance learning and telehealth. For critical infrastructure sectors, the threat of seeing data locked up or having systems knocked offline is a risk that these organizations simply can’t afford. While cyber defenders are improving their cyber defenses, hackers are upping their game too. They’re getting better at getting inside, they’re affecting more systems and they’re doing more with the data they steal. That is why organizations need a security strategy that can adapt to the changing threat environment. For ransomware, financial gain is the endgame. We are seeing a growing trend in “big game hunting” — or targeting big-revenue organizations — because attackers know these organizations can, and will, pay up. Two of the top attack vectors should […]

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How Cisco is helping agencies wrap their arms around the NIST framework

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The cybersecurity executive order charges federal agencies to manage risk across the U.S. government as a whole, holds agency heads personally responsible for the protection of their networks and places modernization efforts at the forefront of a greater push to bolster computer security. The order requires all departments and agencies to review the security of their IT systems using the risk management principle outlined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework. How that framework applies to each unique agency is a challenge, one exacerbated by the fact that reports on agency IT systems are to be completed in a few weeks. Cisco Systems has a wealth of expertise when it comes to aligning enterprises with the framework. Two of Cisco’s experts — Senior Director of Security Sales Will Ash and Public Sector Cybersecurity Specialist Steve Caimi — spoke with CyberScoop on how agencies can adapt their particular systems to the […]

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