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How to Conduct a Risk Assessment for Your Disaster Recovery Playbook

VISTA InfoSec

Risk management is at the heart of any effective disaster recovery (DR) plan or playbook. No business is immune to disruptions, whether from natural disasters, cyberattacks, or technical failures. These approaches help tailor your disaster recovery strategy to your specific needs.

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How to Conduct a Risk Assessment for Your Disaster Recovery Playbook

VISTA InfoSec

Risk management is at the heart of any effective disaster recovery (DR) plan or playbook. No business is immune to disruptions, whether from natural disasters, cyberattacks, or technical failures. These approaches help tailor your disaster recovery strategy to your specific needs.

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Businesses Urged Not To Pay Ransom To Cyberattackers

PYMNTS

Issues like phishing and the Business Email Compromise (BEC) are top concerns, yet ransomware cannot be ignored as a destructive force. In a survey of 1,700 managed service providers (MSPs) that work with a combined 100,000 SMBs, Datto found that 99 percent of respondents agree ransomware attacks will probably pick up this year and next.

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Hacker Tracker: Breach Hits Canadian Agency, Cyber Ransoms Surge

PYMNTS

It seems as though the trend of ransomware attacks isn’t disappearing any time soon. The latest research from the National Crime Agency and National Cyber Security Centre found that the risk to businesses is “significant and growing,” due to the increasing instances of ransomware attacks. Cyber Ransoms (Still) On The Rise.

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New York Bolsters Cybersecurity Requirements

Global Fintech & Digital Assets

The changes impose more demanding requirements for larger entities, new obligations to report ransomware incidents and payments, and expanded oversight responsibilities for board and senior management. Requirements related to business continuity and disaster recovery have also been included for the first time.

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Keeping Third-Party Risk First On The Cybersecurity (Risk) List

PYMNTS

The news that hit Friday afternoon that malware and ransomware were racing across the globe at a breakneck pace, infecting computers at companies across verticals and causing havoc, brought cybersecurity to top of mind, yet again. . Talk about timely. And yet, even as technology advances, one size does not fit all, the duo agreed.

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MAS Panel Addresses Emerging Tech Risks, Vendor Security for Finance Sector

Fintech News

They also encouraged institutions to enhance their IT disaster recovery drills by incorporating unscripted scenarios to better reflect real-world incidents. Addressing third-party and open-source software risks, the panel urged financial institutions to maintain comprehensive inventories of IT components and map external dependencies.