The Texas Integrated Services Cybersecurity Department (TISCD) recently helped a local business in Houston stop a ransomware attack. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts a victim's files, making them inaccessible until a ransom is paid to the attacker to restore access. It can be devastating for businesses, as it can disrupt operations and lead to financial losses.
You just hired the best programmer in the world for an unusually excellent rate, really cheap. After 3 months' worth of development, your programmer does not show up again. What happened, you might ask. You start asking around and then it finally hits you that he stole your IT infostructure. The moral of this story is have solid backups for your company.
As many people that are coming into your business and then leaving, your security rating is failing according to the latest cyber security strategy. It has been reported that programmers and developers are getting hired, opening undetected secure VPN portals, quitting, taking your data through the VPN portal, and selling it for big profits on the dark web.
With the recent hack on UBBER, the hacker, an ex-employee, is selling their information. Whether or not they have solid backups denture if a successful ransomware payment will happen.
Since companies are starting to downsize and employees' requests are being denied purchasing products to help them complete their hired task at hand, department and employees are starting to install unauthorized products to help them out. These devices are known as shadow devices. Shadow devices are the use of information technology systems, devices, software, applications, and services without explicit IT department approval. Most of them are inexpensive and or free and will do simple tasks to help the employee out.
When the insurance company is about to write a claim on a house, they will do a drive-by and inspect the home to see the condition of the property before writing the policy to keep their cost competitive. Why are insurance companies not doing that before they write a policy on cyber security insurance? Insurance companies can keep the cyber security policy reasonable to their long-term customers if they scan and inspect their clients' networks before quoting them an overpriced policy.
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