Every 39 seconds some company is being hit by a cyberattack. Security incidents are a constant threat, an inevitability rather than a possibility. An incident response plan can help organizations as ...

Organizations that are regularly defending against cyberattacks can find it useful to occasionally take a step back and test their defense and response capabilities. One way to do this is through ...

When conducting cybersecurity and other emergency management tabletop exercises, how far should you push your teams into uncomfortable situations? While goals of these exercises generally focus on ...

One of the most frequently quoted numbers in cybersecurity is $4.35m – the average cost of a data breach, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022. Another less-known statistic from the ...

An incident response tabletop exercise is a discussion-based practice that uses a hypothetical situation to coach a technical or executive audience through the cybersecurity incident response life ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year … for corporate security bosses to run tabletop exercises, simulating a hypothetical cyberattack or other emergency, running through incident processes, and ...

Whether the result of a ransomware attack or more mundane challenges like losing power, unexpected outages can make for some of the most stressful days in IT professionals’ careers. From major ...

When your IT systems go down, every second counts — and the costs can be staggering. Research shows that more than half of IT and data centre outages cost over $100,000, and 16% exceed $1 million. In ...

In the early 1800s, Prussian officers began rehearsing battles around sand tables. They called it Kriegsspiel, and it worked because it forced them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure. Fast ...

At today's online summit hosted by RedmondMag, titled "Cloud Control: Securing Access and Identity in the Microsoft SaaS Stack," longtime Microsoft MVP and technology author Brien Posey focused on how ...

Every organization should run tabletop exercises that answer key questions about their preparedness for ransomware and DDoS attacks, third-party risks, and insider threats. Ensuring the enterprise is ...