Category: Cyber Insurance

Shawn Tuma Provided Texas Bar Journal 2020 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update

Shawn Tuma provided the Texas Bar Journal’s 2020 year-end Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update which addressed the following issues: online impersonation hacking laws authority of consent for search warrants and password protected devices ransomware attacks Read more here (LINK / PDF DOWNLOAD). Check out these articles: 2 Critical Cyber Insurance Issues All Companies Must Consider…

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Podcast: Shawn Tuma Shares Real-Life Examples and Best Practices for Ransomware Incident Response

In this SecureWorld podcast, Shawn Tuma teaches about the ransomware attack lifecycle and complex incident response process with real-life examples and best practices. Listen Here: Podcast Page: https://www.secureworldexpo.com/resources/podcast-ransomware-attack-lifecycle Podcast Direct Link: https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18149138/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/ Link to slides: https://www.slideshare.net/shawnetuma/lifecycle-responding-to-a-ransomware-attack-a-professional-breach-guides-perspective/shawnetuma/lifecycle-responding-to-a-ransomware-attack-a-professional-breach-guides-perspective Tell us what you think about it on LinkedIn here: https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18149138/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/

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***URGENT*** MEMO TO: “The IT Guy” RE: Securing RDP Access–Changing the RDP Port Does Not Work!

***URGENT MEMORANDUM*** TO:   “The IT Guy” FROM:   Your clients’ Incident Response Coach SUBJECT:   Securing RDP Access–Changing the RDP Port Does Not Work! This Memo comes out of necessity, please take it seriously. I have now lost track of how many times over the past couple of months I have been on “scoping calls” with a…

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2 Critical Cyber Insurance Issues All Companies Must Consider Now, Before an Incident!

There are two critical cyber insurance issues that every single company must understand right now, before they have an incident:  In today’s environment, every company has substantial cyber risk and every company needs cyber insurance. Period. Cyber insurance is not covered by typical business insurance and companies must have the right cyber insurance for their…

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Podcast: #DtSR Episode 410 – TPA CISO Accountability Problems

I was a guest recently on the Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast with Raf Los, James Jardine, and Brandon Dunlap for episode 410 titled TPA CISO Accountability Problems. As they described it: Because we can’t get enough of Brandon Dunlap and Shawn Tuma over here on the podcast, here we go again. Last episode Brandon…

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Texas Bar Journal 2019 Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update

The Texas Bar Journal’s 2019 year-end Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update was once again provided by Shawn Tuma and addressed the following issues: Texas’ New Data Breach Notification Requirements effective January 1, 2020 Whether website scraping allegations are sufficient to invoke Texas and federal “hacking” laws Whether viewing pictures on another’s cellphone violates Texas “hacking” law Cyber…

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Ransomware is the single greatest risk your company faces – here’s why

You read that correctly: ransomware is the single greatest risk to your company. Even in times of the COVID-19 global pandemic, ransomware is still the one risk where, tonight, the company CEO can lay her head down on her pillow with the company doing fine, profits up and operations running smoothly, and then wake up…

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