Reimagining Cyber Podcast: So You’ve Been Hacked, Now What?

I was a guest recently on the Reimagining Security Podcast and recorded the episode “So you’ve been hacked, now what?” Here is a link to a detailed and informative blog post about the episode and the actual episode.   As detailed in the blog post, we covered these key topics and a few more: reasonable cybersecurity …

Podcast: #DtSR Episode 449 – TPA Tuma on A Watershed Moment for US Cyber

I was a guest recently on the Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast with Raf Los and James Jardine for episode 449 titled TPA Tuma on A Watershed Moment for US Cyber.  It is always fun to join the #DtSR Podcast and this time was no disappointment! In Episode 449 we discuss legal proceedings and what could …

Ransomware Attacks! The 5 Best Practices the White House Urges all Businesses to Take to Mitigate Them

The threat of ransomware attacks against all American businesses is so great that on June 2, 2021, the White House issued a memo to all corporate executives and business leaders with the subject “What We Urge You To Do To Protect Against The Threat of Ransomware.” This is the first time such a memo has ever been …

Digital Extortion Drama: Deconstructing the Ransomware Response Lifecycle

THIS IS NOW AVAILABLE VIA DOWNLOAD FOR FREE: Join me for SecureWorld’s #SecureWorldVirtual Central on May 6 as I’ll be presenting the Keynote on Digital Extortion Drama: Deconstructing the Ransomware Response Lifecycle. Register here with promo code SWVCSOC for *FREE* registration: https://lnkd.in/dzREw4A Here are the slides and the audio podcast of the presentation.

Understanding How Cyber Insurance Impacts Your Incident Response Planning (video of Shawn Tuma’s SecureWorld session)

In this SecureWorld session, Shawn Tuma teaches how cyber insurance impacts your incident response planning and why the two should work together, hand in hand. Listen Here: Article Page: Cyber Insurance and Incident Response: What to Know Talk Direct Link: https://youtu.be/wvEDCS-D1CY https://youtu.be/wvEDCS-D1CY

Nearly half of all businesses hit by cyber attacks in 2020 — 3 steps to help prepare your business

43% of businesses in the United States and Europe were hit with a cyber attack in 2020, an increase of 5% from 2019 which was 38%, according to Hiscox’s Cyber Readiness Report.  Businesses cannot ignore this threat and must face it head-on. All businesses should now have an operational and maturing cyber risk management program …

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 …

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/ 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

Think your company is too sophisticated to be hit with a successful cyber attack? Ask FireEye …

A lot of business executives — and far too many IT professionals — think that their company’s IT systems are too sophisticated and well-maintained for their company to have a successful cyberattack against it. They think their company is doing it all right and this is only the kind of stuff that happens to “the …

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 …