On June 8, 2021, Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount testified to a U.S. Senate committee about the recent ransomware attack on the company. While most of the attention to his testimony has been focused on the propriety of paying the roughly $4.4 million ransom payment to the DarkSide hacking group, I believe there is a…
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…
Shawn Tuma Guest on Burress Law, Life & Friends Podcast
I was a guest recently on my good friend Jason Burress’ “Burress Law, Life & Friends Podcast” where we walked through my career path starting in cyber law in 1999 through today with ransomware and other cyber attacks. Here is a LINK to the Podcast.
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
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/
A Shot Below the Belt: Hacker Seizes Control of Internet-Enabled Chastity Cages, Demands Ransom
With a shot below the belt, hackers have taken ransomware to a new level: a hacker used ransomware to take control of Cellmate, a service providing internet-connected chastity cages that are locked and unlocked through an app, and demanded a Bitcoin as ransom to release the, errrr …, hostages. If you’re still confused, read this…
Shawn Tuma Included in “Raise the Cybersecurity Curtain – Cybersecurity Leaders Quotes”
I am deeply honored to have been included in Raise the Cybersecurity Curtain – Cybersecurity Leaders Quotes. Here is my quote from page 7 of the publication: There is no such thing as being “secure.” There are always vulnerabilities that could have been found or remediated. There are always more things that a business could…
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