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URGENT: Ransomware Training for Your Employees

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Since 2016, an average of over 4,000 ransomware attacks occur every day in the US. Let’s run the math on that statistic and see how many that adds up to until the current time of writing. At 4,000 ransomware attacks every day, that’s 1.46M in 2016 alone. The statistic I started this blog post with is alarming, no doubt.

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[ANSWERED] What is Third-Party Cyber Coverage?

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For example, if a ransomware attack is holding a company’s data hostage, the provider’s insurance can pay the ransom to (hopefully) get the data restored. If an IT company’s client experiences a ransomware attack or data breach, they may sue the IT company. Those statistics don’t instill much confidence. Now comes the fun part.

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6 Effective Examples of Ransomware Awareness Emails

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Ransomware attacks happen all of the time. Since they’re so common, chances are that you already know what ransomware is. One of the easiest ways to educate staff is by sending ransomware awareness emails. Explain What it is A survey found that 37% of employees don’t know what ransomware is.

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170+ Phishing Statistics: Open Rates, Victims and Impact

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Here is our list of over 170 phishing statistics. More specifically, the statistics below will showcase the frequency of phishing attacks, delivery methods, and victim profiles. In 2020, 84% of organizations witnessed at least one phishing or ransomware attack. Phishing attacks against cryptocurrency companies represent 6.5%

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[ANSWERED] Is Apple Pay HIPAA Compliant?

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Those two statistics combined tell us two things. With statistics like that, Apple would have to sign a BAA with essentially every healthcare organization that exists. It ALSO puts another target on the tech giant’s back from a ransomware perspective based on the recent trends. Apple Pay Information Safeguards.

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+75 HIPAA Violation Statistics: When Cybersecurity Compromises PHI

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For the scope of this blog, an insider threat is a person in the healthcare organization who has access to electronic PHI, or ePHI, and uses this information to negatively impact the healthcare provider. Below are over 75 HIPAA violation statistics pertaining to cybersecurity breaches. Verizon ) 4% do it for the sheer fun of it.