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Cyber Risk for Business Leaders

Bite Size Security is a short-form article series focused on how cyber risk affects business decisions, operations, insurance, and value. Each piece delivers concise, business-first perspective for CEOs, CFOs, and executives who want clarity without technical detail.

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Cybersecurity planning checklist for a new year

January 6, 2020

With every new year, there comes new cybersecurity tools, updates, cyber threats, and the usual transformations that take place as the digital era goes through its changes. This means that…

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A simplified checklist to meet CCPA compliance

December 27, 2019

On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) becomes effective, which means that many companies who do business with Californians will have to be prepared to meet the…

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An easy to use SMB holiday cybersecurity guide to safe online shopping

December 20, 2019

It’s no secret that when any holiday approaches it also means heightened cybersecurity risks for businesses, large and small. The reason (for the risks) is that many people today shop…

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Three tips for spotting a phishing email

November 25, 2019

This may come as a surprise to you, but a recent study by Code42 found that over three-quarters of (78%) CSOs and 65% of CEOs admit to clicking on a…

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Cybersecurity steps to mitigate breach costs and improve security

September 30, 2019

Every year the financial impact of data breaches on organizations rises. Just this past year, IBM’s Data Breach Report revealed that the cost of a data breach has risen 12%…

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Study shows how cybersecurity increases your business value

August 26, 2019

We’ve always talked about the business value cybersecurity holds for companies, but many business executives continue to have doubts...

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Three tips for webcam security hijacking

August 19, 2019

Nobody thinks of webcams as the way in for a hacker; and yet, every aspect of business operations is a way that cyber criminals can get in.

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A three-step cybersecurity guide for the CEO

August 12, 2019

In this day and age, where everything is going digital; CEOs can no longer, and aren’t any longer, ignoring cybersecurity. Some CEOs do their best to adopt a cybersecurity posture…

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Three important cybersecurity questions to improve your risk management now

June 27, 2019

Whether you’re a CIO or CEO looking into cybersecurity steps you can take to secure your overall enterprise, there are an array of questions that can help you pinpoint where…

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The importance of business continuity and disaster recovery plans

June 18, 2019

When it comes to business continuity and disaster recovery plans, businesses always seem to have challenges with keeping them in the forefront.

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SMBs can protect against risks at little to no cost with MyCSO Cybersecurity Training

June 12, 2019

When 48% of small businesses say that a major data breach would likely shut down their business permanently, it is quite concerning; and knowing that one of the major challenges…

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Conducting a security assessment

June 5, 2019

All you need to know about security assessments...

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