The Latest on Ransomware

Enterprises had to accelerate their digital initiatives in a short time, which forced organizations to control and manage disruptions to their business. As security and risk management leaders handle the recovery and renewal phases from the past two years, they must consider forward-looking strategic planning assumptions when allocating resources and selecting products and services. How do security and risk management leaders keep pace with the future of digital? In this complimentary webinar, discover the top predictions prepared by our cybersecurity experts for 2022. You’ll understand how to have a successful cybersecurity program built for the digital era, as global change could potentially be one crisis away.

Cybercriminals are always on the lookout for opportunities to profit from security weaknesses. Meanwhile, the COVID pandemic lead accelerated cloud transformation has rendered many of the assumptions of legacy security approaches obsolete. Enterprises are realizing that modern cyber-attacks won’t be stopped by a purely preventive strategy. In fact, it’s almost a given that with sufficient time, motivation, and resources an attacker will always find a point of entry.

Privacy and data security remains a central issue, capturing the attention of consumers, regulators, and boards of directors. In this complimentary webinar, Mel Gates, Senior Legal Editor of Privacy and Data Security at Thomson Reuters, will cover: Data privacy compliance issues, with a special focus on the GDPR, Brexit, and the

Cyber-security is an increasing challenge for the shipping industry and Nautilus is stepping in to help members by co-hosting a special training webinar for seafarers in September. With high profile ransomware attacks on shipping companies such as Maersk and COSCO, operators are under pressure to improve their cyber-security and to develop improved measures to protect their systems from attack. However, there is evidence that many companies are not doing enough to educate seafarers about the risks of cyber-attacks or how to avoid them. Research by Nautilus showed that 86% of crew had never received any cyber security training from their employers. The Union is teaming up with security experts Appsecco and their specialist maritime division ShipSecure, to hold a webinar to raise awareness of cyber security issues onboard.