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Bitsight and Google collaborate to reveal global cybersecurity performance
Bitsight and Google collaborate to reveal global cybersecurity performance
This joint study between Bitsight and Google arms organizations with actionable insights, providing the current status of global cybersecurity performance by analyzing nearly 100,000 global organizations across 16 cybersecurity controls and nine industries amid heightened stakeholder demands on cybersecurity strategy.
As if the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t bad enough, the unpredictable events of 2020 created the perfect storm for a huge escalation in ransomware attacks.
Over the weekend of September 26th, major healthcare provider Universal Health Services experienced a ransomware attack resulting in widespread computer systems failures. Without access to their digital databases, doctors and nurses were forced to resort to pen and paper notes, postpone medical treatment, and work through gaps in medical history for patients needing care; all during an already high-pressure time for health care workers fighting the global COVID-19 pandemic.
As retailers and consumers across the country begin gearing up for the 2019 holiday shopping season, hackers are also preparing for the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. And all signs point to ransomware as their preferred method of attack.