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Case Study Financial Solutions Provider | Exigence Exigence addresses multiple types of incidents: technology operations, security, and for drills and business continuity tests.

Did you know that protecting legal privilege while handling incidents is critical to minimizing legal exposure?
Check out our latest blog post to learn why and to get insights on the strategies for reducing the risk. https://bit.ly/3eJjRjN

5 key strategies for protecting legal privilege during security incidents 5 key strategies for protecting legal privilege during security incidents

Have you heard about the new law being proposed?
This Ransom Disclosure Act dictates that within 48 hours of an attack – victims will need to disclose information about the payments they made, including amount, currency, and what they know about the attackers.

Here’s one more reason why organizations need to move very fast when an attack hits, not only to resolve the incident and mitigate damage, but to also make sure that everything is clearly and accurately documented.
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Ransomware law would require victims to disclose ransom payments within 48 hours | ZDNet The Ransom Disclosure Act aims to provide better information about ransomware attacks to help counter a "skyrocketing" cyber-criminal threat.

We all know how strategic the is to minimizing of cloud-based apps. But what are the key processes for running a top-performing NOC?
Check out our latest blog post to learn all about it: https://bit.ly/2RUUdRh.

7 key processes for running a top performing NOC One way to preempt incidents and accelerate their resolution when they do occur is by having in place a network operating center (NOC)

Who’s on your team? The service desk, tech lead, continuity manager, ‘problem manager,’ major incident manager?
Check out the list and details on “Major Incident Roles and Responsibilities – Who is involved and what do they do?” and let us know what you think?

Major Incident Roles and Responsibilities – Who is involved and what do they do? Major Incidents will require the focus and efforts of many individuals within your IT Operation. Detailed here are the roles involved and an overview of their remit when a major incident occurs. Every Operation is different and this is to be used as a framework, not necessarily verbatim. The Service...

According to the Major Incident Management professional body, the objective of management is not only to restore normal service operation, as quickly as possible. It is also about doing this while maintaining stakeholder confidence.

At Exigence, we wholeheartedly agree. This is why we put so much research and effort into empowering incident responders with the tools that drive transparency, and real-time reporting and communications. What else do you think should be the objective of major incident management? https://bit.ly/3xZRQgv

The Objective of Major Incident Management The objective of Major Incident Management is to restore normal service operation, as quickly as possible via workaround or permanent fix, whilst maintaining Stakeholder confidence. In the latest version (2020) of MIM®'s, The Global Best Practice in IT Major Incident Management®, stakeholder confi...

With nearly 80% of US companies having suffered at least one cloud security breach and 50% of US having suffered > 10 cloud breaches, the question is not – “will it happen to me?” The real question is – “how well can we resolve the incident once it hits?” https://bit.ly/2Qo2FrA

Half of US CISOs Have Suffered 10+ Breaches Ermetic report claims misconfiguration is number one challenge

All of us at Exigence would like to wish all our colleagues, customers, friends, and partners a very happy Easter. May the Spring holiday bring you and your family much joy, health, and success.

No one is immune to a data breach – with 97% of networks experiencing a security compromise over any given six-month period.

What kind of insurance will help you mitigate the risk? To find out, check out our latest blog post with a complete guide to data breach insurance: https://bit.ly/3cE5Mmg.

The Complete Guide to Data Breach Insurance Whether the attack comes from an external source or is the result of employee error or a technical failure, and whether the incident comes from a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack or phishing and ransomware – when there’s a data breach there is great financial loss.

According to the : “Migrating systems to the cloud is not a lift-and-shift process – which also applies to the incident response process.
Cloud is a different realm altogether, and expectedly, cloud incident response is too.” What do you differently with cloud incidents? https://bit.ly/2Ohwd96

Cloud Incident Response | Cloud Security Alliance This working group aims to develop a holistic Cloud Incident Response framework that comprehensively covers key causes of cloud incidents (both security and non-security related), and their handling and mitigation strategies.

What’s your #1 must do for ? And what’s your #1 must NOT do? The first on the list of don’ts in this article is ‘panic.’ We’d agree – definitely don’t panic (no matter how bad it may seem). https://bit.ly/3u9WMNU

The Do’s and Don’ts of Incident Response Time is of the essence when responding to a security incident – Part 2 of our Field Guide to Incident Response series offers five don’ts and four do’s for effective incident response. The video clip below explains the do's and don'ts of incident response and is taken from our webinar, Incident...

What’s the best way to make sure your plan is on target? What do your peers do?
Check out some insights from a survey conducted by Cisco on SMBs and their response plans. https://bit.ly/3axkJ8K

SMB Myth Busting: Do smaller organizations care about incident response? In this week’s installment of our SMB cybersecurity myths series, Hazel Burton is joined by Cisco Advisory CISO Wolf Goerlich to discuss tips for effective incident response planning.