As reported by BBC, University of York leaders have launched an investigation after personal details of its staff and students were accessed during the cyber attack. The cybersecurity experts responded below on this breach.
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@Niamh Muldoon, Senior Director of Trust and Security EMEA, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"it is easy to compromise corporate applications, particularly SaaS Apps including HR Systems, File Storage Services and CRM. ..."
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@Niamh Muldoon, Senior Director of Trust and Security EMEA, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"it is easy to compromise corporate applications, particularly SaaS Apps including HR Systems, File Storage Services and CRM. ..."
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@Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"It gives criminals a large window of opportunity to monetise the stolen information...."
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@Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"It gives criminals a large window of opportunity to monetise the stolen information...."
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@Kiri Addison, Head of Data Science for Threat Intelligence and Overwatch , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Non-networked backups and a fallback email and archiving process need to become standard security measures...."
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@Kiri Addison, Head of Data Science for Threat Intelligence and Overwatch , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Non-networked backups and a fallback email and archiving process need to become standard security measures...."
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@Kelvin Murray, Senior Threat Research Analyst, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Security awareness training should be implemented for staff and students from day one, ensuring that they are vigilant in scrutinising...."
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@Kelvin Murray, Senior Threat Research Analyst, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Security awareness training should be implemented for staff and students from day one, ensuring that they are vigilant in scrutinising...."
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@Jake Moore, Cybersecurity Specialist, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Victims must be made aware at the earliest opportunity and organisations need to urgently understand the huge risk those affected are at...."
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@Jake Moore, Cybersecurity Specialist, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Victims must be made aware at the earliest opportunity and organisations need to urgently understand the huge risk those affected are at...."
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@Jeremy Hendy, CEO, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"No matter how good your own network security, someone else may lose your data and bad actors are ready to exploit this...."
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@Jeremy Hendy, CEO, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"No matter how good your own network security, someone else may lose your data and bad actors are ready to exploit this...."
#infosec #cybersecurity #isdots
https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/experts-reaction-on-university-of-york-hit-by-serious-data-breach