With COVID-19 keeping some families and friends apart, and supply chain issues limiting what’s available on store shelves, this might not feel like the normal holiday season to many Americans. But there is one thing that makes this holiday season…
Five ways to spot a phishing attack
Phishing has existed for almost two decades – and for very good reason. Everyone can be targeted by it. It’s still just as effective as ever. And there’s really no way for surefire way for security professionals to keep every…
GovCyberHub Podcast – Can government agencies get cyber insurance?
Large-scale cyberattacks are no longer rare in the news cycle. Your standard frontpage news is highlighting a new cyberattack seemingly every day due to the frequency and severity of the breaches of 2021. That’s because cyber threats are getting more…
NETSCOUT CIO shares 4 ways the digital transformation makes organizations run more effectively and securely
The digital transformation of the IT space has been one of the few bright spots over the last year and a half. Embracing the cloud and utilizing it to facilitate work has empowered organizations like never before. It was, however,…
GovCyberHub Podcast – What exactly IS cybersecurity insurance?
In our last GovCyberHub Podcast, we sat down with two experts from CrowdStrike – Deborah Blyth and Adam Cottini – to discuss the cyberthreat landscape facing state and local government agencies, and how the increased threat is making cybersecurity insurance…
How to spare your agency’s VPN from a DDoS attack
With National Cybersecurity Month continuing in earnest, there continue to be many excellent conversations on how to best create and maintain a robust cybersecurity policy. A key concern that has taken on new importance during the COVID-19 pandemic is the…
GovCyberHub Podcast – Does the government need cyber insurance?
According to IBM’s annual “Cost of a Data Breach Report,” the average cost of a cyberattack in 2021, “…rose from $3.86 million to $4.24 million, the highest average total cost in the history of [the] report.” And that exponential increase…
Threat Intelligence Report Shows the Bad Side of Innovation
Earlier today, NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) released their Threat Intelligence Report featuring findings from 1H 2021. The report analyzes the data generated by NETSCOUT ASERT in their work defending the networks of government agencies and large…
Triple Extortion Ransomware: How Agencies Can Protect Themselves
In our previous article on the GovCyberHub, we sat down with Richard Hummel, NETSCOUT’s ASERT Threat Research Lead, to discuss the evolution of cyberattacks from traditional single vectors to the increasingly pervasive triple extortion ransomware. Combining the elements of ransomware,…
An Introduction to Triple Extortion Ransomware with NETSCOUT’s Richard Hummel
Richard Hummel, NETSCOUT’s ASERT Threat Research Lead, understands what is at stake when an organization is the victim of a ransomware attack. “I’ve got a long history of helping customers deal with ransomware, and now DDoS as well.” Hummel, who…
