BBR Services is on the front-lines of breach management and has attained a wealth of cyber expertise and knowledge of emerging trends. From this vantage point we have compiled the 2017 Beazley Breach Briefing, which is based on our 2016 data and provides our unique insight into key trends in data breach causes including factors that impact costs of data breaches.

The issues presented in this 2018 report are Targeted Intrusions, Criminal and Hacktivist Activity, and 2018 Predictions

The purpose of this report is to provide insight on significant industry trends, tools, and techniques being used by threat actors to carry out phishing attacks. It also sheds light on why shifts are occurring and what to expect in the coming year.

This guide seeks to aid organizations in creating an effective program for helping raise awareness in employees.

While the use of the dark web as facilitators for illicit drug trade has increasingly been the subject of research by a number of academics, little has been done to conduct a systematic investigation of the role of the dark web in relation to the illegal arms trade, drawing on the insights offered by primary data. To address this gap, and with a view to support- ing policy and decision makers, RAND Europe and the University of Manchester designed this research project.

This report is based on the survey results conducted by TeleSign. It seeks to understand how businesses are using cloud communications to fuel growth.

This blog post discusses APT32 and it’s targetting of global corporations for destruction.

The second edition of this report, looking at noteable threats during the first three months of the year.

This annual report details the cybersecurity trends and threats of 2017.

This is an eBook that discusses securing ata on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

This report from the U.S. Department of Health And Human Services, offers insight into how the FDA has taken steps to address emerging cybersecurity concerns in networked medical devices by issuing guidance, reviewing cybersecurity information in submissions, and—when needed—obtaining additional information from manufacturers. It also discusses how the FDA could take additional steps to more fully integrate cybersecurity into its premarket review process.

“Across all technologies and capabilities examined in the survey, about 80 percent or more of insurance executives are “confident” or “extremely confident” about their effectiveness. That might seem reasonable given the progress, but a case can be made that leadership is overconfident. Attackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and attacks can shut down the business or expose customer data. If about one in five attempted breaches is successful, that’s still a lot of breaches. And, given the findings that 45 percent of breaches are not detected for more than a week (9 percent require more than a month), that’s a lot of risk exposure.”

This paper takes a look at how cognitive technologies will impact security in the IoT systems. It addresses a variety of issues related to CIoT and the future that lies ahead.

Using a unique approach, this paper offers insight into how using a technique of Marine strategy can protect your company from Phishing attacks.

In this report, they highlight the notable investigative research and threat trend statistics gathered by the McAfee Advanced Threat Research and McAfee Labs teams in Q1 of 2018.

This report offers Security Predictions for 2018

Phishing attacks have become the primary hacking method used against organizations. In the past, there was a tendency to blame the user, but attacks have evolved to appear so genuine that even the most security-savvy recipient can be fooled. Phishing attacks have recently experienced newfound success with the proliferation of SaaS in the workplace. This paper discusses what a company can do to deal with this new reality.

This paper will help organizations prepare for a cyber-breach and provides an outline plan to help cope with the situation. A plan will prevent panic – the last thing needed while undergoing a security incident.

As stated in the report, “The purpose of this study is to shed light on the problem of medical data loss—how it is disclosed, who is causing it and what can be done to combat it.”

This Quarterly report offers key takeaways from the second Quarter of 2016. Those takeaways come from Email, Exploit Kits, Web-Based Attacks, and Social Media and Domain Research.

From the report, “Massive data breaches and the constant collection of personal information routinely spur debate on whether privacy, rooted in ancient times, is dead in teh digiatl age. Are we in a post-privacy world? In many ways, it is the wrong question. Privacy, security and trust-all increasingly at risk-are also more vital and intertwined in our data-driven society.