08.2021 . Spotlight
Inside a Sophisticated Cyberattack – Praying Mantis
Cyber technology and services company Sygnia has helped many clients respond to and recover from serious cyberattacks.
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Dr. Manuel Hepfer
08.2021 . Spotlight
3 Strategies to Secure Your Digital Supply Chain
Published in Harvard Business Review, this article explores three strategies to secure digital supply chains. Digital supply chains consist of software products that rely on software code from open-source libraries or other software vendors.
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Dr. Manuel Hepfer
07.2021 . Spotlight
Addressing Third Party Cyber Risk: Moving Beyond a False Sense of Security
Businesses don’t operate in isolation. In fact, most businesses are concerned about third-party cybersecurity risks: cyber risks emerging from suppliers connected to a company’s systems. That is both unsurprising and reassuring.
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Dr. Manuel Hepfer
07.2021 . Spotlight
Mis-spending on InfoSec Measures: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Evidence suggests that companies tend to overinvest in preventive measures while neglecting to invest in preparing to respond. But the reasons for this were speculative – until now.
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Dr. Manuel Hepfer
07.2021 . Spotlight
Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming
No one comes to work expecting a cyberattack, which makes them feel random or unpredictable. But in reality, cyberattacks are predictable surprises – disasters you should see coming. What can be done to anticipate such predictable surprises?
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Dr. Manuel Hepfer
06.2021 . Spotlight
The management view - 7 strategies to build a more resilient team
This article illustrates how that is achieved, based on research and experience of the authors coaching leadership teams.
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Dr. Manuel Hepfer
06.2021 . Spotlight
Ransomware: Should paying hacker ransoms be illegal?
It seems as if we are living in a ransomware ‘epidemic’. Ransomware is a specific type of malware that encrypts data and systems and asks for a payment (the ransom) for the release of decryption keys.
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Dr. Manuel Hepfer