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For a company to successfully achieve cyber-resiliency, it needs the full muscle of its leadership teams, across C-suites, boards, and investors. Discussing the emerging and existing threats on the cyber-threat landscape is @mk_palmore. #CyberSecureMIT #TechReviewEvents

There are four types of adversaries out there:

-The financially-motivated adversary (they’re responsible for the vast majority of adversarial activity)
-The advanced, persistent threat (ie. nation states)
-The insider threat
-The hacktivist

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.@mk_palmore is surprised by the prevalence of ransomware because many of these adversaries rely on known vulnerabilities. #CyberSecureMIT

He's also on this data breach investigations report from @VerizonBusiness #CyberSecureMIT enterprise.verizon.com/resources/repo…

And this cloud threat report from his company, @PaloAltoNetEMEA. #CyberSecureMIT start.paloaltonetworks.com/unit-42-cloud-…

You have to think like the cyber-adversary to better protect yourself from cyber threats. #CyberSecureMIT

You should assume you will be attacked, and it may be successful. How you respond and recover is that resilience factor. #CyberSecureMIT

You can lower the impact of cyber-attacks with these best practices. #CyberSecureMIT #TechReviewEvents

Here's what consumers can do. #CyberSecureMIT #TechReviewEvents

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