🗝Cyber biz TODAY

🗝Cyber biz TODAY

Online Trust Alliance Reports Doubling of Cyber Incidents in 2017.

A new report by the Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance says cyber attacks on businesses rose from 82,000 in 2016 to 159,700 in 2017 driven by the increase in ransomware-related incidents.

OTA said Thursday its Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report found that ransomware attacks on companies reached 134,000 in 2017, a figure that reflects a nearly twofold rise from the previous year.

Online Trust Alliance

https://www.otalliance.org/news-events/press-releases/online-trust-alliance-reports-doubling-cyber-incidents-2017-0

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Contract View

Decisive Analytics Wins MDA Cybersecurity Advisory, Assistance Contract

Decisive Analytics has won a potential $59.5 million contract to advise and assist the Missile Defense Agency on cybersecurity compliance and risk management initiatives.

The company will provide independent verification and validation analysis and reporting services for MDA’s Ballistic Missile Defense System as well as enterprise cybersecurity controls, the Defense Department said Friday.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1425283/