The majority of breached businesses suffer subsequent cyberattacks, making SOCaaS, continuous cybersecurity monitoring, security awareness training, and proactivity top priorities.

In light of an uptick in cyberattacks, we sat down with Cybersafe Security Sales Engineer James Ewing to discuss the prevalence of cybercrimes in periods of crisis and the importance of measures like multi-factor authentication and continuous monitoring. Disclaimer: Questions and answers have been edited for clarity.

Following a cyberattack on rideshare service Uber, Cybersafe Solutions Chief Information Security Officer Thomas Pioreck discusses lessons learned and expert tips on multi-factor authentication, password protection, and empowering employee incident response.

Multifactor authentication (MFA) involves a two-factor verification of your personal information, making it more challenging for hackers to infiltrate your account and steal sensitive data.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) services continuously monitor desktops, laptops, and mobile devices for suspicious activity, preventing, detecting, and responding to threats before they manifest as attacks.

Extended detection and response (XDR) services provide multifaceted monitoring of networks, endpoints, and cloud environments 24/7/365 to seamlessly detect, contain, and mitigate cyber threats.

During the cyber underwriting process, insurers determine appropriate policy coverage by utilizing tools such as non-invasive scanning, continuous monitoring assessments, breach history reporting, compliance verification, benchmarking, and cyber risk quantification.

Cyber insurance is a supplemental security measure, helping reduce the damaging effects of a breach and covering claims such as data damage, extortion, and liability.