On October 6, 2025, hackers demanded ransom from Salesforce for nearly one billion stolen customer records. The company’s response was unequivocal: no payment, no negotiation. While the refusal made headlines, the more important question is why Salesforce—and increasingly, other mature organizations—are walking away from the table when criminals offer to “suppress” stolen data. The answer […]
It’s that time of year again. Finance has sent the email with the budget template attached. Your CFO wants preliminary numbers by next week. And you’re staring at a spreadsheet wondering how to justify the security investments your organization desperately needs when last quarter’s board meeting included the phrase “do more with less.” Welcome to […]
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this year’s theme—”Building a Cyber Strong America“—has never been more relevant. For over two decades, this initiative led by CISA and the National Cybersecurity Alliance has spotlighted the importance of taking daily action to reduce online risks. In 2025, the focus shifts to the government entities and small-to-medium businesses […]
On September 19, 2025, chaos erupted at airports across Europe—but not because of weather, strikes, or mechanical failures. Collins Aerospace’s MUSE platform, the digital backbone handling passenger check-in and baggage processing from Heathrow to Dublin, went dark after a ransomware attack. Within hours, major airports including Brussels, Berlin, and Dublin were forced to revert to […]
In an era where “AI training” has become synonymous with data collection, we get this question a lot: “Does Resilience use our company data to train AI models like ChatGPT?” The short answer? No. But the full answer reveals something more interesting about how we approach cyber risk modeling and why we chose a different […]
The cybersecurity world is experiencing an unexpected paradox in 2025. While cyber insurance claims in the Resilience portfolio dropped by 53% in the first half of the year—suggesting that organizations are getting better at preventing attacks—the financial damage from successful incidents has actually increased. Our latest 2025 Midyear Cyber Risk Report reveals that when cybercriminals […]
