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TECHx
15-07-2025
- Business
- TECHx
Resilience, AWS and CrowdStrike Partner on Cyber Risk
Home » Emerging technologies » Cyber Security » Resilience, AWS and CrowdStrike Partner on Cyber Risk Resilience, a cyber risk solutions company, announced a new collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and CrowdStrike. The partnership aims to help enterprises proactively manage cyber risk and minimize material losses from cyber incidents. Through this initiative, customers can use the Resilience Threatonomics Platform. It transforms security insights into financial risk mitigation strategies. The platform also supports improved cyber insurance coverage terms. Resilience revealed that its platform integrates data from a company's security posture, including telemetry from the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform and AWS. It offers tools for risk quantification, roadmap prioritization, and executive reporting. These help organizations evaluate the financial impact of their cybersecurity decisions. According to Resilience, the platform uses models based on real cyber loss data. This enables identification of the most financially significant risks and supports proactive threat management. Tim Riley, SVP of Business Development at Resilience, stated that the collaboration empowers customers to translate technical data into business terms. This allows smarter decision-making and better policy terms based on real-world control performance. Key benefits of the collaboration include: Risk mitigation: The platform validates the deployment of AWS and CrowdStrike services and recommends mitigation strategies. It identifies misconfigurations and tests against common threats like ransomware. The platform validates the deployment of AWS and CrowdStrike services and recommends mitigation strategies. It identifies misconfigurations and tests against common threats like ransomware. Risk quantification: Enterprises gain access to reporting tools that combine technical data and business context. Enterprises gain access to reporting tools that combine technical data and business context. Risk transfer: Qualified customers can secure improved cyber insurance coverage through Resilience's affiliated insurance companies. Resilience also offers technology errors and omissions (Tech E&O) solutions, supported by A-rated capacity partners in the US, UK, and EU. This collaboration builds on existing ties among the companies. The Falcon platform is widely adopted across Resilience's customer base. Resilience noted that it is associated with the lowest claims rate involving incurred losses. Tom Etheridge, Chief Global Services Officer at CrowdStrike, emphasized that the collaboration allows security leaders to demonstrate how their investments reduce risk and deliver business impact. Resilience achieved the AWS Cyber Insurance Competency in 2023. This designation recognizes partners that help AWS customers enhance security and access affordable cyber insurance. CrowdStrike holds the AWS Security Incident Response Ready specialization. It helps organizations globally reduce cyber risk using its advanced cybersecurity services. Ryan Orsi, Global Head of Cloud Foundation Partners at AWS, stated that the combined offering addresses a critical need. It allows customers to prioritize investments, validate configurations, and streamline cyber insurance processes.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Michigan DNR asks for public's help for wolf survey in Northern Lower Peninsula
NORTHERN MICHIGAN — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking the community for help in conducting a wolf survey for the Northern Lower Peninsula. From Feb. 17 to March 10, the DNR will be accepting information on any sightings. People can submit additional photos or evidence to the DNR's Eyes in the Field webpage. Tim Riley, wildlife technician for the DNR Grayling office, said the DNR is asking for the public's help in surveying to get as many eyes as possible out in the field. "This is a way that kind of lets us cast a little bit broader of a net over the area than we'd be able to do on our own internally," he said. The last formal survey conducted in the Northern Lower Peninsula was in 2019. The idea to hold the survey was not triggered by any specific sightings or uptick in reports, Riley said. He said they decided to hold the survey because wolves used to live on this land naturally, so it's a good idea to keep an eye on the habitat and any potential sightings. "They were here naturally on the landscape at one time," Riley said. "If they're here, it's not necessarily a good or bad thing." He added that many people have trail cameras these days, and checking those for sightings would be a good way to get some evidence of a wolf in the region. Other things like fur, tracks or fecal matter can also be used to get a DNA confirmation of a wolf sighting. During the last survey in 2019, there were 97 reports of possible activity in the area. Most of the reports were determined to be dogs or coyotes, or could not be verified. However, credible reports were confirmed in Kalkaska and Montmorency counties. Subscribe: Get unlimited access to our local coverage While wolves can have a normal habitat in the state, they were mostly gone by the early 20th century due to bounties, habitat loss and prejudice, according to a release from the DNR. Wolves started to gradually return to the state and region in the 1990s thanks to the Endangered Species Act and a better understanding of their roles in a healthy ecosystem. According to the DNR, the first observation of a gray wolf in the Northern Lower Peninsula was in 2004, when one was accidentally killed in Presque Isle County. In 2014, a gray wolf was confirmed to be found on the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians Reservation via DNA analysis, along with photos and tracks. Last year, a wolf was killed in Calhoun County in southern Michigan by a hunter who thought it was a coyote. More: Revisit our biggest story of the year: Calhoun County hunter harvests grey wolf by mistake More: Gray wolf confirmed on Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Reservation According to a winter 2023-24 survey, there are an estimated 768 wolves in the Upper Peninsula. The DNR is conducting the survey with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. — Contact reporter Karly Graham at kgraham@ Follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @KarlyGrahamJrn. This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Michigan DNR asks for public's help for 2025 wolf survey in Northern Lower Peninsula
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Louisiana industrial support business to add 175 jobs with Ascension expansion
A rendering of the $69 million facility John H. Carter Co./ControlWorx plans in Ascension Parish. (Duplantis Design Group) An industrial support company announced Tuesday that it plans to build a $69 million facility in Ascension Parish that will house products for Louisiana's petrochemical, renewable energy and paper production industries. John H. Carter Co./ControlWorx, headquartered in Baton Rouge, shared details of its expansion plans in a joint press release with the Louisiana Economic Development agency and Gonzales Mayor Tim Riley. The state will provide the company with tax incentives through the Industrial Tax Exemption Program and the Quality Jobs Tax Credit and has offered the company a $590,000 project infrastructure grant. Construction of the facility at 3088 S. Burnside Ave. in Gonzales is expected to begin in March. The company is expected to create 175 direct new jobs over the next 10 years with a projected payroll of $12.5 million. John H. Carter Co., which began operations in 1933, provides a wide range of process automation products, services and support for industrial, commercial and municipal customers. 'We are proud to celebrate John H. Carter Co.'s expansion into Gonzales, bringing new jobs to our community,' Riley said. 'This significant investment demonstrates their confidence in our talented workforce and underscores the opportunities our city offers for businesses to grow and thrive.'
