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Half of IT pros make undocumented changes to IT systems
57% of IT professionals have made undocumented changes to their IT systems that no one else knows about; while as many as 40% of organizations don’t have formal IT …
Businesses take little action to mitigate the insider threat
While businesses are growing increasingly aware of the insider threat, they still lack enforceable controls to stop and punish perpetrators. A LogRhythm survey of 1,000 IT …
Growing concerns over data privacy
Almost nine in ten (88%) US consumers are at least “a little” concerned about the privacy of their personal data, according to GfK. One in three consumers also …
52% of enterprises defenseless against cyber attacks
55 % of IT and security professionals have either zero or low visibility of employee behavior, application access and software downloads as they struggle to secure the …
Security still the biggest concern for cloud adoption
IT companies say tighter security tops the list of their clients’ concerns, rating even more important than mobile-device management, support for the cloud and data …
Week in review: OpenSSL Heartbleed bug, Windows XP reaches end of line
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews, reviews and articles: Does IP convergence open you up to hackers? Recent reports …
Vendors address the Heartbleed bug
Which products and services are affected by the Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL? Vendors have started issuing security advisories telling users which of their products are safe and …
Advanced attackers go undetected for 229 days
A new FireEye report details the tactics used by threat actors to compromise organizations and steal data. It also highlights emerging global threat actors, their suspected …
Most cloud services are putting businesses at risk
A new Skyhigh Networks report analyzes usage data from more than one million users across more than 40 companies spanning the financial services, healthcare, high technology, …
The state of remote access security
At the end of 2013, HOB conducted a survey of more than 200 CIOs and CTOs in the U.S. The survey quantified the trends and challenges IT decision makers experience when …
The digital universe will reach 44 trillion gigabytes by 2020
A new EMC study reveals how the emergence of wireless technologies, smart products and software-defined businesses are playing a central role in catapulting the volume of the …
Universities now have access to cybersecurity education
(ISC)2 is making its educational resources, which are updated regularly by its members and industry luminaries, available to academia to help meet the global demand for more …
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