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Only 15% of organizations can recover from a severe data loss within an hour
There’s a global concern about the business impact and risk from rampant and unrestricted data growth, StorageCraft research reveals. It also shows that the IT …

Mini eBook: CCSP Practice Tests
The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) shows you have the advanced technical skills and knowledge to design, manage and secure data, applications and infrastructure …

Threat visibility is imperative, but it’s even more essential to act
Cyberthreats are escalating faster than many organizations can identify, block and mitigate them. Visibility into the expanding threat landscape is imperative, but according …

Four in five businesses need ways to better secure data without slowing innovation
While data loss protection is critical to Zero Trust (ZT), fewer than one in five organizations report their data loss prevention solutions provide transformational benefits …

Exploitation of IoT devices and Windows SMB attacks continue to escalate
Cybercriminals upped the intensity of IoT and SMB-related attacks in the first half of 2019, according to a new F-Secure report. The report underscores the threats IoT devices …

Only one quarter of retail banks have adopted an integrated approach to financial crime systems
Most banks plan to integrate their fraud and financial crime compliance systems and activities in response to new criminal threats and punishing fines, with the U.K. leading …

Cyber Battle of the Emirates: Training the next generation of cyber security pros
Held annually in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Hack In The Box conferences bring together the world’s top cyber security experts to share and discuss their latest …

Week in review: Simjacker attacks, critical Exim flaw, Sandboxie becomes freeware
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: More than a year after GDPR implementation, half of UK businesses are not …

The rise of modern applications, DevSecOps and the intelligence economy
There has been a significant year-over-year growth in enterprise usage trends around multi-cloud adoption, open source technologies such as Kubernetes, and AWS cloud-native …

Security leaders lack confidence in the supply chain, fear third-party attacks
An overwhelming number of cybersecurity professionals (89%) have expressed concerns about the third-party managed service providers (MSPs) they partner with being hacked, …

Interacting with governments in the digital age: What do citizens think?
Most U.S. citizens acknowledge and accept that state and local government agencies share their personal data, even when it comes to personal information such as criminal …

Cyber risk assessment of U.S. election commissions finds critical areas for improvement
Many election commissions are focused on quickly adapting and updating their cybersecurity; however, commissions still need to dedicate resources to updating outdated …
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