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The most effective security strategies to guard sensitive information

Today’s enterprise IT infrastructures are not largely hosted in the public cloud, nor are they SaaS-based, with security being the single largest barrier when it comes to …

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Enterprises turn to MSPs to mitigate huge skills gap concerns

A huge skills gap coupled with security worries is driving IT decision makers to engage Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to handle their IT needs, according to NTT Com. Of the …

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Organizations waste money storing useless IT hardware

A survey of 600 data center experts from APAC, Europe and North America reveals that two in five organizations that store their data in-house spend more than $100,000 storing …

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Branching out more efficiently and securely with SD-WAN

As enterprises expand, through organic growth or acquisition, they need to support the IT needs of more distributed locations. These often include teams in shared office …

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Reimagining risk management to mitigate looming economic dangers

In a volatile market environment and with the edict to “do more with less,” many financial institutions are beginning efforts to reengineer their risk management …

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Microsoft remains the most impersonated brand, Netflix phishing spikes

Although Microsoft remains the top target for phishers, Netflix saw an incredible surge in Dec., making it the second most impersonated brand in Q4 2018, according to Vade …

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Cyberattacks fueled by geopolitical tension are increasing

Billions of personal records were stolen in 2018, unearthed in breaches that successfully targeted household names in government, technology, healthcare, travel and …

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Debunking conventional wisdom to get out of the security and privacy rut

Given the unprecedented rate of technological change, the dizzying news cycle, and an always-on social media mentality, it may be surprising to learn that when it comes to …

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Should enterprises delay efforts to remediate most vulnerabilities?

Companies today appear to have the resources needed to address all of their high-risk vulnerabilities. The research demonstrates that companies are getting smarter in how they …

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Most out of date applications exposed: Shockwave, VLC and Skype top the list

More than half (55%) of PC applications installed worldwide are out-of-date, making PC users and their personal data vulnerable to security risks. Avast’s PC Trends Report …

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Business resilience should be a core company strategy, so why are businesses struggling to take action?

A recent survey showed that only 51% of U.S. business decision makers say their organization is definitely as resilient as it needs to be against disruptions such as cyber …

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Agents of disruption: Four testing topics argue the case for agentless security

Let me introduce myself. I’m a set of flaws in your otherwise perfect, agent-based security world. Like all disruptive agents, I derail your best-laid plans with expensive …

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