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Week in review: New LTE attacks, common API vulnerabilities, risk management trends
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news: Four common API vulnerabilities and how to prevent them One of the main purposes of an API is to …
New insider attack steals passwords by reading thermal energy from keyboards
After entering a password, your regular computer keyboard might appear to look the same as always, but a new approach harvesting thermal energy can illuminate the recently …
Four tips for keeping security worries away this summer
As the summer weather heats up, so does the desire to cut out of the office early and finish the workday from the park, a local pub patio or maybe the family cottage. Now is …
Dramatic increase in cryptocurrency money laundering
Three times more cryptocurrency was stolen from exchanges in the first half of 2018 than in all of 2017, according to CipherTrace. These dirty funds all need to be …
Global revenue from the IoT and analytics for utilities market is expected to grow
The utilities industry is attempting to leverage a plethora of generating assets, transmission and distribution system equipment, and smart meters connected to the grid, …
Top six security and risk management trends
Business leaders are becoming increasingly conscious of the impact cybersecurity can have on business outcomes. Gartner said that security leaders should harness this …
How connected and secure is the modern workplace?
In collaboration with Microsoft, Ingram Micro Cloud UK commissioned market research firm YouGov to survey 1,000 workers employed by small and mid-size businesses with 50 to …
Four common API vulnerabilities and how to prevent them
Proper security measures are one of the most important aspects of building an application programming interface, or API. It’s great for an API to connect systems and give …
Consumers still happy to exchange data with businesses if there’s a benefit
Data privacy is the subject of much debate and discussion in the media. There has also been much speculation about the effects of recent changes to data privacy legislation …
Are privacy and personal identity impossible to protect?
While consumers and businesses expand their use of social media and electronic services to record levels, many of America’s most knowledgeable security professionals don’t …
The benefits of mature cloud security strategies
Organizations that take a pragmatic approach to securing the use of user- and business-unit-led-cloud services realize appreciable business benefits compared with …
Cybersecurity remains non-core competency for most C-suite executives
In today’s digital economy, it is essential that companies of every size can collect, store and adequately protect customer data and proprietary secrets. Failure to do so will …