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Combating fraud and money laundering with graph analytics
Dirty money and money laundering have been around since the existence of currency itself. On a global level, as much as $2 trillion is washed annually, estimates the United …

Exposing the threat of shadow devices
Infoblox announced new research that exposes the significant threat posed by shadow devices on enterprise networks. Researchers found that enterprise networks across the US, …

GDPR compliance: Identifying an organization’s unique profile
After a two-year transition period, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable beginning 25 May 2018. Presumably, many large companies have been working …

Personal encryption usage is increasing
According to a Venafi survey of 512 security professionals attending RSA Conference 2018, sixty-four percent of respondents say their personal encryption usage has increased …

Week in review: ATM attacks, security automation, hacking for fun and profit
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: iOS users are 18x more likely to be phished than to download malware Phishing is the …

Social media: The zero-trust game
Our value today is measured in numbers. Followers, connections, likes, tweets, and impressions now count toward not only the value of our opinions but also quantify our sphere …

ATM attacks: How hackers are going for gold
Imagine winning the lottery and having an ATM spit huge amounts of cash at you. That’s exactly what some cyber criminals are after. They’re targeting ATMs and launching …

Organisations across the UK are still struggling with ransomware
A year after the WannaCry ransomware attack impacted an estimated 200,000 victims, new research has revealed that organisations across the UK are still struggling to deal with …

Do young people hold the key to closing the cybersecurity talent gap?
The cybersecurity talent shortage is a frequently talked about. Even with the attention, the future still holds more job openings than qualified employees available to fill …

Too many IT pros ignore critical security issues
A recent Outpost24 survey of 155 IT professionals, which revealed that 42 percent ignore critical security issues when they don’t know how to fix them (16 percent) or don’t …

Most financial firms still unprepared for GDPR
With only a few weeks until implementation, more than 50% of investment firms globally are unlikely to be ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May …

Half of all companies do not have adequate application security visibility
The Ponemon Institute surveyed nearly 1,400 IT and IT security practitioners in the United States, European Union and Asia-Pacific to understand the risk unprotected …
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