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Week in review: The future of smartphone security, automated cyber threat anticipation
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Authentication today: Moving beyond passwords A new global study from IBM Security …
Groundhog Day: Third-party cyber risk edition
Over the past four years, I’ve had countless conversations with hundreds of companies around third-party cyber risk issues. It’s been my personal Groundhog Day, so …
Bomgar acquires Lieberman Software
Bomgar has acquired Lieberman Software, a provider of privileged identity and credential management software. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Remote access is the …
The future of smartphone security: Hardware isolation
Mobile spyware has become increasingly more ubiquitous in corporate networks and devices. In a 2017 study, Check Point has found that out of the 850 organizations that they …
BEC scams surge, cybercriminals target nearly all organizations
96 percent of organizations have received business email compromise (BEC) emails during the second half of 2017, according to Agari. “BEC is a particularly effective attack …
Innovative organizations build security into their cloud strategy
Businesses are increasingly evolving their security strategy to advance their cloud strategy. Based on research and interviews with industry practitioners, Hurwitz & …
How do your IT complexity challenges compare to those of other CIOs?
A global survey of 800 CIOs conducted by Vanson Bourne reveals that 76% of organizations think IT complexity could soon make it impossible to manage digital performance …
The Ransomware Survival Handbook
When a ransomware infection spreads through your network, its goal is to encrypt any files it can access (even backups) as quickly as possible. That can happen in a matter of …
Multiple zero-day vulnerabilities found in ManageEngine products
Digital Defense uncovered multiple, previously undisclosed vulnerabilities within several Zoho ManageEngine products. ManageEngine offers more than 90 tools to help manage IT …
Building a coping mechanism for data breaches
Data breaches may be daily news, but they will always be a significant worry for business stakeholders. It is the IT team, however, that have to deal with the technical side …
Most top US and EU e-retailers are putting their consumers at risk
A new study by 250ok has revealed that 87.6 percent of the root domains operated by top e-retailers in the United States and European Union are putting their brands and …
Widespread API use heightens cybersecurity risks
A new Imperva survey showed a heightened concern for cybersecurity risk related to API use. Specifically, 63 percent of respondents are most worried about DDoS threats, bot …
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