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Online banking customers remain extremely frustrated with passwords
A new survey by iovation and Aite Group, polled nearly 1,100 consumers across four generations who use online and/or mobile banking platforms to better understand their …

Software development teams embrace DevSecOps automation
Mature development organizations ensure automated security is woven into their DevOps practice, early, everywhere, and at scale, according to Sonatype. The adoption of DevOps …

Hybrid IT is becoming a standard enterprise model
Dimension Data research of 1,500 IT decision makers from multiple vertical industries across the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and South Africa, reveals that hybrid IT is becoming …

Endpoint security is only one piece of the puzzle
Like many of you, I attended RSAC in February. Wading through the crowd of more than 43,000 people, I was interested to see how many new and improved endpoint security …

Managing third-party risk: Dominant trends
One in five organizations has faced significant risk exposure due to a third party in the last 18 months. Of those who shared loss data, 25% said that the loss impact was …

Organizations still vulnerable to brute force attacks
While increases in malware are clearly a major threat to both enterprises and service providers, network complexity is creating its own vulnerability, according to Ixia. The …

Cyber insurance: What and why?
High-profile cyber-attacks are fast becoming the norm in modern society, with 2016 being arguably the worst year for major security breaches. National Crime Agency statistics …

Week in review: WhatsApp flaw, lip motion passwords, reinventing software patching
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Vulnerability in WhatsApp and Telegram allowed complete account takeover …

IoT and the resurgence of PKIs
With the digital revolution in full swing, security methods and models need to be re-evaluated to better address both the changing nature of enterprise architectures and …

Bad bots attack 96% of websites with login pages
Almost every website with a login page is under attack from bad bots, the automated programs used to carry out a variety of nefarious activities, according to Distil Networks. …

What impact will artificial intelligence have on business?
Tata Consultancy Services polled 835 executives across 13 global industry sectors in four regions of the world, finding that 84% of companies see the use of AI as …

Adoption of advanced technology continues quickly despite security gaps
93% will use sensitive data in an advanced technology (defined as cloud, SaaS, big data, IoT and container) environments this year. 63% of those also believe their …