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Many tech senior decision-makers don’t understand encryption
Nearly a quarter of tech senior decision-makers in the UK don’t fully understand encryption, according to PKWARE. This number increases to 40% in the retail sector and …
Incident response survival guide
All organizations are impacted by a security breach at some point. As the joke goes in the security industry, businesses fall into two categories: those that have been …
Rise of the drones: Managing a new risk environment
More drones in the skies raise a number of new safety concerns, ranging from collisions and crashes to cyber-attacks and terrorism, according to the latest risk report from …
What worries US consumers and businesses the most?
The Travelers Risk Index, an annual survey from The Travelers Companies, provides insight into the most pressing concerns of American consumers and business leaders. While …
Adaptive security market to gain traction in the next five years
The adaptive security market size is estimated to grow from $3.53 billion in 2016 to $7.07 billion by 2021, at an estimated CAGR of 14.9%, according to MarketsandMarkets. Need …
Cybersecurity is not receiving enough attention from presidential candidates
Heading into the first presidential debate, 58 percent of Americans feel the presidential candidates are not paying enough attention to cybersecurity, according to LifeLock. …
Public safety threat: Cyber attacks targeting smart city services
A new survey conducted by Dimensional Research assessed cyber security challenges associated with smart city technologies. Survey respondents included over 200 IT …
Top five GDPR myths
At this moment, there are many misunderstandings surrounding the new GDPR legislation. These rules will affect any business that handles personal data, and therefore the …
Rise of malicious apps leveraging UK brands
The number of malicious apps leveraging top UK brands has grown by 130% year on year. A new study examined mobile apps owned by or leveraging the brands of 45 top UK companies …
Week in review: Yahoo breach, Tesla remote hijack, new issue of (IN)SECURE
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: Repercussions of the massive Yahoo breach Yahoo has announced on Thursday …
Bad security habits persist, despite rising awareness
While 82 percent of respondents believe the IT security industry is making progress against cyber attacks, those gains are undercut by egregious security practices in critical …
Biometric skimmers: Future threats to ATMs
Kaspersky Lab experts investigated how cybercriminals could exploit new biometric ATM authentication technologies planned by banks. While many financial organizations consider …
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