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BYOD is a common trend in organizations today. Businesses may be thrilled they don’t have to pay for tablets or smartphones for their workforce and don’t usually …

More than 1,500 data breaches led to one billion data records compromised worldwide during 2014, according to Gemalto’s Breach Level Index (BLI). These numbers represent …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: Which kind of security professional are you? Since I became a part of the …

Security threats to mobile and residential devices and attacks on communications networks rose in 2014, threatening personal and corporate privacy and information. …

In an analysis of tens of thousands of malicious files, Damballa discovered that it can take more than six months for traditional AV tools to create signatures for 100% of the …

28.8 percent of phishing attacks last year aimed to steal financial data from consumers, according to a new report by Kaspersky Lab. The results show how cybercriminals have …

CIOs are taking a multipronged approach to protecting sensitive company information, and the majority are currently taking or planning to take steps in the next 12 months to …

Skyhigh Networks analyzed actual cloud usage data from over 15 million enterprise employees across 350 enterprises. Although they found a record high percentage of cloud …

Server systems are the pillars of an organization’s working environment, and they should be up and running at all times, without any interruptions. If a server crashes …

Owners of Internet-connected home security systems may not be the only ones monitoring their homes. A new HP study found that 100 percent of the studied devices used in home …

IBM Security found that over 60% of leading Android dating mobile apps they studied are potentially vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks that put personal user information …

It is bordering on cliché to acknowledge that the Internet is a double-edged sword. As time goes by, the statement takes on even greater significance, in light of its …