coronavirus
Companies are rethinking their approach to privacy management
TrustArc announced the results of its survey on how organizations are protecting and leveraging data, their most valuable asset. The survey polled more than 1,500 respondents …
How the pandemic affected DDoS attack patterns, global internet traffic
There has been a shift in internet traffic patterns coinciding with an increase in DDoS and other types of network attacks in recent months as organizations across industries …
The smaller the business, the smaller the focus on cybersecurity
With 89% of small businesses moving to a remote workforce, there remains a significant gap between the perceived importance of cybersecurity protections for businesses with …
How will a return to work impact cloud usage and strategy?
In the wake of COVID-19, enabling remote work has required IT teams to rapidly lean into cloud technologies to keep their businesses operating smoothly. A survey suggests that …
Most COVID-19 contact-tracing apps are not adequately secured
Security researchers have analyzed contact-tracing mobile apps from around the globe and found that their developers have generally failed to implement suitable security and …
Email security challenges and BEC trends during the pandemic
COVID-related attacks increased 436% between the second and third weeks of March 2020, with an average 173% week-over-week increase during the quarter, according to Abnormal …
5G subscriptions to top 190 million this year, 2.8 billion by the end of 2025
The global number of 5G subscriptions to top 190 million by the end of 2020 and 2.8 billion by the end of 2025, according to a report by Ericsson. The report also takes an …
The link between a robust IT infrastructure and business continuity
The pandemic has irrevocably changed the way businesses everywhere operate, crystallizing the link between a robust IT infrastructure and business continuity. According to a …
IT spending levels expected to dip in 2020, despite ease of economic lockdown
Business confidence in IT spending levels declined in the last week of May, according to IDC. IT buyers in the US, Western Europe, and some parts of Asia/Pacific indicated …
OPTIMUSCLOUD: Cost and performance efficiency for cloud-hosted databases
A Purdue University data science and machine learning innovator wants to help organizations and users get the most for their money when it comes to cloud-based databases. Her …
Global enterprise WLAN market fell 2.2% year over year in 1Q20
The combined consumer and enterprise WLAN market segments rose 2.3% year over year in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20), according to IDC. The enterprise segment fell 2.2% year …
How does COVID-19 impact cloud adoption?
99% of IT professionals worldwide indicated an impact on their business today related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a MariaDB survey reveals. The situation only slightly improves …