cyber resilience
Seizing cyber resilience mastery in financial services
Despite the volume of cyberattacks doubling in 2017, financial services firms are closing the gap on cyberattacks, having stopped four in five of all breach attempts last …
How leadership implements cyber resiliency across their organizations
A majority of executives around the world feel they face a “specialist-generalist” dilemma as to whom leads on cyber resiliency due to its critical nature across …
Nearly half of businesses suffered an unrecoverable data event in the last three years
Over 90% of respondents do not consider their organization to be IT resilient and nearly half have suffered an unrecoverable data event in the last three years, according to …
Not enough CISOs and business leaders cooperate on a cybersecurity plan and budget
With the proliferation of more and more sensitive data, expanding connectivity, and the adoption of automated processes, new research from Accenture reveals that C-suite and …
Top six security and risk management trends
Business leaders are becoming increasingly conscious of the impact cybersecurity can have on business outcomes. Gartner said that security leaders should harness this …
Execs don’t believe their companies learn the right lessons in cybersecurity
A majority of executives around the world feel their organizations can do better when it comes to learning from their past cyber mistakes, according to the results of a newly …
UK businesses overlook external providers when developing cyber strategies
Large businesses in the UK could be falling short when it comes to assessing the cyber resilience of external providers within their supply chain network, according to new …
Quantifying cyber exposure: Attackers are racing ahead
Cybercriminals have a median seven-day window of opportunity during which they can exploit a vulnerability to attack their victims, potentially siphoning sensitive data, …
Certain types of content make for irresistible phishes
A mature anti-phishing program keeps organizations safer, claims Cofense, and offers as proof the decreasing susceptibility of their customers’ employees to mock …
Fighting ransomware with network segmentation as a path to resiliency
Recent cybersecurity events involving the use of ransomware (WannaCry and similar variants) represent the latest examples highlighting the need for organizations to not only …
Organizations are becoming more resilient to focused cyber attacks
Accenture has polled 4,600 security decision makers at US$1B+ companies in 15 countries to understand the effectiveness of security efforts and the adequacy of existing …
Top tech firms pledge not to help governments launch cyberattacks
34 global technology and security companies have pledged not to aid governments launch cyberattacks and to protect all customers regardless of nationality, geography or attack …