cyber risk

Stop using your employees as scapegoats: Change their behavior
Remote workforces pose new challenges for organizations, with the largest issue centered around fortifying the security of at-home workers. We’ve recently witnessed large …

Why certificate automation is no longer just “nice to have”
We’ve all heard the shocking stories about the outages at what should have been bullet-proof organizations like Microsoft, Spotify, and a California Covid-19 testing …

Challenges and benefits of using threat data feeds
Threat data feeds can help organizations strengthen their cybersecurity posture, according to a report from the Ponemon Institute. As cyberthreats proliferate, many …

Using memory encryption in web applications to help reduce the risk of Spectre attacks
There’s nothing quite like an actual proof-of-concept to make everyone listen. I was pleased by the PoC released by Google security engineers Stephen Röttger and Artur Janc …

Distributed and remote work creating a perfect storm for network security teams
Distinct priorities have emerged when it comes to responding to the needs of IT security’s rapid transformation, a FireMon research has found. The survey of 500 cybersecurity …

What businesses need to know to evaluate partner cyber resilience
Many recent high-profile breaches have underscored two important cybersecurity lessons: the need for increased scrutiny in evaluating access and controls of partners handling …

Total combined fraud losses climbed to $56 billion in 2020
While total combined fraud losses climbed to $56 billion in 2020, identity fraud scams accounted for $43 billion of that cost. Traditional identity fraud losses totaled $13 …

Remote workers admit to playing a significant part in increasing their company’s cybersecurity risks
The COVID-19 generation of remote workers are admitting to playing a significant part in increasing the cybersecurity risks facing their companies. An Opinium research shows …

IT leaders adapting to new challenges by prioritizing collaboration, cloud and security
CIOs and IT decision makers (ITDMs) are looking to maximize investments and drive innovation after a difficult year which raised the profile of IT leaders in driving critical …

Cybersecurity awareness is too often a part-time effort
SANS announced the release of a report which analyzes the data of over 1,500 security awareness professionals from around the world to benchmark how organizations are managing …

Rapid increase in security tools causing alert fatigue and burn out
On average, enterprises maintain 19 different security tools, with only 22% of such tools serving as vital to primary security objectives, a ReliaQuest survey reveals. The …

Compliance department spending plateaued in 2020
A study of 117 organizations in the second half of 2020 showed that compliance department spending was projected to plateau in 2020 after several years of rapid growth, …
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