cyberattack
Cyber insurance claims on the rise
External attacks on companies result in the most expensive cyber insurance losses, but it is employee mistakes and technical problems that are the most frequent generator of …
Automation to shape cybersecurity activities in 2021
Automation will play a major role in shaping cybersecurity attack and defence activities in 2021, WatchGuard predicts. Traditionally a high-investment, high-return targeted …
Worldwide cloud security market to reach $20.9 billion by 2027
The global cloud security market is projected to account for $20.9 billion by 2027, according to a report by Million Insights and is expected to grow with 14.6% CAGR from 2020 …
Is your organization prepared for PCI DSS 4.0?
Designed to ensure that all companies securely transmit, store or process payment card data correctly, compliance to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) …
How the pandemic has accelerated existing risk trends
COVID-19 has reorganized the risk landscape for chief audit executives (CAEs), as CAEs have listed IT governance as the top risk for 2021, according to Gartner. Analysts said …
Companies rely on crowdsourced security to boost security efforts
61% of organizations perform attack surface discovery to offset frequently changing assets in their attack surface and attack surface expansion, yet 40% of companies perform …
Organizations plan to use AI and ML to tackle unknown attacks faster
Wipro published a report which provides fresh insights on how AI will be leveraged as part of defender stratagems as more organizations lock horns with sophisticated …
56% of organizations faced a ransomware attack, many paid the ransom
There’s a continued proliferation of ransomware, heightened concerns around nation-state actors, and the need for acceleration of both digital and security …
Attacks on biotech and pharmaceutical industry escalate
Attacks on the biotech and pharmaceutical industry had increased by 50% between 2019 and 2020, according to a BlueVoyant report. The report highlighted that nation-states are …
Financial services lead when it comes to fixing open source flaws
The financial services industry has the best flaw fix rate across six industries and leads a majority of industries in uncovering flaws within open source components, Veracode …
A perspective on security threats and trends, from inception to impact
Sophos published a report which flags how ransomware and fast-changing attacker behaviors, from advanced to entry level, will shape the threat landscape and IT security in …
Manufacturing industry overwhelmed by innovative threat actors
TrapX Security and Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) have released findings of a research that surveyed 150 cyber and IT professionals directly involved in security strategy, …