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Jonathan Reiber
Cyberattack prevention is cost-effective, so why aren’t businesses investing to protect?

Cyberattacks like ransomware, BEC scams and data breaches are some of the key issues businesses are facing today, but despite the number of high-profile incidents, many …

network
Now is the time to focus on software supply chain security improvements

The shift to cloud-native development, along with the increased speed in development brought about by the adoption of DevOps processes, has made the challenges connected with …

Phishing
The most impersonated brand in phishing attacks? Microsoft

Vade announced its H1 2022 Phishers’ Favorites report, a ranking of the top 25 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks. Microsoft came in at #1 on the list, followed by …

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Why there is no quick fix for cyber attacks

Cybersecurity threats keep evolving, meaning that most, if not all, organizations could be dangerously exposed as the digital ecosystem develops. While some organizations …

Kubernetes
Kubernetes security: Shift-left strategies and simplifying management

Kubernetes (K8s) is undoubtedly on the rise. According to the State of Cloud Development report by SlashData, this open-source container orchestration platform is already …

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Cybersecurity is becoming a top priority among critical infrastructure operators

Increased cyber threats and government directives have made cybersecurity a top priority among critical infrastructure organizations. This Help Net Security video highlights …

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The future of attack surface management (ASM)

The legacy approach to attack surface management falls short of what modern organizations require: contextual awareness. Security teams increasingly suffer from threat …

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Only 25% of organizations consider their biggest threat to be from inside the business

A worrying 73.48% of organizations feel they have wasted the majority of their cybersecurity budget on failing to remediate threats, despite having an over-abundance of …

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84% of organizations experienced an identity-related breach in the past 18 months

60% of IT security decision makers believe their overall security strategy does not keep pace with the threat landscape, and that they are either lagging behind (20%), …

1 in 3 employees don’t understand why cybersecurity is important

According to a new Tessian report, 30% employees do not think they personally play a role in maintaining their company’s cybersecurity posture. What’s more, only 39% of …

lights
Organizations need to change their strategy to reduce cyber risk

Traditional security approaches that rely on reactive, detect-and-respond measures and tedious manual processes can’t keep pace with the volume, variety, and velocity of …

data breach cost
The global average cost of a data breach reaches an all-time high of $4.35 million

IBM Security released the 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing costlier and higher-impact data breaches than ever before, with the global average cost of a data breach …

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