cybersecurity
The rise of ransom hacks, and the potential impact on your business
The percentage of companies reporting financially motivated cyber attacks has doubled over the past two years, with 50% of companies experiencing a cyber attack motivated by …
As the cloud’s popularity grows, so does the risk to sensitive data
While the vast majority of global companies (95%) have adopted cloud services, there is a wide gap in the level of security precautions applied by companies in different …
The role of trust in security: Building relationships with management and employees
Massive data breaches have become the new reality, and they confirm that one of the biggest challenges companies face when it comes to security: a company’s biggest …
CISOs are feeling less confident than ever about cyber risk and data security
Chief Information Security Officers are feeling less confident than ever about cyber-risk and data security this year, according to a survey conducted by Ponemon Institute in …
One in five healthcare pros have experienced patient data breaches
According to a recent University of Phoenix College of Health Professions online survey of 504 registered nurses and administrative staff, only a quarter of registered nurses …
Security, management and compliance challenges are impacting cloud benefits
Management and compliance challenges are impacting the benefits businesses are receiving from using the cloud as their infrastructures become more complex, according to …
Security concerns remain a top challenge for digital transformation
In Frost & Sullivan’s recent survey seeking end-user perspectives on navigating digital transformation globally, 32 percent of IT professionals cited security …
What the rise of cyber indictments means for 2018
The growing implementation of indictments throughout 2017 was arguably the most impactful government action to counter cyber attacks, and yet received little attention. In …
Continuous security: What’s in a name?
DevOps has changed the lives of programmers everywhere for the better. Giving engineering teams operational responsibility drives more robust offerings and better automation. …
Reacting to a big breach
As I write this, the industry is still wagging its fingers at the latest big breach. But in the time that it takes to get this published, there could easily be another …
Healthcare breaches involving ransomware increase year-over-year
2017 has been a very challenging year for healthcare institutions as these organizations remain under sustained attack by cybercriminals that continue to target their …
2018: The year of the NIS Directive
In 2017 the GDPR buzz reached peak intensity, even in the cybersecurity community. It practically drowned out any mentions of another important upcoming EU law: The Network …