data breach
How to combat delivery ramifications after a data breach
Following Marriott’s data breach, FTC regulations required the hotel chain to reach out to its entire email list of customers, informing them of a potential leak of their …
Accidental data breaches are often compounded by a failure to encrypt
83 percent of security professionals believe that employees have accidentally exposed customer or business sensitive data at their organization. Accidental data breaches are …
92% of organizations rank users as their primary security concern
Cybercrime continues to evolve and become more sophisticated. AI and machine learning are leveraged by many criminal organizations to help them better understand how to …
Prevent shadow IT: Companies need security covering multiple communication vectors
There is a critical need for companies to adopt comprehensive and secure enterprise communications platforms to prevent shadow IT. It is a phenomenon where employees, to …
The importance of consumer trust in the second-hand mobile market
58 percent of global consumers have yet to trade in an old mobile device, though almost two-thirds (64%) globally reported they would be willing to do so if more stringent …
2018 saw 6,515 reported breaches, exposing 5 billion sensitive records
There were 6,515 publicly disclosed data compromise events through December 31, 2018, exposing over 5 billion sensitive records, according to Risk Based Security’s Year …
Most companies anticipate a critical breach in 2019, CISOs need to prioritize threats
80 percent of IT business leaders anticipate a critical breach or successful cyberattack over the coming year, according to the Cyber Risk Index (CRI), a Trend Micro survey of …
SMBs spending a day each week dealing with cybersecurity issues
Almost half of UK small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) believe a cyberattack would put their business at risk of closure, and 48 per cent of businesses report they have had …
88% of UK businesses breached during the last 12 months
The UK’s cyber threat environment is intensifying. Attacks are growing in volume, and the average number of breaches has increased, according to Carbon Black. Key survey …
There’s a growing disconnect between data privacy expectations and reality
There is a growing disconnect between how companies capitalize on customer data and how consumers expect their data to be used, according to a global online survey …
773 million records exposed in massive data breach
Someone has compiled a massive collection of email addresses and plain text passwords, apparently from 2000+ hacked databases, and has made the trove freely available for …
Companies still struggle to detect IoT device breaches
Only 48% of businesses can detect if any of their IoT devices suffers a breach, according to Gemalto. This comes despite companies having an increased focus on IoT security: …