data security

By 2020, there will be 40x more bytes of data than there are stars in the universe as we know it. And with data growth comes more security and privacy obstacles for …

IT groups at small and midsize businesses (SMBs) show no improvement in IT maturity levels in three years, while security remains top concern, a Kaseya survey reveals. Based …

80% of IT security professionals agree that more security and privacy legislation is needed, especially for social media organizations that store personal data. However, …

There’s an old saying that a watched pot never boils. In reality, the sauce in that pot is heating up in a way we can’t quite see yet. After the major compliance ramp by …

Data privacy is high on the minds of businesses and consumers alike, as society at large is getting wise to the potential dangers that even seemingly innocuous apps (ie. …

Time is running out for California-based businesses to prepare for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Despite the Act being …

While there is much discussion about the data security and privacy risks created by third parties, another source of risk can be significant but overlooked: that from fourth …

While working on a web-mapping project, vpnMentor researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar discovered a publicly accessible database containing fingerprint records of over 1 …

Only four in 10 (42%) businesses focus on compliance training as part of their cybersecurity protocol to ensure sensitive data is kept secure, reports ESET. More worryingly, …

The number of public sector organizations that are ready to implement a cloud-first strategy or move their entire infrastructures to the cloud has decreased by almost 20% …

ESET polled 625 business owners and company executives to gauge business readiness for the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect on January …

In 2018, phishing attacks were attempted 482.5 million times, more than doubling the number of incidents in 2017. New research conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology …