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SMBs show no improvement in IT maturity levels, security remains top concern
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 …
Should social media organizations be subject to strict privacy regulation?
80% of IT security professionals agree that more security and privacy legislation is needed, especially for social media organizations that store personal data. However, …
When will the GDPR pot boil over? It’s sooner (and different) than you think
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 …
With shadow IT running rampant, how can IT keep pace?
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. …
Automating CCPA compliance: Organize your data and manage requests
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 …
Extending security to fourth parties your business needs, but doesn’t control
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 …
Huge database found leaking biometric, personal info of millions
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 …
Link between personality type and vulnerabilities to cybercrime
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, …
Only 32% of government organizations consider a cloud-first strategy
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% …
There is widespread business confusion and ignorance about the upcoming CCPA regulation
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 …
The probability that an EV SSL certificate is associated with a bad domain is 0.013%
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 …
How to secure your data as you go digital
To scale more efficiently and serve customers better, companies are moving more workloads and services to the cloud. According to IDG, 37 percent of companies are increasing …
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