Only 15% of organizations can recover from a severe data loss within an hour
There’s a global concern about the business impact and risk from rampant and unrestricted data growth, StorageCraft research reveals. It also shows that the IT …
While cybercriminals abuse Twitter, threat researchers use it to boost threat intelligence efforts
Cybercriminals are abusing Twitter via tech support scams, command-and-control (C&C) operations and data exfiltration, according to Trend Micro. Misuse of social networks …
100% of IT execs are modernizing architectures, but struggling with data silos and vendor lock-in
99% of IT execs report challenges with architecture modernization and 98% report challenges with their corporate data architectures (data silos), a DataStax survey reveals. …
Enterprises adopt edge workloads, yet still use unsuitable legacy storage solutions
By 2025 organizations will churn out 175 zetta-bytes of data, IDC predicts. However bottlenecks and compute problems continue to plague IT pros as they struggle to support …
How understanding and trust in data informs business decisions
There is a disconnect around understanding and trust in the data and how it informs business decisions, a Syncsort survey reveals, though most respondents rated their …
Adoption rates of basic cloud security tools and practices still far too low
As organizations migrate more of their data and operations to the cloud, they must maintain a robust cybersecurity posture, a Bitglass report reveals. Each year, Bitglass …
Eliminating fragmentation unlocks opportunities to realize the promise of the cloud
A major expectation gap exists between what IT managers hoped the public cloud would deliver for their organizations and what has actually transpired, a Cohesity survey of 900 …
Why poor visibility is hampering cybersecurity
Enterprises are challenged with security basics, according to Panaseer’s first Security Leader’s Peer Report. Data from an external survey of 200 enterprise …
41.6 billion IoT devices will be generating 79.4 zettabytes of data in 2025
The number of devices connected to the Internet, including the machines, sensors, and cameras that make up the Internet of Things (IoT), continues to grow at a steady pace. A …
Researchers develop app to detect Twitter bots in any language
Thanks to fruitful collaboration between language scholars and machine learning specialists, a new application that can detect Twitter bots independent of the language used …
A surprising number of used drives sold on eBay hold sensitive data
42% of used drives sold on eBay are holding sensitive data, with 15% containing personally identifiable information (PII), according to Blancco Technology Group. Conducted in …
Building a modern data registry: Go beyond data classification
For organizations, understanding what data they store and analyze is gaining increasing urgency due to new privacy regulations, from the Global Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) …