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Creating an emergency ready cybersecurity program
A large part of the world’s workforce has transitioned to working remotely, but as plans are being drawn up to reopen economies, the security industry is being challenged to …
Educational organizations use cloud apps to share sensitive data outside of IT control
Many educational organizations are at risk of data security incidents during the current period of working from home and virtual learning, a Netwrix report reveals. Weak data …
Global remote work transitions fail to consider security gaps
Security measures and password best practices have not taken priority in many regions during the shift to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey by …
Is remote work here to stay?
There’s no doubt COVID-19 set the remote work revolution on a fast track. And on that fast track, VPN usage soared to new heights with no signs of it slowing down. Companies …
Home workplaces introduce new risks, poor password hygiene
Entrust Datacard released the findings of its survey, which highlights the critical need to address data security challenges for employees working from home as a result of the …
Leveraging automation to maximize security budgets
With the economic impact of COVID-19 increasingly looking like an imminent recession and the way we do work altered perhaps forever, CIOs and CISOs will most likely be …
Are you sure you would never fall for a phishing scam?
We believe we are less likely than others are to fall for phishing scams, thereby underestimating our own exposure to risk, a cybersecurity study has found. The research also …
Ransomware on the rise, companies prioritizing disaster recovery
The rampant rise of ransomware persists, with 100% of respondents – who include ITOps, backup, disaster recovery and storage admins, application and workload owners in the …
The new cyber risk reality of COVID-19 operating mode
There’s little, if any, precedent for the time we’re experiencing right now with a pandemic changing the corporate landscape in profound ways. But while many are reacting in …
99% of enterprise users reuse passwords across accounts
Very few users take appropriate action to significantly reduce the risk of password compromise, according to a Balbix report. The study found that more than 99% of enterprise …
How to increase cyber defense agility for the next lockdown
If this worldwide lockdown has taught us anything, it’s that we’re not nearly agile enough and we really need to prepare for future scenarios. Whether the next lockdown comes …
Passwords still widely used, despite known weaknesses
Nearly a third (29%) of organizations in Europe and the Middle East still see usernames and passwords as one of the most effective means to protect access to their IT …