security awareness
Which phishing messages have a near 100% click rate?
Training employees to spot phishing emails, messages and phone calls can’t be done just once or once a year if the organization wants to see click rates decrease. For …
Industries most at risk of phishing attacks revealed
A new KnowBe4 study of phishing statistics for top industries, shows small insurance companies have the highest percentage of phish-prone employees in the small to mid–size …
Should you risk buying your child smart toys currently on offer?
As the end-of-the-year holiday season approaches, many security researchers, consumer groups and even governments warn against buying specific products or, at least, to make …
Chrome will tag FTP sites as “Not secure”
Google Chrome 63, expected to be released sometime around December, will label resources delivered over the FTP protocol as “Not secure”, a member of the Chrome …
User-targeted threats at all-time high despite rising education spend
The cost of security education for large enterprises at an all-time-high of $290,033 per year per organization, and user education is rocketing up the CIO’s priority list. Yet …
Know your adversary: Focus on social engineering
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Tim Roberts, Senior Security Consultant at NTT Security, talks about social engineering and emphasizes the importance of …
Enterprise security culture: Why you need it, and how to create it
Security awareness is a term that most information security professionals are familiar with – security culture a little less so. “Security awareness training is …
How enterprise IT security conversations have changed
Deutsche Telecom is one of the world’s largest telecom companies, and its corporate IT and cyber security arm T-Systems is one of the largest European IT services …
Employees working while on holiday open orgs to security risks
Many workers will feel the need to check-up on work emails while they are away from the office and enjoying a well-earned vacation. Unfortunately, by doing that, they can open …
90% of consumers think security should be built into smart devices
90% of consumers polled from Brazil, China, Germany, India, UK and US believe it is important that a connected device has security built into the product, digital platform …
Think twice before buying a smart toy for your child
For a while now, security researchers have been warning about the security and privacy dangers of many popular “smart” toys. While consumer protection …
Review: Advanced Persistent Security
About the authors Ira Winkler, CISSP is President of the Internet Security Advisors Group. He is considered one of the world’s most influential security professionals. Araceli …
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