security awareness
Consumers aware of travel cyber risks, still not putting their digital wellness first
68% of Americans plan to travel for leisure this summer, with 12% doing so internationally, a McAfee survey reveals. While 68% of U.S. consumers report that they are connected …
Security awareness training doesn’t solve human risk
Traditional employee risk mitigation efforts such as security awareness training and phishing simulations have a limited impact on improving employees’ real-world …
Bitcoin Security Rectifier app aims to make Bitcoin more secure
A computer science engineer at Michigan State University has a word of advice for the millions of bitcoin owners who use smartphone apps to manage their cryptocurrency: …
Consumer views and behaviors on creating and using passwords
17% of consumers would rather watch paint dry than create a unique password for every service they use, an Onfido survey reveals. The study polled more than 4,000 consumers in …
Email security is a human issue
Research suggests that email is the most common point of entry for malware, providing access in 94% of cases, so it’s unsurprising that phishing is the root cause of 32% of …
Pandemic accelerating need for insider risk management
As companies exit the pandemic, security leaders will be challenged with new data security complexities. Remote work over the past year magnified challenges that companies …
Social media feed simulator Fakey teaches users to recognize credible content
As people around the world increasingly get their news from social media, online misinformation has emerged as an area of great concern. Social media feed simulator Fakey To …
Secure your cloud: Remove the human vulnerabilities
Training to increase employees’ security awareness and change risky behaviours among end users is important, particularly as the future workplace will be hybrid and many …
Use longitudinal learning to reduce risky user behavior
People ignore information that isn’t relevant to them, which is why IT and HR departments have been approaching security training incorrectly for years. Long-form, all-hands …
Users increasingly putting password security best practices into play
While there is awareness of password security best practices, there is still work to be done to put that awareness to full use, a Bitwarden survey reveals. While Americans are …
Managing and maturing Kubernetes security in the enterprise
The TL;DR version of the Infoworld article went something like this: “Companies are shying away from managing their own Kubernetes clusters and more and more, turning to …
Attackers can teach you to defend your organization against phishing
People click on links and attachments and will, unfortunately, keep clicking even if they should know better. They’ll click for the chance of winning a holiday, or even …