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What the education industry must do to protect itself from cyber attacks
Data breaches show no signs of slowing down and companies across many industry verticals fall victim to what now seems to be a regular occurrence. Most attention around data …
How passwords paved the way for new technology
On July 15 we lost a major contributor to modern-day IT security – Dr. Fernando Corbato, the inventor of the password. Back in the early 1950s, computers could only do …
Cost of data breaches to surpass $5 trillion in 2024
A new report from Juniper Research found that the cost of data breaches will rise from $3 trillion each year to over $5 trillion in 2024, an average annual growth of 11%. This …
Worried about cyber pirates hijacking autonomous ships? Focus on port cybersecurity first
On average, the U.S. Coast Guard issues between ten and twenty safety alerts annually. Alerts tend to function more as a public service announcement designed to raise …
Growing cloud adoption introduces visibility gaps and security complications
As the quantity and frequency of advanced threats continue to accelerate, a new SANS Institute survey found that a continued lack of visibility and the complexity of managing …
Attackers use large-scale bots to launch attacks on social media platforms
Social media sites have become lucrative targets for criminals looking for quick monetization. More than half of logins (53%) on social media sites are fraudulent and 25% of …
How to evaluate a password management solution for business
Password managers are one of the most powerful defenses against breaches, which can cause massive damage and be incredibly expensive to mitigate. According to the Ponemon …
Thinking network-first to protect against security threats
The challenge of securing data has seen a dramatic shift in complexity in recent years due to an increasing number of threats frequently appearing. However, this complexity …
Using deep learning and natural language understanding to protect enterprise communication
In this Help Net Security podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2019, Dhananjay Sampath, CEO at Armorblox, talks about how they use natural language understanding and deep …
Quantum computing: The new moonshot in the cyber space race
In 2016, China launched Micius, the world’s first quantum communications enabled satellite. For some, that launch eerily echoed the launch of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik …
Unlocking the future of blockchain innovation with privacy-preserving technologies
The origins of blockchain as many are familiar with it today can be traced back to the Bitcoin whitepaper, first published in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, which offered a vision …
From SmarterChild to Siri: Why AI is the competitive advantage securing businesses
The dream of an AI-influenced world is finally here. After decades of writing about it, AI has reached a point where it’s ingrained into our daily lives. From the days of …