CFOs focused on growth, investing for the future
Most chief financial officers (CFOs) are focused on growth and turning the lessons from the pandemic into a road map for the future, according to a survey by Grant Thornton. …
Having a cybersecurity training program in place isn’t enough to ensure cyber safety
With cyberattacks increasing dramatically after the pandemic, TalentLMS and Kenna Security teamed up to gauge employees’ awareness and knowledge of cybersecurity risks. While …
Cybersecurity threats and cybercrime trends of 2020
Bitdefender released a report revealing top cybersecurity threats, frequency of threats and cybercrime trends of 2020. “Our 2020 findings depict consumers under constant …
Remote work: One of the legacies of the pandemic
An expectation on the part of workers that they will be allowed to work remotely more often will be one of the legacies of the pandemic, according to a study by Boston …
A rush to remote working leaving businesses vulnerable to cybercriminals
The COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses to quickly support remote working practices, often without proper security measures in place. Verizon reveals that many businesses may …
Financial organizations struggling to secure data in the cloud
In 2020, the most common incidents that financial organizations suffered regarding data in the cloud were phishing attacks (reported by 26%), targeted attacks on cloud …
People are the weakest link in data breaches, but can they be held accountable?
In the people-process-technology triad, human error is the top reason for breaches, accounting for 70% of successful attacks, a Cyberinc survey reveals. The next biggest cause …
IT security budgets to increase over the next 12 months
IT security budgets are spiralling out of control as organizations adapt to the everywhere workplace, an Ivanti survey reveals. 92% of CISOs highlighted the need to deploy …
58% of IT and security pros concerned about security in the cloud
The Cloud Security Alliance and AlgoSec published research which queried nearly 1,900 IT and security professionals from a variety of organization sizes and locations, sought …
99% of security pros concerned about their IoT and IIoT security
Tripwire announced the results of a research report that assessed the security of connected devices across enterprise environments in 2021. Conducted by Dimensional Research, …
As online fraud rises, 72% of retail brands expect to grow fraud teams
Retailers around the world are increasing their fraud teams and budgets because of a significant rise in all types of online fraud during the pandemic, a research by Ravelin …
SolarWinds breach severity perception increasing over time
(ISC)² has published the results of an online survey of 303 cybersecurity professionals from around the globe in which respondents compared their perception of the severity of …