
445 million attacks detected since the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 wreaks havoc
In the first quarter of 2020, the Arkose Labs network recorded the highest attack rate ever seen. 26.5% of all transactions were fraud and abuse attempts, which is a 20% …

Why people talk a good game about privacy, but fail to follow up in real life?
While most people will say they are extremely concerned with their online privacy, previous experiments have shown that, in practice, users readily divulge privacy information …

64% of workers say their quality of work has improved amid pandemic disruption
64 percent of workers in the U.S. say their quality of work has improved amid the disruptive impact of COVID-19, according to KPMG. They also reported better collaboration (70 …

Third-party compliance risk could become a bigger problem
Since the onset of COVID-19, more than half of legal and compliance leaders believe that cybersecurity and data breach is the most-increased third-party risk their …

Most IT leaders believe remote workers are a security risk
57 percent of UK IT decision makers still believe that remote workers are a security risk, and that they will expose their organization to the threat of a data breach, …

Privacy pros expecting an increase in privacy rights requests as a result of COVID-19
92% of companies are concerned about new consumer rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) with 51% believing this is the hardest part of CCPA compliance and …

The true costs incurred by businesses for technology downtime
Technology downtime is becoming a huge issue. IT challenges and poor digital work experiences are costing businesses tens of millions of dollars in lost work time and that the …

With a transition to remote work, network visibility becomes more critical than ever
More than 64 percent of organizations suffered at least one successful attack within the last year, and 59 percent believe lack of network visibility poses a high or very high …

Application performance becoming a key concern, influenced by increasing SD-WAN complexity
Application performance, impacted by network complexity at the edge and in the cloud, is the key enterprise concern this year for organizations implementing SD-WAN, according …

What is the impact of AI and ML tools on cybersecurity?
89% of IT professionals believe their company could be doing more to defend against cyberattacks, with 64% admitting they are not sure what AI/ML means – despite increased …

Top threat detection trends and challenges for cybersecurity professionals
User networks and endpoints are the biggest concerns for 65% of respondents, an 11% increase from last year, Attivo Networks reveals. Exploring the top threat detection trends …

46% of SMBs have been targeted by ransomware, 73% have paid the ransom
Ransomware attacks are not at all unusual in the SMB community, as 46% of these businesses have been victims. And 73% of those SMBs that have been the targets of ransomware …