Security holding back employers from meeting employees’ remote working expectations
Less than a third (32%) of UK workers are allowed to work remotely whenever they want, according to research from Capita which uncovers employee attitudes to remote/flexible …
Fraudsters no longer operate in silos, they are attacking across industries and organizations
From January 2019 through June 2019, LexisNexis Risk Solutions recorded 16.4 billion transactions, of which 277 million were human-initiated attacks, a 13% increase over the …
70% of educational orgs don’t have an appropriate cloud security budget
Even though cloud technologies are becoming more popular in the education sector, management is still reluctant to invest in cloud data security initiatives, a Netwrix study …
The use of SOX-specific solutions has more than doubled since last year
There’s a growing demand for advanced technologies to streamline Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance, according to a survey released by the SOX & Internal Controls …
SMBs show no improvement in IT maturity levels, security remains top concern
IT groups at small and midsize businesses (SMBs) show no improvement in IT maturity levels in three years, while security remains top concern, a Kaseya survey reveals. Based …
Should social media organizations be subject to strict privacy regulation?
80% of IT security professionals agree that more security and privacy legislation is needed, especially for social media organizations that store personal data. However, …
Most citizens are against local governments paying ransomware attackers
Nearly 80% of US citizens are increasingly worried about ransomware attacks on cities – yet more than half are still hesitant to have city governments put forth the …
Business demands have outpaced the ability of IT to deliver services
While enterprises have embraced advanced digital technologies, such as IoT/edge computing (77 percent), big data/analytics (83 percent) and digital customer experience (78 …
Digital transformation success at risk as CIOs struggle to deliver digital projects
Despite rising optimism in digital transformation, the vast majority of organizations are still suffering failure, delays or scaled back expectations from digital …
Organizations focus on fine-tuning systems to ensure compliance while reducing risk
66% of financial institutions face the significant challenge of achieving low false positive rates, putting unnecessary burden on their compliance departments and creating …
What prevents companies from achieving effective security performance management?
Cybersecurity performance is critical to achieving commercial success, according to a BitSight study. Among the study’s most interesting findings is that nearly two in five …
A look into the frequency and success of phishing attacks on SMEs
43% of UK SMEs have experienced a phishing attempt through impersonation of staff in the last 12 months. Of those impersonation phishing attempts, it was discovered that …