Most financial firms still unprepared for GDPR
With only a few weeks until implementation, more than 50% of investment firms globally are unlikely to be ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May …
Half of all companies do not have adequate application security visibility
The Ponemon Institute surveyed nearly 1,400 IT and IT security practitioners in the United States, European Union and Asia-Pacific to understand the risk unprotected …
Breach activity declines, number of compromised records remains high
After year over year increases in the number of reported data breaches, Risk Based Security has released the results of their Q1 2018 Data Breach QuickView Report, showing the …
iOS users are 18x more likely to be phished than to download malware
Phishing is the number one mobile threat affecting organizations. The Wandera’s Phishing Report 2018 shows that iOS users are 18x more likely to be phished than to …
Which type of biometrics are consumers most comfortable providing?
Consumers feel more comfortable with fingerprint scanning than with other types of biometric technology, including face, eye, voice and other biometric measurements, according …
Organizations should not overestimate the short-term benefits of blockchain
Only 1 percent of CIOs indicated any kind of blockchain adoption within their organizations, and only 8 percent of CIOs were in short-term planning or active experimentation …
Password behaviors remain largely unchanged
Despite today’s increased threat landscape and heightened global awareness of hacking and data breaches, password behaviors remain largely unchanged. Data from a survey …
Most top travel websites fail to protect user security
Dashlane examined password and account security on 55 of the world’s most popular travel-related sites, and found that 89% of sites leave their users’ accounts perilously …
Do public clouds make it more difficult to get visibility into data traffic?
The second annual Ixia 2018 Security Report analyzes how enterprise network attack surfaces are increasing as the perimeter of the traditional network expands into the cloud. …
Public breaches drive increase in account takeover attempts
Distil Networks released The 2018 Anatomy of Account Takeover Attacks Report, based on data from 600 domains that include login pages. The study revealed that all monitored …
Time is running out, yet many US companies are not GDPR-ready
A significant percentage of US companies are uncertain about or unprepared for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that takes effect later this …
Should governments regulate social media data collection?
Venafi announced the results of a survey querying 512 security professionals attending RSA Conference 2018. The survey evaluated opinions on the intersection of cyber …
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