Organizations want to leverage the cloud but are held back by security misconceptions
iboss has published the findings of its 2018 Enterprise Cloud Trends report. The survey of IT decision makers and office workers in U.S. enterprises found that 64% of IT …
Major uptick in mobile phishing URL click rate
In a study of Lookout users, more than half clicked mobile phishing URLs that bypassed existing security controls. Since 2011, Lookout has observed this mobile phishing URL …
How the human factor puts your company at risk
Positive Technologies has released a new report with statistics on the success rates of social engineering attacks, based on the 10 largest and most illustrative pentesting …
Steps executives are taking to increase security while launching new ways to pay
More than 80 percent of organizations that have been impacted by a data breach have introduced a new security framework and 79 percent have reduced employee access to customer …
Security teams are under resourced, overwhelmed by attackers
A new report conducted by the Ponemon Institute uncovered security’s “patching paradox” – hiring more people does not equal better security. While security teams plan to hire …
IT audit best practices: Technological changes give rise to new risks
IT security and privacy, IT governance and risk management, regulatory compliance, emerging technology and cloud computing are the key issues impacting IT audit plans in 2018, …
Cyber attacks are becoming more organized and structured
Trustwave released the 2018 Trustwave Global Security Report which reveals the top security threats, breaches by industry, and cybercrime trends from 2017. The report is …
Inbox placement improving, spam placement remains the same
The global trend of delivery data increased over the last eight quarters, with a growth of 4 percent inbox placement, according to 250ok. Missing emails saw a decrease of 5 …
Fewer records breached: Cybercriminals focus on ransomware, destructive attacks
According to the 2018 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, the number of records breached dropped nearly 25 percent in 2017, as cybercriminals shifted their focus on …
How critical infrastructure operators rate their security controls
Indegy revealed that nearly 60 percent of executives at critical infrastructure operators polled in a recent survey said they lack appropriate controls to protect their …
Would automation lead to improved cybersecurity?
Concerted efforts to increase job satisfaction, automation in the Security Operations Center (SOC) and gamification in the workplace are key to beating cybercriminals at their …
How companies continue to expose sensitive data to threats
A new study from the Varonis Data Lab found that on average, 21% of a company’s folders were accessible to every employee, and 41% of companies had at least 1,000 sensitive …