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Attackers posing as legitimate insiders still an enormous security risk

Cyber attacks that exploit privileged and administrative accounts – the credentials used to manage and run an organization’s IT infrastructure – represent the greatest …

Companies leave vulnerabilities unpatched for up to 120 days

Kenna studied the proliferation of non-targeted attacks and companies’ ability to mitigate these threats through the timely remediation of security vulnerabilities in their …

Women represent only 10% of the infosec workforce

Surveying nearly 14,000 global professionals, a new (ISC)2 report focuses on the lack of gender diversity in the information security workforce despite a cyber landscape that …

File insecurity: the final data leakage frontier

The growth of cloud and mobile computing, the ease at which files can be shared and the diversity of collaboration methods, applications and devices have all contributed to …

Do security flaws with life-threatening implications need alternative disclosure?

If security researchers get no response from manufacturers when disclosing vulnerabilities with life-threatening implications, the majority of IT security professionals (64%) …

How to avoid data breaches? Start by addressing human error

Small businesses in the UK are failing to train staff on how to correctly identify and dispose of confidential information which could lead to a costly data breach.A Shred-it …

Mobile payments data breaches expected to grow

A survey of 900 cybersecurity experts shows an overwhelming majority (87%) expect an increase in mobile payment data breaches over the next 12 months, yet 42% have used this …

Healthcare industry sees 340% more security incidents than the average industry

Raytheon|Websense examined the current state of cyber threats and data-stealing attacks against an increasingly digital healthcare industry. Healthcare is highly-targeted and …

Quantifiable differences in security performance across industries

BitSight Technologies analyzed Security Ratings of nearly 10,000 organizations in six industries – finance, federal government, retail, energy and utilities, healthcare and …

Most gamers lack confidence in developers’ security safeguards

83 percent believe game developers should be responsible for securing players’ personal data, however fewer than 40 percent said they feel confident in current safeguards, …

The average budget required to recover from a security breach

The average budget required to recover from a security breach is $551,000 USD for enterprises, and $38,000 for small and medium businesses according to Kaspersky Lab.Based on …

Why improving cyber resilience is key

75 percent of U.S. organizations are not prepared to respond to cyberattacks, leaving them more vulnerable than ever against increasing intensity and volume of security …

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