Only 5% of organizations protect credentials
In order to find the riskiest industries in the cloud, CloudLock analyzed 10 million users, 1 billion files, and over 91,000 applications, focusing on and breaking down risk …
Next year, smart cities will use 1.6 billion connected things
Gartner estimates that 1.6 billion connected things will be used by smart cities in 2016, an increase of 39 percent from 2015.“Smart commercial buildings will be the …
Only 37% of SMBs think they’re equipped to manage IT security
Just 37% of IT decision makers surveyed in the US, the UK, and Australia believe their organisations are completely ready to manage IT security and protect against threats. …
DDoS attacks increase 180% compared to a year ago
Akamai Technologies announced its Q3 2015 report, which provides analysis and insight into the global cloud security threat landscape.“Akamai has been seeing greater …
Top IoT concerns? Data volumes and network stress
The scaling out to many thousands of devices per organization represents a wealth of new opportunities, according to a report by Quocirca. However, the same security rigor and …
Retailers are unaware of sensitive data leaks
A significant amount of retailers assign the same login credentials to employees and do not know if employees have leaked sensitive data – in spite of the majority …
100,000 laptops and phones left in UK bars each year
UK bars guzzle up a staggering 138,000 mobile phones and laptops each year, and alarmingly 64 percent of the devices do not have any security protection installed, which means …
Strong passwords don’t matter if employees don’t secure them
The line between personal and professional use of apps and devices continues to blur, and while employees claim to prioritize online security, data fro Ping Identity shows …
86% of PHP-based apps contain at least one XSS vulnerability
Four out of five applications written in PHP, Classic ASP and ColdFusion that were assessed by Veracode failed at least one of the OWASP Top 10. Given the volume of PHP …
Finance organizations risk data by failing to secure unique employee logins
Customers’ personal and financial data is being put at risk as many industry personnel are not assigned unique login and password details, new research from IS Decisions has …
Top 10 technology challenges for IT audit professionals
The top technology challenge faced by IT audit executives and professionals worldwide is to keep pace with emerging technology and infrastructure changes, including …
Lack of visibility and security concerns hinder cloud adoption
When it comes to migrating to the cloud, 65% of companies are concerned with security and 40% worry about their loss of physical control over data in the cloud. In particular, …