Are IT pros overconfident in their ability to deflect attacks?
IT executives within critical infrastructure organizations see a need for public-private threat intelligence sharing partnerships (86% of respondents) to keep pace with …
Nearly all websites have serious security vulnerabilities
A new Acunetix report on 5,500 companies comprising 15,000 website and network scans, performed on over 1.9 million files, finds nearly half of the web applications scanned …
Why enterprise security priorities don’t address the most serious threats
In 2015, enterprises will spend more than $71.1 billion on information security – more than they have ever spent before, according to Gartner Group figures. Yet, the incidence …
Employees embrace BYOD, but still worry about privacy
The findings of a new survey from Tyntec, based on responses from Spain, the UK and US, reveal sluggish adoption of BYOD policies by organizations, while its employees voice …
The most damaging ramifications of DDoS attacks
More than half of IT security professionals (52 percent) said loss of customer trust and confidence were the most damaging consequences of DDoS attacks for their businesses, …
CFOs are not confident about their level of security
CFOs’ long-term outlook for the North American economy remains strong despite their weakening confidence in their own companies’ prospects, according to Deloitte. Lower …
The soaring cost of malware containment
“Organizations are dealing with nearly 10,000 malware alerts per week, however, only 22% of these are considered reliable, according to a new report from The Ponemon …
Identifying the five principal methods of network attacks
Companies are underestimating the risk of failing to provide security training to non-technical staff.A new Intel Security study, which surveyed IT decision makers in …
Naked pictures or financial info? Users would rather thieves stole the former
Every day it seems information security is ruling the headlines, Americans are (perhaps understandably) feeling insecure about the security of their financial information. In …
IIS 6.0 users are heading towards new security dangers
RiskIQ has discovered that 24 of the top 30 FTSE-listed companies in the UK are running web servers that will be out of support in less than a week, posing a potential …
Risk management programs lack maturity, new strategies needed
With cyber attacks and data security threats looming at insecure access points, the increased scrutiny of regulators and the focused attention of boards of directors, the …
Threat intelligence: Sources, sharing, utilization and the government
More than three quarters of IT security professionals (81%) believe the government should be sharing more threat intelligence information with the private sector, according to …
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