Protecting personal data in the consumer product industry
Eight in 10 consumers (80 percent) say they are more likely to buy from consumer products (CP) companies that they believe protect their personal information, yet only 37 …
Do we need regular IT security fire drills?
IT security “fire drills’, supported by executive management and the risk committee should be conducted regularly in organizations, in order to understand the …
Is IT security stifling innovation and collaboration?
Critical company data is at risk in the UK as a result of organizations focusing their IT security policies and resources more on external threats, such as cybercriminals and …
Security of data in the cloud now an executive-level concern
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) surveyed more than 200 IT and security professionals, and nearly 72 percent admitted that they did not know the number of shadow IT apps …
Analysis of global defense-in-depth architectures
Attackers are bypassing conventional security deployments almost at will, breaching systems in a wide swath of industries and geographies. That’s the stark conclusion of …
State of the Internet: Attack traffic, DDoS, IPv4 and IPv6
Akamai today released its latest State of the Internet report, which provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds and broadband adoption across fixed …
Compromised credentials in enterprise cloud apps
A new Netskope report shows a continued increase in cloud app usage across enterprises, as well as the high volume at which files are being shared outside of a given …
Top fraud and corruption trends
Highlighted by a dramatic rise in cyber security risk across all industries, EY Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services (FIDS) unveiled its top fraud and corruption trends …
Number of cyber attacks on retailers drops by half
Despite an 50 percent decline in the number of attacks against U.S. retailers, the number of records stolen from them remains at near record highs. IBM Security researchers …
Only 1% of consumers feel safe using mobile payments
Evaluating online cybersecurity awareness of 2,011 consumers from the U.S. and U.K., a new survey by One Poll and Dimensional Research revealed that more than 40 percent of …
Top 5 malware attacks: 35 reused components
CyActive identified the top five malware that returned the highest ROI for hackers with the least effort per dollar — achieved by recycling code and using the same methods …
76% of organizations have suffered a DNS attack
Seventy-six percent of organizations in the U.S. and U.K. have suffered a DNS attack, with 49 percent experiencing one in the past 12 months, according to Cloudmark. The most …
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