Listen to your employees or deal with shadow IT
Data leakage, compliance breaches, business inefficiency and hidden costs are just some of the risks organizations are leaving themselves open to by not meeting the IT demands …
2,400 unsafe mobile apps found in average large enterprise
The average global enterprise has approximately 2,400 unsafe applications installed in its mobile environment, according to Veracode. Based on an analysis of hundreds of …
How much pressure do infosec professionals face?
Businesses were under increased pressure to secure their organizations in 2014 and expect that pressure to increase in 2015, according to Trustwave. Survey respondents also …
As confidence sinks, cyber attacks rise
While IT security spending is increasing, confidence is falling. In surveying more than 800 security decision makers and practitioners, the CyberEdge Group found that more …
Cloud security and adoption trends
CloudPassage issued a survey to more than 250,000 members of LinkedIn’s Information Security Group and represents a broad cross section of company sizes, cloud adoption …
Data classification ranks in top 3 security controls
Bloor Research surveyed 200 senior IT security executives in the UK and the US, all with organizations that have more than 1,000 employees. More than half (54%) of …
Top priorities for internal audit professionals
Internal audit professionals are making strides in meeting cybersecurity and data privacy standards, according to Protiviti. Much work remains, with many of the surveyed …
Financial firms are putting more stock in the cloud
Many financial firms are slowly putting more stock in the cloud. That’s a key finding from a new Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) survey, which targeted executives from …
How DDoS attacks impact service providers
There’s a striking disparity between how threatened service providers feel by potential DDoS attacks and how prepared they are to mitigate one, according to a Black …
Third-party security now a top business concern
Forrester found that when it comes to tracking third-party risk, critical data loss or exposure (63 percent) and the threat of cyber attacks (62 percent) ranked as the top …
A proactive approach to DDoS attack prevention
The increase in the frequency, volume and sophistication of DDoS attacks has helped boost the awareness of these threats among Asia-Pacific (APAC) enterprises. New analysis …
What’s the most common security threat for an organization?
IT professionals believe their organizations aren’t doing enough to protect critical data and systems, according to Sungard Availability Services. What is triggering …
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