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Top enterprise security threats identified

February 4, 2014

A new report from HP provides in-depth data and analysis around the most pressing security issues plaguing enterprises. It details factors that contributed most to the growing …

Security breaches, data loss and outages cost U.S. hospitals $1.6B

February 3, 2014

A new MeriTalk report, based on a survey of healthcare IT executives and underwritten by EMC, quantifies the organizational cost associated with security breaches, data loss, …

Global view of attack traffic and security

January 31, 2014

Akamai released its latest report, which provides insight into key global statistics on attack traffic and security. Akamai maintains a distributed set of unadvertised agents …

Risky online behaviour is putting teens in danger

January 30, 2014

Research by McAfee and the Anti-Bullying Alliance has found that 14-15 year old teenagers are most likely to adopt risk-taking behaviours and overshare online; putting …

Consumers care more about business data collection than government surveillance

January 29, 2014

TRUSTe released its latest U.S. Consumer Confidence Index, which shows that a high proportion of U.S. adults aged 18 and older are worried about their privacy online, online …

IT underestimates cloud app usage by 90%

January 29, 2014

Cloud app adoption continues to spread across virtually every business function, from marketing to human resources. However, while enterprise app use continues to grow, …

Blackholing effect reduces cyber attack risk to regulated data

January 28, 2014

FireHost announced trends for the attacks it blocked from its clients’ web applications in Q4 2013. Security experts have noted that the company’s most recent …

DDoS attacks become smarter, faster and more severe

January 28, 2014

DDoS attacks will continue to be a serious issue in 2014 – as attackers become more agile and their tools become more sophisticated, according to Radware. Their report …

Which e-commerce sites do more to protect your password?

January 27, 2014

Consumers increasingly share their personal data, including payment information, with a growing number of e-retailers. The keys that protect their personal data are the …

Developing countries are more willing to trade privacy for security

January 24, 2014

Microsoft has released the results of a global survey that tried to answer the question how people around the world see technology and how personal technology has changed …

Best practices to help prevent online data breaches

January 23, 2014

The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) recommended a series of best practices to help prevent online data breaches and other exploits. Leveraging preliminary year-end data from the …

Most top 500 Android mobile apps have security and privacy risks