Patching for industrial cyber security is a broken model
New research from Belden shows that patching is often ineffective in providing protection from the multitude of vulnerability disclosures and malware targeting critical …
Microsoft continues to focus on security in their products
86% of vulnerabilities discovered in the most popular 50 programs in 2012 were in non-Microsoft (or “third-party”) programs. The result was published today in the …
Database security is too complex to implement
A recent GreenSQL survey of IT professionals worldwide concluded that 31.4% of security professionals believe that database security implementation is too complex, making it …
Mandiant threat report on advanced targeted attacks
Mandiant released its fourth annual M-Trends report, which details the tactics used by threat actors to compromise organizations and steal data. It also highlights incident …
CSOs must adopt new risk management trends
Wisegate released new research from senior IT security members that shows how CSOs are adopting new risk management trends calling for a risk-based security approach. Security …
Who are the enemies of the Internet?
In their latest report on online surveillance, Reporters Without Borders have named Bahrain, China, Iran, Syria and Vietnam as “state enemies” of the Internet due …
2013 will be the year of larger scale big data adoption
After a few years of experimentation and early adopter successes, 2013 will be the year of larger scale adoption of big data technologies, according to Gartner, Inc. According …
Consumers don’t trust banks with personal data
Banks top the list of organizations consumers trust least with their personal data, according to a survey of 2,000 UK consumers. Mobile phone operators and retailers also fare …
15 percent of companies have no BYOD policy
ThreatMetrix announced results of a study that surveyed U.S. business managers and IT executives within retail and financial services organizations on their level of …
Abrupt drop in Symbian malware
In what may be the only good news for Symbian, F-Secure’s latest Mobile Threat Report shows a drop in malware targeting the declining platform to just four percent of …
99 percent of web apps vulnerable to attack
A new Cenzic report demonstrates that the overwhelming presence of web application vulnerabilities remains a constant problem, with an astounding 99 percent of applications …
Conflicting views on cloud security responsibility
CA and the Ponemon Institute released a study that shows companies have improved their practices around cloud computing security compared to a previous study from 2010. Still, …
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