Average total cost of a data breach increased by nearly 10% year over year
Data breaches now cost companies a total of $4.24 million per incident on average, according to the Cost of a Data Breach Report, conducted by Ponemon Institute and analyzed …
Competition main force behind increased cloud migration
Organizations are moving to the cloud in big numbers to drive competitive strategies and provide richer customer experiences, according to Next Pathway. This is a shift from …
Dark web ads offering corporate network access increase seven-fold
In its latest research, security specialist Positive Technologies documents how the market enabling initial access to corporate networks has evolved through 2020 and into …
Lack of email validation and opt-in processes hinder organizations from achieving compliance
Pathwire released the results of its Data Compliance Survey, a survey of 1,000 IT and marketing decision-makers across the globe on the most common data privacy and compliance …
Trending cybercrimes and the big impact of lesser-known breaches
Sontiq released the Mid-Year 2021 Cybercrime Report, which highlights five key trends and the 2021 data breaches that pose the highest level of risk to victims. Companies are …
Consumers are increasingly concerned about online security and imminent attacks
According to a new Sophos Home survey, forty-five percent of consumers say they’re more at risk of being hit by an attack now than they were before the pandemic, and 61% …
Executives have increased business analytics usage
The pandemic has spurred rapid adoption of enterprise technologies around the globe, according to ManageEngine. The first report of The 2021 Digital Readiness Survey found …
36% of organizations suffered a serious cloud security data leak or a breach in the past year
As cloud adoption accelerates and the scale of cloud environments grows, engineering and security teams say that risks—and the costs of addressing them—are increasing. The …
CISOs operating blind, with limited visibility and control
An overwhelming percentage (75%) of CISOs consider their organization to be at greater risk of a cybersecurity attack due to the transition to home working, with a third …
Consumer attitudes towards various digital identity authentication methods
With concerns around online fraud and identity theft rising, consumers expect businesses to utilize new technologies to protect them online. According to research from …
Consumer expectations of digital services increased since early 2020
Consumer reliance on applications and digital services has soared since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new global study by Cisco AppDynamics, which examined the digital …
Top consumer cybersecurity insights and takeaways from April to June 2021
NortonLifeLock’s global research team Norton Labs published its second quarterly Consumer Cyber Safety Pulse Report, detailing the top consumer cybersecurity insights and …
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