Clarity and focus on security required for successful digital transformation
Digital transformation is all around us. Even if you are living under a rock, I am sure you have great Wi-Fi reception and are still able to do your shopping, pay your bills, …
Knowing how to define, screen and monitor your third parties is essential to minimizing risk
A new NAVEX Global survey found that more than a third of organizations still use paper-based records or disparate office productivity software to administer their third-party …
IT and security professionals unprepared for Windows 7 end of life
An Avecto survey of over 500 individuals from Europe, the United Arab Emirates and the United States revealed that, while some organisations have already migrated to Windows …
Top strategic predictions for IT organizations and users in 2019 and beyond
Gartner revealed its top predictions for 2019 and beyond. Gartner’s top predictions examine three fundamental effects of continued digital innovation: artificial intelligence …
Oracle CPU October 2018: 301 vulnerabilities patched
Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for October 2018, fixing 301 vulnerabilities across a wide range of its products, including Oracle Database Server, Oracle …
GreyEnergy group targeting critical infrastructure with espionage
ESET has uncovered details of a successor to the BlackEnergy APT group. Named GreyEnergy by ESET, this threat actor focuses on espionage and reconnaissance, quite possibly in …
Endpoint security solutions challenged by zero-day and fileless attacks
There is an endpoint protection gap against modern threats, the result of a recent survey by the Ponemon Institute and Barkly have shown. The organizations polled 660 IT and …
Why we need to bridge the gap between IT operations and IT security
Thycotic released the findings from its 2018 VMworld survey of more than 250 IT operations professionals which looked into their experiences in using cybersecurity tools on a …
Protecting applications from malicious scripts
In 2018, malicious client-side scripts are still posing a problem for large organizations. This year, British Airways revealed that they suffered a data breach in which …
How corporate boards are navigating cybersecurity risks and data privacy
Digital transformation initiatives have transcended beyond the sole domain of IT to involve the entire organization, elevating digital strategy to the top of the board agenda, …
Few organizations use cyber wargaming to practice response plan
Nearly half (46 percent) of executive-level respondents to a Deloitte poll say their organizations have experienced a cybersecurity incident over the past year, with more than …
Researchers expose security vulnerabilities in terahertz data links
A new study shows that terahertz data links, which may play a role in ultra-high-speed wireless data networks of the future, aren’t as immune to eavesdropping as many …