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The challenges of achieving ISO 27001
ISO 27001 is a widely-known international standard on how to manage information security. In this Help Net Security video, Nicky Whiting, Director of Consultancy, Defense.com, …

Better than a fix: Tightening backup and restore helps financial services companies innovate
We all know the risks out there. Ransomware is a huge threat, and critical transactional data is constantly under attack. Meanwhile, financial services organizations are being …

Most educational institutions store sensitive data in the cloud. Is it safe?
A Netwrix survey revealed that 47% of educational institutions suffered a cyberattack on their cloud infrastructure within the last 12 months. For 27% of them, incidents in …

Organizations don’t trust AI enough to forego human-driven decision-making
Fivetran announced the results of a survey which shows that while 87 percent of organizations consider artificial intelligence (AI) vital to their business survival, 86 …

Coding session: Introduction to JavaScript fuzzing
JavaScript is widely used in backend and frontend applications that rely on trust and good user experience, including e-commerce platforms, and consumer-apps. Fuzz testing …

Criminals harvest users’ PI by impersonating popular brands
Hornetsecurity released an Email Threat Review, which cited a decline in Excel attacks, but reported a sharp increase in Intuit phishing attacks. This Help Net Security video …

With cyber insurance costs increasing, can smaller firms avoid getting priced out?
Cyber insurance is quickly becoming an unavoidable part of doing business as more organizations accept the inevitability of cyber risk. There is a growing awareness of the …

The top apps for malware downloads
In July 2022, one third of all malware downloads came from cloud apps. The overwhelming majority of the downloads were trojans, a type of malware that is disguised as …

Nation-state attacks are a growing threat to video conferencing
Zerify announced the findings of a survey that indicate that IT professionals are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing number of cyber threats and foreign attacks …

How to deal with unprecedented levels of regulatory change
There are four primary options available to legal and compliance leaders to cope with unprecedented levels of regulatory change, according to Gartner. These regulatory changes …

Most IT leaders think partners, customers make their business a ransomware target
Global organizations are increasingly at risk of ransomware compromise via their extensive supply chains. During May and June 2022 Sapio Research polled 2,958 IT …

Researchers publish post-quantum upgrade to the Signal protocol
PQShield published a white paper that lays out the quantum threat to secure end-to-end messaging and explains how post-quantum cryptography (PQC) can be added to the Signal …
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