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Why there is no quick fix for cyber attacks
Cybersecurity threats keep evolving, meaning that most, if not all, organizations could be dangerously exposed as the digital ecosystem develops. While some organizations …
Researchers create key tech for quantum cryptography commercialization
In modern cryptosystems, users generate public and private keys that guarantee security based on computational complexity and use them to encrypt and decrypt information. …
Using real customer data in testing environments creates unnecessary risk
A new study polling 1,000 software developers and startup employees found 29% of companies use unprotected production data (real customer data) in testing environments when …
Kubernetes security: Shift-left strategies and simplifying management
Kubernetes (K8s) is undoubtedly on the rise. According to the State of Cloud Development report by SlashData, this open-source container orchestration platform is already …
Cybersecurity is becoming a top priority among critical infrastructure operators
Increased cyber threats and government directives have made cybersecurity a top priority among critical infrastructure organizations. This Help Net Security video highlights …
The future of attack surface management (ASM)
The legacy approach to attack surface management falls short of what modern organizations require: contextual awareness. Security teams increasingly suffer from threat …
Only 25% of organizations consider their biggest threat to be from inside the business
A worrying 73.48% of organizations feel they have wasted the majority of their cybersecurity budget on failing to remediate threats, despite having an over-abundance of …
84% of organizations experienced an identity-related breach in the past 18 months
60% of IT security decision makers believe their overall security strategy does not keep pace with the threat landscape, and that they are either lagging behind (20%), …
1 in 3 employees don’t understand why cybersecurity is important
According to a new Tessian report, 30% employees do not think they personally play a role in maintaining their company’s cybersecurity posture. What’s more, only 39% of …
Organizations need to change their strategy to reduce cyber risk
Traditional security approaches that rely on reactive, detect-and-respond measures and tedious manual processes can’t keep pace with the volume, variety, and velocity of …
The global average cost of a data breach reaches an all-time high of $4.35 million
IBM Security released the 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing costlier and higher-impact data breaches than ever before, with the global average cost of a data breach …
Organizations are struggling with SaaS security. Why?
SaaS services are highly valuable targets as data is now being stored in the different apps and services. In this Help Net Security video, Yoav Kalati, Head of Threat …
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