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Cybersecurity, emerging technology and systemic risk: What it means for the medical device industry?
In late 2020, the World Economic Forum stated that “the approach to cybersecurity needs to be overhauled before the industry finds itself in any fit state to tackle the …

Three smart ways SMBs can improve cybersecurity
Most of us wouldn’t automatically equate small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) with having the most stringent security strategies. For starters, they don’t exactly operate …

Top application security challenges: Bad bots, broken APIs, and supply chain attacks
Vanson Bourne surveyed 750 application security decision makers responsible for their organization’s application development and security to get their perspectives on data …

Mobile stalkerware is on the rise
Mobile stalkerware, which is software silently installed by stalkers onto victims’ mobile devices without their knowledge, is on the rise, an ESET research finds. In 2019, …

C-level cybersecurity attitudes as enterprises embrace the everywhere workplace
Ivanti unveiled the findings of a Frost & Sullivan study which investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cybersecurity and compliance attitudes and behaviors in …

5G business smartphone shipments to grow steadily
5G business smartphone shipments will grow at a CAGR of 28% over the 2021-2026 forecast period, according to a Strategy Analytics forecast. High positive growth is expected in …

Collaboration between network access brokers and ransomware actors deepens
In this Help Net Security podcast, Brandon Hoffman, CISO at Intel 471, discusses about the increased collaboration between network access brokers (NAB) and ransomware …

Why passwordless is not always passwordless
The concept of passwordless authentication has been gathering steam. Gartner anticipates that by 2022, 60% of large and global enterprises will implement some sort of …

How to glean user insight while respecting personal privacy
While each person has a unique personality and identity, the digital world has no patience for individuality. The web tries with its every fiber to store, analyze, and …

Application level data protection hindered by misperceptions and complexities
Companies plan to take extensive actions in the next 12 months to address a broad concern for sensitive data being unprotected in use at the application layer, Entrust and …

661 fines issued since GDPR became enforceable, totaling €292 million
3 years since rolling out in May 2018, there have been 661 GDPR fines issued by European data protection authorities. Every one of the 28 EU nations, plus the United Kingdom, …

Businesses embracing cloud more than ever
Organizations are accelerating their cloud journey to take advantage of its flexibility, control costs, speed time-to-market, and simplify data management, according to …
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