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Enable secure remote workspaces without trashing your entire IT infrastructure
Roughly 12 months ago, when the world shifted seemingly overnight to work-from-home, few companies were well-positioned to seamlessly scale their remote work solutions. Legacy …

Why contextual machine learning is the fix that zero-trust email security needs
Email data breaches are on the rise. Our recent research found that 93% of organizations have experienced an email data breach in the last 12 months, at an average rate of one …

The cybersecurity issues of seismic monitoring devices
Seismic monitoring devices linked to the internet are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could disrupt data collection and processing, say researchers who have probed the devices …

Consumers not protecting data online despite having privacy concerns
Startpage announced results of its survey exploring the attitudes of Americans towards protecting their own privacy online. The results found a gap between the high levels of …

Cybersecurity spending for critical infrastructure to reach $105.99 billion in 2021
Cybersecurity spending in critical infrastructure has been little impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, save for some reshuffling on where that spend is most needed. The effect …

Cyber Underground General Intelligence Requirements Handbook
The Cyber Underground General Intelligence Requirements Handbook (CU-GIRH) is a baseline tool to assist in organizing, prioritizing, producing and measuring production of …

Have we put too much emphasis on protecting the network?
Recently, much of the cybersecurity commentary and blogs have talked about new approaches for protecting the network, especially beyond the perimeter. For the past few years, …

Nearly 40% of consumers lost money to phone scams in 2020
Businesses and consumers are relying on the voice call more than ever during the pandemic with voice traffic up 184% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to a Hiya report. …

Quantum computing and encryption: Key to achieving resilience, technological sovereignty and leadership
Cryptography is a vital part of cybersecurity. Security properties like confidentiality, integrity, authentication, non-repudiation rely on strong cryptographic mechanisms, …

Rampant password reuse puts companies and customers at risk
25.9 million business account credentials and over 543 million breach assets tied to employees in the Fortune 1000 are readily available on the criminal underground, SpyCloud …

CFOs are becoming catalysts of digital strategy
As the pandemic continues to challenge organizations worldwide, the role of chief financial officers (CFOs) has moved further beyond “economic guardians” of the enterprise to …

Week in review: Improving vulnerability triage, RDP attacks soaring, hackers in high demand
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Vulnerabilities in widely used TCP/IP stacks open IoT, OT devices to attack Forescout …
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