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Week in review: SMBGhost exploit, OneDrive security, PCI compliance misconceptions
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: Organizations are creating the perfect storm by not implementing security …

Why DevSecOps remains a mirage
Despite the rhetoric around DevSecOps, security remains an afterthought when organizations are building software. Meanwhile, the latest Verizon threat report identified that …

Your greatest work from home lifeline is also your newest attack vector
Enterprises have been experimenting with work from home policies for years. Unfortunately, that experiment suddenly became the default this spring as local and state …

What is the true extent of the modern corporate digital attack surface?
RiskIQ released a report analyzing the company’s internet-wide telemetry and massive internet data collection to reveal the true extent of the modern corporate digital …

Global server market revenue declined 6.0% year over year in 1Q20
Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 6.0% year over year to $18.6 billion during the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20). Worldwide server shipments declined 0.2% …

Bad habits and risky behaviors put corporate data at risk
IT and application development professionals tend to exhibit risky behaviors when organizations impose strict IT policies, according to SSH. Polling 625 IT and application …

Top security risks for companies to address as cloud migration accelerates
The ease and speed at which new cloud tools can be deployed is also making it harder for security teams to control their usage, IBM Security reveals. According to the data, …

Average cost of DNS attacks hovering around $924,000
79% of organizations experienced DNS attacks, with the average cost of each attack hovering around $924,000, according to EfficientIP. The 2020 Global DNS Threat Report, …

Increasing awareness of cyber risks among SMBs to boost MDR revenues
The increasing number of sophisticated cyber threats will lead to a rise in demand for Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solutions from small and medium businesses. The …

3 common misconceptions about PCI compliance
Being the PCI guy at my company carries a certain amount of burden. Not only am I responsible for all of the ongoing compliance and yearly assessments, but I also have to …

How prepared are SMBs to recover from disaster?
The vast majority of SMBs both expect the unexpected and feel that they’re ready for disaster – though they may not be, Infrascale reveals. Ninety-two percent of SMB …

Organizations are creating the perfect storm by not implementing security basics
European organizations have a false sense of security when it comes to protecting themselves, with only 68% seeing themselves as vulnerable, down from 86% in 2018, according …
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