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Whitepaper: Identifying Web Attack Indicators
Attackers are always looking for ways into web and mobile applications. The 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report listed web applications the number ONE vector …
Week in review: MFA effectiveness, SMBs and Win7 security, the quantum computing threat
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: Unpatched Android flaw exploited by attackers, impacts Pixel, Samsung, …
October 2019 Patch Tuesday forecast: Be sure to apply service stack updates
School is back in session across most of the world, and here in the United States most students look forward to a school holiday called ‘fall break.’ While we never have a …
Enterprises leaving themselves vulnerable to cyberattacks by failing to prioritize PKI security
IoT is one of the fastest growing trends in technology today, yet enterprises are leaving themselves vulnerable to dangerous cyberattacks by failing to prioritize PKI …
Educational organizations massively vulnerable to cyber attacks
The education sector is facing a crisis as schools grapple with high levels of risk exposure – driven in large part by complex IT environments and digitally savvy student …
How security programs and breach history influence company valuations
96% of cybersecurity professionals indicated that cybersecurity readiness factors into the calculation when they are assessing the overall monetary value of a potential …
Executives have to make cybersecurity a priority in order to secure their business
Businesses and organizations of all sizes have steadily begun to recognize the importance of cybersecurity to their success. As spending and awareness of the importance of …
Security and compliance gaps of ineffective employee onboarding and offboarding
There are significant gaps in the compliant management of employee resources throughout the employment lifecycle. Just 15% of employees have all the resources they require to …
The 5 biggest examples of executive threats and how to prevent them
Many executives focus their security efforts and budgets solely on physical threats, but attacks targeting an executive’s digital presence can be just as dangerous. …
49% of infosec pros are awake at night worrying about their organization’s cybersecurity
Six in every ten businesses have experienced a breach in either in the last three years. At least a third of infosec professionals (36%) whose employers had not recently been …
Massive uptick in eCrime campaigns, retail among top targeted industries
There has been a massive uptick in eCrime cyber activity, a CrowdStrike report reveals. As Gartner states in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platform, “The …
Cyber risks are the top concern among businesses of all sizes
Cyber risks are the top concern among businesses of all sizes for the first time since the Travelers Companies’ survey began in 2014. Of the 1,200 business leaders who …
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