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Five vendors accounted for 24.1% of vulnerabilities in 2019 so far
Risk Based Security reported today that VulnDB aggregated 11,092 vulnerabilities with disclosure dates during the first half of 2019, with CVE/NVD falling behind by 4,332 …

Enterprises are unable to effectively use data to drive decision-making
Actian polled over 300 IT professionals with key decision-making power in a company of at least 250 employees and asked them what their critical data management pains are. Key …

Week in review: Red teaming, quantum computing, blockchain innovation
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: Quantum computing: The new moonshot in the cyber space race The race to …

Quantum computing: The new moonshot in the cyber space race
In 2016, China launched Micius, the world’s first quantum communications enabled satellite. For some, that launch eerily echoed the launch of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik …

Facebook phishing surges, Microsoft still most impersonated brand
Vade Secure published the results of its Phishers’ Favorites report for Q2 2019. According to the report, which ranks the 25 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks, …

New cross-industry consortium aims to accelerate confidential computing adoption
The Linux Foundation announced the intent to form the Confidential Computing Consortium, a community dedicated to defining and accelerating the adoption of confidential …

Cybersecurity salary, skills, and stress survey
This survey has ended. Exabeam is conducting an annual survey to understand skills, compensation trends and workplace trends among SOC and security analysts. All participants …

Unlocking the future of blockchain innovation with privacy-preserving technologies
The origins of blockchain as many are familiar with it today can be traced back to the Bitcoin whitepaper, first published in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, which offered a vision …

From SmarterChild to Siri: Why AI is the competitive advantage securing businesses
The dream of an AI-influenced world is finally here. After decades of writing about it, AI has reached a point where it’s ingrained into our daily lives. From the days of …

Identifying evasive threats hiding inside the network
There is no greater security risk to an organization than a threat actor that knows how to operate under the radar. Malicious insiders and external cybercriminals are getting …

Three essential elements of a successful Zero Trust cybersecurity program
Organizations have traditionally deployed cybersecurity approaches that adhered to the phrase made famous by President Ronald Reagan: “Trust, but verify.” This meant that most …

When will the GDPR pot boil over? It’s sooner (and different) than you think
There’s an old saying that a watched pot never boils. In reality, the sauce in that pot is heating up in a way we can’t quite see yet. After the major compliance ramp by …
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