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As IT companies approach digital transformation, key issues remain a struggle
While IT organizations are making progress with their own internal digital transformation, they are still struggling to support the broader enterprise, reallocate the …

PII capturing websites still applying poor security measures one year after GDPR
One year after the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, 1 in 10 PII capturing websites belonging to the top 10 UK financial services organizations …

Week in review: Microsoft Exchange backdoor, the future of phishing, securing satellites
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Android Q: Enhanced security for consumers and enterprises The upcoming, newest version of …

A deeper look: How the 281 data breaches in Q1 2019 will impact companies
High-profile data breaches show no sign of slowing down. In the first quarter of 2019, there were 281 reported data breaches, exposing more than 4.53 billion records. …

Three ways GDPR benefits US companies
It’s hard to believe we’ve almost reached the one-year anniversary of the date the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. Leading up to that May 25, 2018 …

Healthcare IT pros now confident in their cyber attack response ability
Almost two years since the ransomware attack that brought the NHS (National Health Service) to a halt, healthcare IT professionals feel more confident in their ability to …

Only 14% of organizations have completed migration to Windows 10
Almost a quarter of organizations will not be ready for Microsoft to terminate public delivery of Windows 7 security updates on January 14, 2020, the official end of support …

Securing satellites: The new space race
A decade ago, it would have cost you a billion dollars to deploy a satellite into space. Fast forward ten years and you can now have your own personal satellite floating in …

C-level executives increasingly and proactively targeted by social breaches
C-level executives – who have access to a company’s most sensitive information, are now the major focus for social engineering attacks, alerts the Verizon 2019 Data Breach …

3 months, 1900 reported breaches, 1.9 billion records exposed
There were 1,903 publicly disclosed data compromise events in the first three months of the year, exposing over 1.9 billion records, according to Risk Based Security. No other …

The IoT threat landscape is expanding rapidly, yet few companies are addressing third party risk factors
There is a dramatic increase in IoT-related data breaches specifically due to an unsecured IoT device or application since 2017 – from 15 percent to 26 percent – and the …

Whose (usage) data is it, anyway?
Around the world, business customers now demand business-to-business (B2B) SaaS companies safeguard their usage data. More importantly, they want to know how SaaS companies …
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