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What’s in a cybersecurity question? Getting to the root of cyber insights
The day to day practice of cybersecurity is based around asking questions. How do I secure my applications? How do I protect my data’s integrity? How do I manage storage and …
Cyber espionage and sabotage attacks pose an increasing threat to the energy industry
Malicious actors are targeting critical infrastructure (CNI) sites and energy distribution facilities exponentially. Interconnected systems in the energy industry increase …
Banks continue to prioritize risk management over customer convenience
Almost three in four banks in Asia Pacific anticipate that fraud in their country will increase in 2019, according to a recent poll by FICO. Of specific concern are …
Bad security hygiene still a major risk for enterprise IT networks
Unpatched vulnerabilities, along with growing network and application complexity pose an ongoing security risk which could threaten the security of enterprise IT networks. …
As IT security automation increases, so does the need for highly skilled staff
The adoption of automation for IT security functions is on the rise across the US, UK and APAC, the latest DomainTools/Ponemon report has shown. The report, which is based on …
What is driving organizations’ cloud adoption?
Cloud adoption is gaining momentum, as 36 percent of organizations are currently in the process of migrating to the cloud while close to 20 percent consider themselves to be …
Healthcare orgs have to achieve true cybersecurity, not only compliance
How many organizations in the healthcare sector are conforming with the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity …
Manufacturing sector most vulnerable to insider threats
Almost three quarters of the 650+ international IT professionals Gurucul canvassed said they are vulnerable to insider threats, and ranked user error (39%) and malicious …
The top emerging risks organizations are facing
Gartner surveyed 98 senior executives across industries and geographies and found that “accelerating privacy regulation” had overtaken “talent shortages” as the top emerging …
The correlation between DDoS attacks and cryptomining
There is a direct correlation between cryptocurrency and DDoS attacks. As the price of cryptocurrency dropped in 2018, leading to decreased profits from cryptomining, hackers …
Week in review: Password-less security, WPA3 design flaws, new Windows 10 update controls
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Magento sites under attack through easily exploitable SQLi flaw A recently patched SQL injection …
77% of orgs lack a cybersecurity incident response plan
How prepared are organizations when it comes to withstanding and recovering from a cyberattack? The fourth annual benchmark study on Cyber Resilience by IBM Security and the …