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How can businesses get the most out of pentesting?
More than 4.5 billion data records were compromised in the first half of this year. If you still feel like your enterprise is secure after reading that statistic, you’re one …

Week in review: CAPTCHA-breaking AI, Australian anti-encryption bill, new issue of (IN)SECURE
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Old and new OpenSSH backdoors threaten Linux servers OpenSSH, a suite of networking …

Report: Pioneering Privileged Access Management
Gartner released the first-ever Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management*, – it is, in our view, a significant milestone for the industry. We believe it spotlights the …

December Patch Tuesday forecast: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Grab your shovels, dust off the snow blower, and bundle up. The way patches are accumulating this month is making me think of winter in Minnesota. I’m talking about the kind …

Half of management teams lack awareness about BPC despite increased attacks
Trend Micro revealed that 43 percent of surveyed organizations have been impacted by a Business Process Compromise (BPC). Despite a high incidence of these types of attacks, …

10 trends impacting infrastructure and operations for 2019
Gartner highlighted the key technologies and trends that infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders must start preparing for to support digital infrastructure in 2019. …

An introduction to deception technology
This article is first in a five-part series being developed by Dr. Edward Amoroso in conjunction with the deception technology team from Attivo Networks. The article provides …

Researchers create AI that could spell the end for website security captchas
Researchers have created new artificial intelligence that could spell the end for one of the most widely used website security systems. The new algorithm, based on deep …

Measuring privacy operations: Use of technology on the rise
Critical privacy program activities such as creating data inventories, conducting data protection impact assessments (DPIA), and managing data subject access rights requests …

Consumers believe social media sites pose greatest risk to data
A majority of consumers are willing to walk away from businesses entirely if they suffer a data breach, with retailers most at risk, according to Gemalto. Two-thirds (66%) are …

Situational awareness: Real-time decision making to improve business operations
Although the term situational awareness usually pertains to the military and first responder space, it also plays a crucial role in the efficiency of public and private …

Major flaws uncovered in leading IoT protocols
Trend Micro warned organizations to revisit their operational technology (OT) security after finding major design flaws and vulnerable implementations related to two popular …
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