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Too many IT pros ignore critical security issues

A recent Outpost24 survey of 155 IT professionals, which revealed that 42 percent ignore critical security issues when they don’t know how to fix them (16 percent) or don’t …

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Most financial firms still unprepared for GDPR

With only a few weeks until implementation, more than 50% of investment firms globally are unlikely to be ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May …

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Half of all companies do not have adequate application security visibility

The Ponemon Institute surveyed nearly 1,400 IT and IT security practitioners in the United States, European Union and Asia-Pacific to understand the risk unprotected …

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Breach activity declines, number of compromised records remains high

After year over year increases in the number of reported data breaches, Risk Based Security has released the results of their Q1 2018 Data Breach QuickView Report, showing the …

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First biometric authentication solution for consumer augmented reality headsets

Redrock Biometrics and Epson have partnered to bring PalmID to the MOVERIO Smart Glasses Platform as the first biometric authentication solution for a consumer AR headset. …

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Cybercriminals are turning to Telegram due to its security capabilities

Check Point researchers have revealed that cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting the popular messaging app, Telegram, to exchange information, recruit new partners and …

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Mobile first: Security concerns and solutions

The majority of people – 83%, in fact – use their mobile devices to go online. 89% of these users connect to the internet via a mobile device every day. However, …

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iOS users are 18x more likely to be phished than to download malware

Phishing is the number one mobile threat affecting organizations. The Wandera’s Phishing Report 2018 shows that iOS users are 18x more likely to be phished than to …

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Build security into software up front: Believe it or not, it’s cheaper and faster

“You can pay me now, or you can pay me later” was the tagline of a 1981 ad promoting oil filters. Seems simple, but the implied message was much stronger: It wasn’t about …

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Risky business: Are mobile employees compromising business info?

Americans logged 457.4 million trips for business in 2016, and there is no sign of business travel slowing down, with global business travel spend expected to rise 5.8 percent …

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GDPR Rails: Community GDPR compliance tool

Prey Software announced GDPR Rails, an open source tool set designed to help small to mid-sized businesses comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). GDPR …

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Are SMBs driving the adoption of security automation by enterprises?

If you tracked the lifecycle of new security technologies, you’d likely see that most start as enterprise solutions and eventually trickle down to small and medium-sized …

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