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CEO priorities are shifting to embrace digital business
Growth tops the list of CEO business priorities in 2018 and 2019, according to a recent survey of CEOs and senior executives by Gartner. However, the survey found that as …
Strengthening information security to protect against fake news
Online disinformation, also refered to as “fake news”, has recently received a lot of attention as a potential disruptor of democratic processes globally. There is a need to …
Why good security foundations are better than the best security mitigation
Since founding VDOO, we have been working to analyze a great many IoT devices, in the broadest way possible. The more we look into these devices and find their …
Wi-Fi honeypots: Alive and well at RSAC 2018
It was a gorgeous, sunny week in San Francisco as the best and brightest security experts around the globe gathered to attend one of the leading cybersecurity tradeshows in …
Should governments regulate social media data collection?
Venafi announced the results of a survey querying 512 security professionals attending RSA Conference 2018. The survey evaluated opinions on the intersection of cyber …
Unsurprisingly, most won’t be ready for GDPR on 25th May
With less than a month until the GDPR comes into force, many companies will not be ready when it takes effect on May 25th, 2018. 62% of IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) surveyed …
Only half of CI/CD workflows include appsec testing elements
Only half of CI/CD workflows include application security testing elements despite respondents citing awareness of the importance and advantages of doing so, according to a …
Adoption of security ratings platforms is on the rise
Forrester Consulting surveyed 158 security leaders to evaluate how enterprises are assessing and managing security threats to their IT infrastructure, as well as to their …
Small merchants are not effectively engaging with PCI programs
Smaller merchants are systematically failing to engage with PCI compliance programs, according to a new acquirer survey from Sysnet Global Solutions. The survey revealed that …
Most SAP systems vulnerable to critical security configuration risk
Onapsis researchers revealed a critical security configuration vulnerability that results from default installations in SAP systems which if left insecure, could lead to a …
Can existing endpoint security controls prevent a significant attack?
Endpoint security solutions are failing to provide adequate protections to address today’s security threats, specifically malware, according to Minerva Labs. A majority of the …
Better code won’t save developers in the short run
According to OWASP, “Insecure software is undermining our financial, healthcare, defense, energy and other critical infrastructure.” In its 2017 OWASP Top 10 Most Critical Web …
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