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Healthcare breaches involving ransomware increase year-over-year
2017 has been a very challenging year for healthcare institutions as these organizations remain under sustained attack by cybercriminals that continue to target their …

Week in review: Meltdown, Spectre, online tracking, and cryptojacking
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Meltdown and Spectre: Data theft hardware bugs affect most modern CPUs A design flaw …

Four misconceptions around compensating controls
As the New Year celebrations come to a close, the deadline to become compliant with the EU’s new consumer protection regulation GDPR is creeping closer. With this new …

What can we expect from January’s Patch Tuesday?
You know how sometimes you look at the weekend forecast on Thursday morning and you see that it will be sunny until early next week and then you look out the window to see it …

What’s next in IT outsourcing? 6 trends to watch
As more companies consider service providers as an extension of their own enterprise, an increasing number are choosing to outsource business functions to trusted partners, …

Intel issues updates to protect systems from Spectre and Meltdown
Intel has developed and is rapidly issuing updates for all types of Intel-based computer systems – including personal computers and servers – that render those …

80% of smartphones will have on-device AI capabilities by 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) features will become a critical product differentiator for smartphone vendors that will help them to acquire new customers while retaining current …

Building a program for GDPR compliance: Can you answer these key questions?
The clock is ticking and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will start to be enforced in May. Now is a critical time for organizations to plan, budget and make any …

Q3 2017 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report released
The newly released Q3 2017 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report from Imperva Incapsula features insights on attacks and mitigation. These are some of the key findings: Bitcoin …

2018: The year of the NIS Directive
In 2017 the GDPR buzz reached peak intensity, even in the cybersecurity community. It practically drowned out any mentions of another important upcoming EU law: The Network …

Despite cybersecurity concerns, many consumers don’t protect themselves
Despite awareness of the need for cybersecurity, many consumers are not taking proactive steps to keep their personal information protected from identity theft. With the …

Smart cars need smart and secure IT/OT Infrastructures
IT can fail. It often does. We restart IT, and life goes on. Hackers can also compromise these same IT systems creating disruptions and causing theft of credentials. All …
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