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When it comes to cybersecurity, businesses remain overconfident and vulnerable
Consumer products companies, retailers and restaurant businesses may be operating with a false sense of security, according to a new Deloitte study. The study captures input …
Average data breach cost declines 10% globally
The average cost of a data breach is $3.62 million globally, a 10 percent decline from 2016 results. This is the first time since the global study was created that there has …
When it comes to trustworthy websites, banks drop the ball
OTA’s ninth annual Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll analyzed more than 1,000 consumer-facing websites for their website and email security and privacy practices. The Audit …
AI can increase corporate profitability by average of 38% by 2035
Businesses that successfully apply artificial intelligence (AI) could increase profitability by an average of 38 percent by 2035, according to Accenture. The introduction of …
Cybersecurity trends: Fight against cybercrime shows both improvements and downsides
Trustwave released the 2017 Trustwave Global Security Report which reveals the top cybercrime, data breach and security threat trends from 2016. The report demonstrates both …
Security startup confessions: Attending industry events
My name is Kai Roer and I am a co-founder of European security startup CLTRe, and these are my confessions. I hope you will learn from my struggles, and appreciate the choices …
Evaluating artificial intelligence and machine learning-based systems for cyber security
All indicators suggest that 2017 is shaping up to be the year of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology for cyber security. As with most trends in our …
DLP APIs: The next frontier for Data Loss Prevention
According to the Breach Level Index, there have been 7,094,922,061 data records lost or stolen since 2013 with 4,417,760 records lost or stolen every day, 184,073 records …
Equipment already in space can be adapted for extremely secure data encryption
In a new study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Erlangen, demonstrate ground-based measurements of quantum states sent by a laser aboard a satellite 38,000 …
Cloud-based security services market to reach nearly $9 billion by 2020
Growth in worldwide cloud-based security services will remain strong, reaching $5.9 billion in 2017, up 21 percent from 2016, according to Gartner. Overall growth in the …
Week in review: Mac malware-as-a-Service, CIA hacking routers, top tech for infosec
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: End-to-end email encryption with no central point of attack A seamless, easy-to-use, …
Keys, tokens and too much trust found in container images
We are all aware of the risks introduced by good old third party code. Where would we be without it? Apparently not very far. It is estimated that between 30 to 70 percent of …
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