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Companies still lack adequate data privacy tools
93 percent of IT professionals agree that customer data privacy concerns are a critical issue at the C-level. Yet, only 9 percent percent believe current privacy and consent …

Insight into critical data remains limited
SANS surveyed 829 IT professionals with endpoints located around the globe to explore how IT professionals monitor, assess, protect and investigate their endpoints. A majority …

Security CLTRe Toolkit: Build and improve security culture
Norwegian security culture startup CLTRe has announced today at CeBIT its Security CLTRe Toolkit. The SaaS-based toolkit will provide organizations from SMEs to large …

Why the next wave of cybersecurity talent won’t have a ‘security’ job title
Over the past five years, we’ve witnessed the state of cybersecurity become chaotic – and, quite frankly, grim – across a variety of industries. Hotels, financial …

Security concerns over connected devices mask the greater threat
The popular and sometimes controversial Shodan search engine made some changes recently that drew attention mostly of the latter variety. If you are not familiar with Shodan, …

Google Hands Free entering the mobile payments game
Google has announced that it is testing its new payment app, Hands Free, which (as the name suggests) allows users to make payments without the need to use their hands, mobile …

Cloud Status: Free app for cloud infrastructure monitoring
Server Density released a new free iOS app that enables you to stay up to date with the service status from key cloud providers. The Cloud Status app sends you notifications …

It’s time to kill the static password
How do you manage your passwords? Do you set them all to approximately the same value, for fear of forgetting them? Or do you write them down in a little book, or in a …

A rogue access point at RSA Conference? Here’s what happened
Ever since businesses began to offer Wi-Fi access to customers, experts have warned that open hotspots are not secure. Open Wi-Fi hotspots don’t ask a user for a …

Security concerns limit business initiatives
Though the C-suite recognizes the benefits of data security, organizations are still struggling to develop programs that effectively incorporate security strategies without …

Week in review: First OS X ransomware, hacking Internet-connected trucks, CVE system problems
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews, podcasts and articles: OS X ransomware found bundled with legitimate software Palo Alto …

Corruption: The magnitude of risk
40 percent of all compliance officers surveyed believe their company’s bribery and corruption risks will increase in 2016, according to a new report by Kroll and the …
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