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eBook: Guide to protecting SaaS apps from DDoS attacks
With a business model dependent on 100% uptime for their online customers, the last thing SaaS companies can afford is a DDoS attack. Read this DDoS eBook from Incapsula and …

The security impact of IoT evolution
Francis Bacon, First Viscount St. Alban (1561 – 1626), wrote, “As the births of living creatures, at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of …

The state of the cloud and the Software-Defined Data Center
We’ve long been moving toward cloud-based and virtualized infrastructures, but in some ways 2016 might just be the year in which the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) really …

Opera Software founder launches Vivaldi, a new browser
After more than one year in public development and millions of downloads, Vivaldi today released the first major release of its desktop browser: Vivaldi 1.0. The UI uses React …

Take it to the boardroom: Elevating the cybersecurity discussion
As data breaches continue to rise, organizations, regardless of their size or industry they are in, must take into consideration a new mindset. Despite the FBI’s focus on …

Does hybrid IT offer a competitive advantage?
Hybrid IT is about more than saving money. A survey of IT decision-makers at major financial services, retail, health care, and other organizations found that 50 percent have …

Calculate the cost and probability of a DDoS attack
DDoS attacks are becoming increasingly larger, more complex, and perpetrated by cyber extortionist instead of hacktivists and vandals, according to a recent survey from Arbor …

The dangers of bad cyber threat intelligence programs
I love a surprise ending in a movie. Whether I’m watching drama, action, or sci-fi, there’s nothing better than a plot twist you can’t predict. At work, however, I feel the …

Global IAM market to reach 24.55 billion by 2022
The global identity and access management (IAM) market is expected to reach USD 24.55 billion by 2022, according to Research and Markets. Increased spending by large scale …

Week in review: Hackers breaching law firms, ransomware flare-up, and how to get your talk accepted at Black Hat
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Hackers breaching law firms for insider trading info Two of the most …

Encryption we can trust: Are we there yet?
Encryption is arguably the most important single security tool that we have, but it still has some serious growing up to do. The current debate about the pros and cons of …

SMEs under attack, security readiness still low
When it comes to securing their data, SMEs remain several steps behind their larger counterparts. Some reasons for the disparity in security readiness may be that SMEs have …
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