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Only 5% of organizations protect credentials
In order to find the riskiest industries in the cloud, CloudLock analyzed 10 million users, 1 billion files, and over 91,000 applications, focusing on and breaking down risk …
10 tips to help organizations stay secure this holiday season
Optiv Security shared a list of the top 10 things organizations can do to help them stay secure during the holiday season.1. Know who on your security team is on vacation and …
Next year, smart cities will use 1.6 billion connected things
Gartner estimates that 1.6 billion connected things will be used by smart cities in 2016, an increase of 39 percent from 2015.“Smart commercial buildings will be the …
Turn the Cyber Kill Chain against your attacker
As businesses move to the cloud, the rapid adoption of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is no surprise. Unfortunately, securing the cloud and the data within it is no easy …
Only 37% of SMBs think they’re equipped to manage IT security
Just 37% of IT decision makers surveyed in the US, the UK, and Australia believe their organisations are completely ready to manage IT security and protect against threats. …

Demand for new malicious programs reaches saturation point
According to Kaspersky Lab, the number of new malware files detected by its products in 2015 decreased to 310,000 a day, falling 15,000 from the 2014 number of 325,000. …
DDoS attacks increase 180% compared to a year ago
Akamai Technologies announced its Q3 2015 report, which provides analysis and insight into the global cloud security threat landscape.“Akamai has been seeing greater …
Top IoT concerns? Data volumes and network stress
The scaling out to many thousands of devices per organization represents a wealth of new opportunities, according to a report by Quocirca. However, the same security rigor and …
Retailers are unaware of sensitive data leaks
A significant amount of retailers assign the same login credentials to employees and do not know if employees have leaked sensitive data – in spite of the majority …
Exploring the North American cybercriminal underground
Unlike counterparts in other countries, the North American underground encourages cybercriminal activity amongst novices and seasoned pros alike, according to Trend Micro.“The …
100,000 laptops and phones left in UK bars each year
UK bars guzzle up a staggering 138,000 mobile phones and laptops each year, and alarmingly 64 percent of the devices do not have any security protection installed, which means …
First ever EU rules on cybersecurity
Transport and energy companies will have to ensure that the digital infrastructure that they use to deliver essential services, such as traffic control or electricity grid …
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