56% of organizations faced a ransomware attack, many paid the ransom
There’s a continued proliferation of ransomware, heightened concerns around nation-state actors, and the need for acceleration of both digital and security …
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Attacks on biotech and pharmaceutical industry escalate
Attacks on the biotech and pharmaceutical industry had increased by 50% between 2019 and 2020, according to a BlueVoyant report. The report highlighted that nation-states are …
Hybrid environments driving positive business impact amid pandemic
Nutanix announced the findings of its survey and research report, which measures enterprise progress with adopting private, hybrid and public clouds. This year, survey …
CISOs say a distributed workforce has critically increased security concerns
73% of security and IT executives are concerned about new vulnerabilities and risks introduced by the distributed workforce, Skybox Security reveals. The report also uncovered …
Network traffic and consumption trends in 2020
As COVID-19 lockdown measures were implemented in March-April 2020, consumer and business behavioral changes transformed the internet’s shape and how people use it virtually …
Ransomware still the most common cyber threat to SMBs
Ransomware still remains the most common cyber threat to SMBs, with 60% of MSPs reporting that their SMB clients have been hit as of Q3 2020, Datto reveals. More than 1,000 …
Explosion in digital commerce pushed fraud incentive levels sky-high
A rise in consumer digital traffic has corresponded with a rise in fraud attacks, Arkose Labs reveals. As the year progresses and more people than ever are online, …
Risk professionals expect a dynamic risk environment in 2021
A majority of audit and risk professionals believe the risk environment will continue to be dynamic and unpredictable in 2021, rather than returning to more stable …
Healthcare organizations are sitting ducks for attacks and breaches
Seventy-three percent of health system, hospital and physician organizations report their infrastructures are unprepared to respond to attacks. The survey results estimated …
Security teams need visibility into the threats targeting remote workers
Although only 33% of organizations are currently using a dedicated digital experience monitoring solution today, nearly half of IT leaders are now likely to invest in these …
Cybersecurity workforce gap decreases, job satisfaction rates increase
For the first time, there’s a year-over-year reduction in the cybersecurity workforce gap, due in part to increased talent entry into the field and uncertain demand due …
The security consequences of massive change in how we work
Organizations underwent an unprecedented IT change this year amid a massive shift to remote work, accelerating adoption of cloud technology, Duo Security reveals. The security …