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GDPR
Why companies shouldn’t dread the advent of GDPR

The main aim of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is to make sure that the data of EU citizens is protected, no matter where it’s held. The regulation, which will …

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Where does the cyber security buck stop?

Late last year, Bruce Schneier testified before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee asking them to consider imposing security regulations on the Internet of Things …

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It’s time for a common sense security framework

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse maintains a database of every data breach made public since 2005, and as the total number of records rapidly approaches one billion, board …

IoT
The cost of IoT hacks: Up to 13% of revenue for smaller firms

Nearly half of U.S. firms using an Internet of Things (IoT) network have been hit by a recent security breach, which can cost up to 13% of smaller companies’ annual revenue, …

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Weak DevOps cryptographic policies increase financial services cyber risk

Cryptographic security risks are amplified in DevOps settings, where compromises in development or test environments can spread to production systems and applications. This is …

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Rising volume of attacks overpowers security teams

New research from IDC that shows organizations are constantly under attack and struggling to keep up. The research finds most organizations run time-consuming security …

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Half of US firms don’t have cybersecurity insurance

A full 50 percent of US firms do not have cybersecurity insurance, despite the fact that 61 percent of US firms expect the volume of cyber breaches to increase in the next …

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5 incident response practices that keep enterprises from adapting to new threats

Security analysts within enterprises are living a nightmare that never ends. 24 hours a day, their organizations are being attacked by outside (and sometimes inside) …

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How to build a better SOC team

The security skills shortage is a very real issue. Cisco estimates that there are currently one million unfilled cyber security jobs worldwide, while a report from Frost …

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CIOs increasingly focus on innovation

Two-thirds of organizations are adapting their technology strategies in the midst of global political and economic uncertainty, with 89 percent maintaining or ramping up …

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Highest European CISO salaries set to reach €1 million

Chief Information Security Officers supervise information systems for their organization, and are in charge of coming up with, proposing, and implementing workable solution …

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How to secure your digital transformation

Organizations are demanding and implementing new solutions that enable them to streamline operations, cultivate new business opportunities and provide better service to their …

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