cyber risk
53% of medical devices have a known critical vulnerability
After a year of unprecedented ransomware attacks on hospitals and healthcare systems – and with healthcare now the #1 target for cybercriminals – critical medical device risks …
Cyber risks top worldwide business concerns in 2022
Cyber perils are the biggest concern for companies globally in 2022, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer. The threat of ransomware attacks, data breaches or major IT …
Many users don’t know how to protect their broadband Wi-Fi routers
Millions of home broadband Wi-Fi routers in the UK could be at risk because many internet users do not take basic security precautions that could protect them from online …
How to improve your IR tabletop exercises and why you really should?
In this interview with Help Net Security, Curtis Fechner, engineering fellow at Optiv Security, explains the function of incident response tabletop exercises and how they can …
The rising threat of cyber criminals targeting cloud infrastructure in 2022
In the world of cybersecurity, combating threats is like playing endless, hyper-advanced, multidimensional Whack-A-Mole: new threats are always emerging, often from unexpected …
2022 promises to be a challenging year for cybersecurity professionals
I am very glad to turn the page on 2021, however, I am not optimistic that 2022 will be remarkably better. I am hopeful that President Biden’s Executive Order 14028 and the …
How safe are cloud applications?
Netskope released a research highlighting the continued growth of malware and other malicious payloads delivered by cloud applications. The year-over-year analysis identifies …
Supply chain cybersecurity: Pain or pleasure?
Whatever sector your business operates in, you will depend on third parties to provide you with goods and services to support what you do. Whether you are a small printing …
SMBs should consider new approaches for increasing their cybersecurity posture
SMBs can obtain advice about cybersecurity quite easily from a plethora of resources. Getting their hands on practical technology solutions is, on the other hand, more of a …
Insider threat does not have to be malicious, so how do you protect your organization?
In this interview with Help Net Security, Laura Hoffner, Chief of Staff at Concentric, talks about the causes of insider threat attacks and what companies can do to mitigate …
A CISO’s guide to discussing cybersecurity with the board
With data breaches on track to reach all-time high, chief information security officers (CISOs) are on alert to find blind spots in IT infrastructures and mitigate risks to …
Need to improve application security? Reduce friction between developers and security teams
Tromzo has released the findings from their report, based on a survey of 403 US-based application security practitioners who work at organizations where their development team …