cyber risk
The cybersecurity of industrial companies remains low, potential damage can be severe
Positive Technologies released a research that examines information security risks present in industrial companies, the second-most targeted sector by cybercriminals in 2020. …
The cybersecurity metrics required to make Biden’s Executive Order impactful
For too long, both the private and public sectors have not prioritized cybersecurity efforts enough and only acted in “good faith” – an inadequate effort to improve …
Getting ahead of a major blind spot for CISOs: Third-party risk
For many CISOs and security leaders, it was not long ago that their remit focused on the networks and digital ecosystems for their organization alone. In today’s digital …
Hybrid work is here to stay, but security concerns are high
As a rise in variants spurs new uncertainties around the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses around the globe are tasked with developing a long-term plan and work model, whether …
File upload security best practices rarely implemented to protect web applications
Despite a marked increase in concerns around malware attacks and third-party risk, only 8% of organizations with web applications for file uploads have fully implemented the …
Checking for misconfigurations isn’t enough
Misconfiguration errors are often the main focus of security for cloud-native applications, and for good reason. Earlier this year, Hobby Lobby accidentally exposed 136 GB of …
40% of SaaS assets are unmanaged, putting companies at risk for data leaks
DoControl announced a report which provides data-driven insights into the growing number of external and insider threats due to vast amounts of unmanageable data in today’s …
22% of cybersecurity incidents in H1 2021 were ransomware attacks
Ransomware attacks made up 22% of all reported cybersecurity incidents in the first half of 2021, according to recent analysis by CybSafe. CybSafe analysed data from the …
Adverse security implications of enterprises network overprovisioning
Accedian released a research study examining the adverse security implications of network overprovisioning in enterprises and the common practices and concerns surrounding it. …
58% of IT leaders worried their business could become a target of rising nation state attacks
HP Wolf Security released the findings of a global survey of 1,100 IT decision makers (ITDMs), examining their concerns around rising nation state attacks. 72% of respondents …
The impact of eCommerce fraud on retailers and shoppers
There’s a stark disconnect between retailers and shoppers on the matter of eCommerce fraud, Riskified reveals. The research, which comprised 4,000 consumers and 400 …
Device complexity leaving schools at heightened risk of ransomware attacks
Absolute Software announced a research revealing the significant management and security challenges faced by K-12 education IT teams with the rise in digital learning and …
Featured news
Resources
Don't miss
- Why app modernization can leave you less secure
- How AI agents reshape industrial automation and risk management
- How well do you know your remote IT worker?
- LlamaFirewall: Open-source framework to detect and mitigate AI centric security risks
- NIST proposes new metric to gauge exploited vulnerabilities