cyber risk
HECVAT toolkit helps higher education institutions assess cloud adoption risks
Higher education institutions are increasingly adopting cloud-based solutions in order to lower costs, improve performance and productivity, and increase flexibility and …
Secure 5G networks: EU toolbox of risk mitigating measures
EU Member States have identified risks and vulnerabilities at national level and published a joint EU risk assessment. Through the toolbox, the Member States are committing to …
68% of organizations were victims of endpoint attacks in 2019
Organizations are not making progress in reducing their endpoint security risk, especially against new and unknown threats, a Ponemon Institute study reveals. 68% IT security …
Are businesses prepared for an extinction-level cyber event?
In an era of technological transformation and cyber everywhere, the attack surface is exponentially growing as cyber criminals attack operational systems and backup …
Data breach: Why it’s time to adopt a risk-based approach to cybersecurity
The recent high-profile ransomware attack on foreign currency exchange specialist Travelex highlights the devastating results of a targeted cyber-attack. In the weeks …
Security risks for e-scooters and riders exposed
Micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters, zip in and out of traffic. For this reason, micromobility is seen as an alleviating trend to help tackle traffic congestion. …
52% of companies use cloud services that have experienced a breach
Seventy-nine percent of companies store sensitive data in the public cloud, according to a McAfee survey. Anonymized cloud event data showing percentage of files in the cloud …
CISOs: Make 2020 the year you focus on third-party cyber risk
While cybersecurity professionals are certainly aware of the growing threat posed by sharing data with third parties, many seem to lack the urgency required to address this …
NIST Privacy Framework 1.0: Manage privacy risk, demonstrate compliance
Our data-driven society has a tricky balancing act to perform: building innovative products and services that use personal data while still protecting people’s privacy. To …
How to govern cybersecurity risk at the board level
Rapidly evolving cybersecurity threats are now commanding the attention of senior business leaders and boards of directors and are no longer only the concern of IT security …
Global security services industry to experience spend growth of more than $80 billion
The global security services industry is poised to experience spend growth of more than $80 billion between 2019-2024 at a CAGR of over 8% during the forecast period, …
Cyber attackers turn to business disruption as primary attack objective
Over the course of 2019, 36% of the incidents that CrowdStrike investigated were most often caused by ransomware, destructive malware or denial of service attacks, revealing …