cyber risk
Risky sites have never been easier to exploit
46% of the Internet’s top 1 million web sites, as ranked by Alexa, are risky. This is largely due to vulnerable software running on web servers and on underlying ad …
Researchers identify domain-level service credential exploit
CyberArk Labs unveiled new research detailing what it considers to be a significant risk across all Windows endpoints, including those on Windows 10 with Credential Guard …
While consumers remain complacent, hackers refine their skills
A new Norton Cyber Security Insights Report found that consumers who were victims of cybercrime within the past year often continued their unsafe behavior. For example, while …
Cyber risk in advanced manufacturing: How to be secure and resilient
Nearly half of surveyed manufacturing executives lack confidence their assets are protected from external threats, according to a new study from Deloitte and the Manufacturers …
Why don’t all businesses have a good continuity strategy?
It has been said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In the case of disaster recovery, however, businesses tend focus on prevention without anticipating the …
1 in 5 executives take risks with sensitive data to meet regulatory demands
The Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AML), the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Market Abuse Directive (MAD) and Regulation (MAR) are the three biggest regulatory pressures across …
Bad security habits persist, despite rising awareness
While 82 percent of respondents believe the IT security industry is making progress against cyber attacks, those gains are undercut by egregious security practices in critical …
Rio 2016: The world is watching, especially hackers
When each nation’s best athletes compete at the Olympic Games, one city seemingly becomes the center of the universe. And while we look on closely—captivated by the …
Nearly 1 in 3 consumers victimized by card fraud
Thirty percent of consumers globally have experienced card fraud in the past five years, according to ACI Worldwide and Aite Group. The global fraud study of more than 6,000 …
Cybersecurity risks in 3D printing
3D printing (i.e. additive manufacturing) is a $4 billion business set to quadruple by 2020. Additive manufacturing builds a product from a computer assisted design (CAD) file …
Risk analytics market to experience serious growth
The risk analytics market is estimated to grow from USD 16.55 billion in 2016 to USD 30.18 billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.8%, according to …
Boardroom execs still don’t know the value of data
Almost two thirds of businesses still don’t know the value of critical data assets being targeted by cybercriminals. IRM surveyed security heads at their recent conference, …