cybersecurity

1 in 100 emails is malicious
BEC and phishing attacks soar by 20% and 41% respectively in H1 2023, according to Perception Point. Cyber attackers have continued to refine their methods, adopting more …

Keeping the cloud secure with a mindset shift
Gartner estimates that in 2023 worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services will grow by 21.7% and hit nearly $600 billion. Even as the economic downturn has most …

Strategies for ensuring compliance and security in outdated healthcare IT systems
With the average price tag for a healthcare data breach at an all-time high, the overall financial damage to an organization is high regarding economic loss and reputation …

The gap in users’ identity security knowledge gives cybercriminals an opening
With exponential growth in the number of human and machine actors on the network and more sophisticated technology in more places, identity in this new era is rapidly becoming …

EU’s financial institutions face cyber resilience crisis
78% of Europe’s largest financial institutions experienced a third-party breach in the past year, according to SecurityScorecard. In the wake of attacks such as MOVEit and …

How the best CISOs leverage people and technology to become superstars
What separates superstar CISOs from the rest of the pack is that they are keenly aware of the burgeoning threat landscape and the cybersecurity skills shortage, but they don’t …

Data privacy vault: Securing sensitive data while navigating regulatory demands
In this Help Net Security interview, Jean-Charles Chemin, CEO of Legapass, provides insight into the correlation between maintaining customer trust and protecting sensitive …

Open-source security challenges and complexities
Open source refers to software or technology that is made available to the public with its source code openly accessible, editable, and distributable. In other words, the …

The race against time in ransomware attacks
Most organizations lack strong cyber resilience strategies or data security capabilities to address threats and maintain business continuity, according to BigID. Despite both …

ZTNA can be more than a VPN replacement for application access
In the wake of increased workforce mobility, today’s organizations require more innovative, more flexible, and more secure methods of granting network and application access …

Blocking access to ChatGPT is a short term solution to mitigate risk
For every 10,000 enterprise users, an enterprise organization is experiencing approximately 183 incidents of sensitive data being posted to ChatGPT per month, according to …

CISOs consider zero trust a hot security ticket
The majority of organizations are on the road to implementing a zero trust framework to increase their overall security risk posture, according to PlainID. However, only 50% …