cybersecurity
Average company with data in the cloud faces $28 million in data-breach risk
Hard-to-control collaboration, complex SaaS permissions, and risky misconfigurations — such as admin accounts without multi-factor authentication (MFA) — have left a dangerous …
When transparency is also obscurity: The conundrum that is open-source security
Open-source software (OSS) has a lot of advocates. After all, why would we continuously try and write code that solves problems that others have already solved? Why not share …
Why digital trust is the bedrock of business relationships
In this Help Net Security video, David Samuelson, CEO at ISACA, talks about how enterprises approach digital trust. While nearly 98% of respondents to an ISACA survey say that …
What should investing in cybersecurity look like for a technology organization?
To withstand cyberattacks, businesses must continually update internal systems and avoid hasty tech upgrades that might open the door to attackers. In this Help Net Security …
Incident responders increasingly seek out mental health assistance
Incident responders are primarily driven by a strong sense of duty to protect others. This responsibility that’s increasingly challenged by the surge of disruptive attacks, …
The impact of DevSecOps practices on software development
A trending practice for application security, DevSecOps includes integrating security early in the software development life cycle (SDLC) and enables the delivery of reliable …
How to start and grow a cybersecurity consultancy
A cybersecurity industry veteran, Praveen Singh is the co-founder and Chief Information Security Advisor at CyberPWN Technologies, a digital defense consulting firm. In this …
The significance of parallel tasks execution for security teams
Infosec teams require nimble security tools to operate in realistic conditions, which may involve thousands of simultaneous events. In this Help Net Security video, Leonid …
Top issues driving cybersecurity: Growing number of cybercriminals, variety of attacks
Fortifying cybersecurity defenses remains a work in progress for many organizations, who acknowledge their shortcomings but have yet to commit the necessary resources to the …
Are you inundated by a never-ending stream of cyberattacks?
Trellix released global research revealing the cost of siloed security, weak spots in protection, and lack of confidence amongst security operations teams. The study of 9,000 …
Embedded IoT security threats and challenges
IoT embedded systems combine hardware, firmware, and internet connectivity to carry out particular functions. These devices transfer real-time data via the internet for …
Office exploits continue to spread more than any other category of malware
The latest Internet Security Report from the WatchGuard Threat Lab shows a reduction in overall malware detections from the peaks seen in the first half of 2021, along with an …