cybersecurity
Leaders need to find ways to increase internal audit capacity without increasing budgets
A study of 299 internal audit organizations showed that the function faced both declining budgets and a significantly expanded workload in 2020, according to Gartner. “For …
Stop using your employees as scapegoats: Change their behavior
Remote workforces pose new challenges for organizations, with the largest issue centered around fortifying the security of at-home workers. We’ve recently witnessed large …
Why certificate automation is no longer just “nice to have”
We’ve all heard the shocking stories about the outages at what should have been bullet-proof organizations like Microsoft, Spotify, and a California Covid-19 testing …
As DX acceleration continues, identity and zero trust need to be central in all business decisions
The pandemic-driven shift to remote work has significantly changed how companies are investing in identity and access management capabilities and zero trust security, …
Data center market size to reach $519.34 billion by 2025
The data center market research from Technavio indicates neutral growth in the short term as the business impact of COVID-19 spreads. Data center market size by 2025 …
70% of organizations recognize the importance of secure coding practices
A research from Secure Code Warrior has revealed an attitudinal shift in the software development industry, with organizations bucking traditional practices for DevOps and …
The war against the virus also fueling a war against digital fraud
TransUnion’s latest analysis of global online fraud trends found that since the COVID-19 pandemic began, fraudsters are increasing their rate of digital schemes against …
Attack volume surged by 48% during the first year of the pandemic
A Mimecast report details how threat actors targeted remote workers during the first year of the pandemic, March 2020 – February 2021. The report describes how attack volume …
With more than 400,000 crypto scams created in 2020, increase of 75% predicted for 2021
The findings of a Bolster report, along with real life examples, clearly correlate the rise in crypto scams to the value and popularity of cryptocurrencies as well as the …
Fleeceware apps extract hundreds of dollars per year from their users through subscription services
Avast has discovered more than 200 new fleeceware applications on the Apple App Store and the Google PlayStore. The apps have been downloaded approximately one billion times …
Challenges and benefits of using threat data feeds
Threat data feeds can help organizations strengthen their cybersecurity posture, according to a report from the Ponemon Institute. As cyberthreats proliferate, many …
Using memory encryption in web applications to help reduce the risk of Spectre attacks
There’s nothing quite like an actual proof-of-concept to make everyone listen. I was pleased by the PoC released by Google security engineers Stephen Röttger and Artur Janc …
Featured news
Resources
Don't miss
- Deepfakes, fraud, and the fight for trust online
- Product showcase: Cogent Community democratizes vulnerability intelligence with agentic AI
- Cyber-espionage campaign mirroring Sandworm TTPs hit Russian and Belarusian military
- A new way to think about zero trust for workloads
- Heisenberg: Open-source software supply chain health check tool