cybersecurity
Banks risk losing customers with anti-fraud practices
Many banks across the U.S. and Canada are failing to meet their customers’ online identity fraud and digital banking needs, according to a survey from FICO. Despite COVID-19 …
How will blockchain impact the global economy?
An analysis by PwC shows blockchain technology has the potential to boost global gross domestic product (GDP) by $1.76 trillion over the next decade. That is the key finding …
Three best practices for responsible open source usage in the COVID-19 era
COVID-19 has forced developer agility into overdrive, as the tech industry’s quick push to adapt to changing dynamics has accelerated digital transformation efforts and …
As attackers evolve their tactics, continuous cybersecurity education is a must
As the Information Age slowly gives way to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the rise of IoT and IIoT, on-demand availability of computer system resources, big data and …
Theory and practice of web application security efforts in organizations worldwide
75% of executives believe their organization scans all web applications for security vulnerabilities, while nearly 50% of security staff say they don’t, a Netsparker …
State and local governments under siege from cyber threats
With both security budgets and talent pools negatively affected by the ongoing pandemic, state and local governments are struggling to cope with the constant wave of cyber …
SMBs’ size doesn’t make them immune to cyberattacks
78% of SMBs indicated that having a privileged access management (PAM) solution in place is important to a cybersecurity program – yet 76% of respondents said that they do not …
With database attacks on the rise, how can companies protect themselves?
Misconfigured or unsecured databases exposed on the open web are a fact of life. We hear about some of them because security researchers tell us how they discovered them, …
Cybercriminals are using legitimate Office 365 services to launch attacks
Vectra released its report on Microsoft Office 365, which highlights the use of Office 365 in enterprise cyberattacks. The report explains how cybercriminals use built-in …
Major gaps in virtual appliance security plague organizations
As evolution to the cloud is accelerated by digital transformation across industries, virtual appliance security has fallen behind, Orca Security reveals. Virtual appliance …
Compliance activities cost organizations $3.5 million annually
Organizations are struggling to keep up with IT security and privacy compliance regulations, according to a Telos survey. Annual compliance cost The survey, which polled 300 …
2020 brings unique levels of PKI usage challenges
Organizations are rapidly increasing the size, scope and scale of their data protection infrastructure, reflected in dramatic rises in adoption of public key infrastructure …