cybersecurity
The battle against ransomware: Lessons from the front lines
Ransomware is arguably the most significant cybercrime innovation in recent history. The ransomware business model is so effective that it is now the most common and …
The state of data quality: Too much, too wild and too skewed
We live in the age of data. We are constantly producing it, analyzing it, figuring out how to store and protect it, and, hopefully, using it to refine business practices and …
How to formulate a suitable identity proofing strategy
In this podcast, Matt Johnson, Product Marketing Manager at TransUnion, talks about identity proofing and navigating identity during changing economic dynamics. By the end of …
Attackers exploiting a zero-day in Sophos firewalls, have yours been hit?
Sophos has released an emergency hotfix for an actively exploited zero-day SQL injection vulnerability in its XG Firewalls, and has rolled it out to all units with the …
Three firmware blind spots impacting security
Built into virtually every hardware device, firmware is lower-level software that is programmed to ensure that hardware functions properly. As software security has been …
Understanding the basics of API security
This is the first of a series of articles that introduces and explains application programming interfaces (API) security threats, challenges, and solutions for participants in …
Third-party compliance risk could become a bigger problem
Since the onset of COVID-19, more than half of legal and compliance leaders believe that cybersecurity and data breach is the most-increased third-party risk their …
Most IT leaders believe remote workers are a security risk
57 percent of UK IT decision makers still believe that remote workers are a security risk, and that they will expose their organization to the threat of a data breach, …
Five best practices for achieving and maintaining SOC 2 compliance
A crucial framework for technology companies and cloud-based organizations, SOC 2 is both a technical audit and a requirement that comprehensive information security policies …
Client-side web security
To address attacks such as XSS, Magecart and other card skimming exploits found in modern eCommerce environments, the use of client-side web security methods is beginning to …
Work-from-home creates multitude of opportunities for leaks
Breaches of corporate and government data appear to be running at a level even higher than experts had feared going into stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19, the International …
The true costs incurred by businesses for technology downtime
Technology downtime is becoming a huge issue. IT challenges and poor digital work experiences are costing businesses tens of millions of dollars in lost work time and that the …
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