cybersecurity
Employees report 23,000 phishing incidents annually, costing $4.3 million to investigate
Account takeover-based (ATO) attacks now comprise 20 percent of advanced email attacks, according to Agari’s Q1 2019 Email Fraud & Identity Deception Trends report. …
Taking ethical action in identity: 5 steps for better biometrics
Glance at your phone. Tap a screen. Secure access granted! This is the power of biometric identity at work. The convenience of unlocking your phone with a fingertip or your …
eCommerce credit card fraud is nearly an inevitability
Riskified surveyed 5,000 US-based consumers aged 18 and older about their online shopping behaviors, experience with and prevalence of credit card fraud, repeat shopping …
Free training course material on network forensics for cybersecurity specialists
Based on current best practices, the training includes performance indicators and means that will help those who take it increase their operational skills of tackling cyber …
The biggest cybersecurity challenge? Communicating threats internally
IT executives responsible for cybersecurity feel a lack of support from company leaders, and 33 percent feel completely isolated in their role, according to Trend Micro. IT …
$1.7 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen and scammed in 2018
$1.7 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen and scammed in 2018 — a dramatic rise in criminal activity despite a slump in the market, according to CipherTrace. Criminals need to …
How privacy and security concerns affect password practices
Yubico announced the results of the company’s 2019 State of Password and Authentication Security Behaviors Report, conducted by the Ponemon Institute, who surveyed 1,761 IT …
What steps consumers need to take to protect themselves online
Yesterday was Data Privacy Day, so McAfee warned consumers that cybercriminals are continuing to access personal information through weak passwords, phishing emails, connected …
Industry reactions to Data Privacy Day 2019
The purpose of Data Privacy Day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. Data Privacy Day began in the United States and Canada in January …
How to know when you’re ready for a fractional CISO
Many companies eventually find themselves in the following situation: they’re growing, their technology, infrastructure and teams are expanding, perhaps a M&A is on the …
How accepting that your network will get hacked will help you develop a plan to recover faster
As anyone in the network security world will tell you, it is an extremely intense and stressful job to protect the corporate network from ever-evolving security threats. For a …
GDPR-ready organizations see lowest incidence of data breaches
Organizations worldwide that invested in maturing their data privacy practices are now realizing tangible business benefits from these investments, according to Cisco’s …