cybersecurity
Security and the human factor: Creating a positive user experience
Despite the myriad of security solutions deployed, breaches are still happening. Even with the most robust security solutions it seems that we’re failing with the …
How secure are banks and financial services firms?
Many senior bank executives are confident about their cybersecurity strategy, yet a lack of comprehensive, practical testing is leaving gaps in their defense. Accenture …
Cyber risk issues resonating in boardrooms
The Cyentia Institute used in-depth surveys and interviews with corporate board members and CISOs to identify specific cyber risk issues resonating in boardrooms. More talk of …
Cryptographic security risks are amplified in DevOps settings
Cryptographic security risks are amplified in DevOps settings, where compromises in development or test environments can spread to production systems and applications, …
Threat hunting still maturing and mostly ad-hoc
Threat hunting is becoming an integral part of defensive activities in larger enterprises or those that have been heavily targeted in the past, according to a new SANS survey. …
Finally, enterprise-wide encryption strategies increase!
New research by the Ponemon Institute captures how organizations around the world are dealing with compliance, increased threats, and the implementation of encryption to …
Cloud-based single sign-on means access and security everywhere
The cloud is now the standard of corporate organizational life. It is a standard practice for nearly every sector of every industry. So, there must be solutions available to …
Evolution of security operations from reactionary survival mode to forced sophistication
The most security-sensitive companies approach their job and their day with the default assumption that they have been hacked, and they set out to prove that important …
Of machines and men: AI and the future of cybersecurity
For many in the cybersecurity community, ‘Ghost in the Shell’, both in its source material and recent film adaptation, is an inventive representation of where the sector is …
Pressures security professionals face have become more personal
While 53% of security professionals report increased pressure in trying to secure their organization, there has been a shift in the source of this stress, according to …
Cybersecurity: To automate or not to automate?
There are seven vital automated IT security applications that will function as the stepping stones necessary to advance cybersecurity in the new world of artificial …
Network teams spend more time on data security amidst new threats
Enterprise network teams are expending more time and resources than ever before to battle security threats, according to Viavi Solutions, who surveyed 1,035 CIOs, IT …