cybersecurity

Automating out of the skill gap sinkhole
The cybersecurity skills gap is one of the most daunting challenges facing the industry. We have a vibrant ecosystem of technology vendors developing shiny new tools, but the …

A view of the global threat landscape: Cybercrime and intrusion trends
Established and well-resourced cyber operations will continue to innovate, developing new methods of distributing crimeware and incorporating advanced tactics to infiltrate, …

Global megatrends that are problematic for the state of cybersecurity
The majority of senior-level IT professionals fully expect their organization will experience a catastrophic data breach that could greatly impact shareholder value, according …

The economic impact of cybercrime? Almost $600 billion
Cybercrime costs businesses close to $600 billion, or 0.8 percent of global GDP, which is up from a 2014 study that put global losses at about $445 billion, according to a …

Email inboxes still the weakest link in security perimeters
Over one-third of all security incidents start with phishing emails or malicious attachments sent to company employees, according to F-Secure. Types of attacks The single most …

What if defenders could see the future? Many clues are out there
Malware sophistication is increasing as adversaries begin to weaponize cloud services and evade detection through encryption, used as a tool to conceal command-and-control …

How organizations are confronting escalating third-party cyber risk
Based on in-depth interviews with security executives from 30 participating organizations across multiple industries, RiskRecon revealed how companies are managing the …

Poor communication between CEOs and technical officers leads to misalignment
A misalignment between CEOs and technical officers is weakening enterprise cybersecurity postures, according to Centrify. CEOs are incorrectly focused on malware, creating …

Even with cloud providers implementing defenses, glaring weaknesses remain
A new report from RedLock offers a look at the threats and vulnerabilities that continue to mount in public cloud computing environments. Account compromises keep rising Poor …

Expected changes in IT/OT convergence and industrial security
Ten years ago, I was brought into the industrial security arena by a top company executive in who was convinced that we needed traditional endpoint protection on smart meters. …

The four myths hampering cybersecurity maturity
We’ve seen tremendous advances in technology over the last 15 years or so, but security continues to struggle as much today as it did a decade ago. A large part of the …

What types of hospitals experience data breaches?
An estimated 16 million patient records were stolen in the United States in 2016, and last summer the British health system was crippled by a ransomware attack. While we know …
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