Most US states show signs of a vulnerable election-related infrastructure
75% of all 56 U.S. states and territories leading up to the presidential election, showed signs of a vulnerable IT infrastructure, a SecurityScorecard report reveals. Since …
SaaS adoption prompting concerns over operational complexity and risk
A rise in SaaS adoption is prompting concerns over operational complexity and risk, a BetterCloud report reveals. Since 2015, the number of IT-sanctioned SaaS apps has …
Number of corporate credentials exposed on the dark web increased by 429%
While there has been a year-over-year decrease in publicly disclosed data breaches, an Arctic Wolf report reveals that the number of corporate credentials with plaintext …
How do I select a data storage solution for my business?
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. …
Priorities and technologies defining the mainframe in the digital enterprise
There’s an overwhelming support for mainstreaming the mainframe, new strategic priorities, and a resurgence of next generation mainframe talent, according to a BMC …
AWS adds new S3 security and access control features
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made available three new S3 (Simple Storage Service) security and access control features: Object Ownership Bucket Owner Condition Copy API via …
How important is monitoring in DevOps?
The importance of monitoring is often left out of discussions about DevOps, but a Gartner report shows how it can lead to superior customer experiences. The report provides …
As ATO attacks surge, consumers expect merchants to protect them from fraud
Attempted account takeover (ATO) attacks swelled 282 percent between Q2 2019 to Q2 2020, Sift reveals. Likewise, ATO rates for physical ecommerce businesses — those that sell …
NIST crowdsourcing challenge aims to de-identify public data sets to protect individual privacy
NIST has launched a crowdsourcing challenge to spur new methods to ensure that important public safety data sets can be de-identified to protect individual privacy. The …
Average data queries take too long, yet organizations need daily data insights to make decisions
58% of organizations make decisions based on outdated data, according to an Exasol research. The report reveals that 84% of organizations are under increasing pressure to make …
70% of consumers would cut ties with doctors over unprotected health data
There are growing privacy concerns among Americans due to COVID-19 with nearly 70 percent citing they would likely sever healthcare provider ties if they found that their …
GRC teams have a number of challenges meeting regulatory demands
Senior risk and compliance professionals within financial services company’s lack confidence in the security data they are providing to regulators, according to Panaseer. …
