endpoint security
68% of organizations were victims of endpoint attacks in 2019
Organizations are not making progress in reducing their endpoint security risk, especially against new and unknown threats, a Ponemon Institute study reveals. 68% IT security …
Windows 7 is reaching end-of-extended-support, what to do?
Windows 7, released in October 2009, was one of Microsoft’s big successes. Ten years later and despite its end-of-extended-support deadline being imminent (January 14, …
Driving collaboration between security and IT ops teams is a major challenge
Strained relationships between security and IT ops teams leave businesses vulnerable to disruption, even with increased spending on IT security and management tools, a Tanium …
Healthcare spikes data breach fever, endpoint threat detections grow 60%
The healthcare industry has been overwhelmingly targeted by Trojan malware during the last year, which increased by 82 percent in Q3 2019 over the previous quarter, according …
New, improved Microsoft 365 security and compliance features
Microsoft has announced a number of enhancements to help its business and enterprises customers improve security and compliance efforts. Among these is a new solution for …
Employees know vulnerabilities exist, but they can’t resolve them quickly enough
There is a sharp remediation gap between when organizations first detect vulnerabilities and when those issues are ultimately resolved, Adaptiva survey reveals. The survey …
Tamper Protection prevents malware from disabling Microsoft Defender AV
Microsoft Defender, the anti-malware component of Microsoft Windows, has been equipped with a new protective feature called Tamper Protection, which should prevent malware …
Sandboxie becomes freeware, soon-to-be open source
Sophos plans to open source Sandboxie, a relatively popular Windows utility that allows users to run applications in a sandbox. Until that happens, they’ve made the …
Deception technology shifts power back to the defender
Users of deception technology reported a 12X improvement in the average number of days it takes to detect attackers operating within an enterprise network when compared to …
As attackers get more creative, mobile threats and attacks increase in both quantity and impact
It is no longer a matter of if or when an enterprise’s mobile endpoints will be compromised. They already are and most organizations have little to no knowledge or visibility …
If you’re struggling with Windows 10 migration, updates will be an even bigger challenge
With the end of Windows 7 support on the horizon, many companies remain significantly behind in completing their Windows 10 migration, new data from 1E shows. Of 600 senior IT …
Protect privacy and provide secure mobile access to corporate data
In this Help Net Security podcast, Mike Campin, VP of Engineering at Wandera, talks about how their solution solves a problem that every business is facing today, which is how …
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