MFA market to reach $21.3 billion by 2027
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for multi-factor authentication (MFA) estimated at $8.6 billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of $21.3 …
Could passwordless be the solution to poor shopping sign-up processes?
Retailers could be shutting down huge revenue streams due to poor shopping sign-up processes, a study from Beyond Identity has revealed. A survey of more than 1,000 people in …
Combating identity fraud: The key is to avoid stagnation
In this interview with Help Net Security, Tom Wesselman, CTO of TeleSign, explains how to successfully combat identity fraud to not only protect an organization but its …
Unused identities: A growing security threat
In early May 2021, Colonial Pipeline, the operator of the pipeline that pumps 45% of the East Coast’s fuel, announced that they had been hacked. In his testimony before the …
Most challenging security threats for CTOs
59% of CTOs still see human error as the main security threat to their business, alongside other prominent concerns such as ransomware (49%) and phishing (36%), a research …
Ransomware attacks surge, but victims are recovering quickly
Cymulate announced the results of a survey, revealing that despite the increase in the number of ransomware attacks this past year, overall victims suffered limited damage in …
The world’s worst kept secret and the truth behind passwordless technology
One of the biggest security risks of modern-day business is the mass use of passwords as the prime authentication method for different applications. When the technology was …
Organizations can save $1.9 million using workforce passwordless authentication
Secret Double Octopus and Ponemon Institute announced the results of a US-based study focused on understanding the state of workforce passwordless authentication, from …
Active Directory control: How adversaries score even bigger goals via attack paths
Microsoft Active Directory and Azure Active Directory are directory services products used for identity and access management at most major enterprises all over the world. All …
40% of organizations suffered a cloud-based data breach in the past 12 months
Despite increasing cyberattacks targeting data in the cloud, 83% of businesses are still failing to encrypt half of the sensitive data they store in the cloud, raising even …
The first step to being cybersmart: Just start somewhere
When it comes to a subject as complex as cybersecurity, it’s easy to become a victim of decision paralysis. When company leaders and IT staff begin looking at their options …
Many organizations lack basic cyber hygiene despite high confidence in their cyber defenses
SpyCloud released an analysis of IT security leaders’ perceived threat of ransomware attacks and the maturity of their cybersecurity defenses. The report found that while 81% …
