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Cost of data breaches rises, mega breaches cost up to $350 million
Hidden costs in data breaches – such as lost business, negative impact on reputation and employee time spent on recovery – are difficult and expensive to manage. For example, …

Cost of lagging DevOps and microservice enablement? $34 million per year
Despite the vast majority of cloud management decision-makers believing that DevOps and microservice enablement are important, very few believe that their organizations are …

Make certificate visibility and security a part of your overall security program
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2018, Asif Karel, Director of Product Management at Qualys, illustrates why certificate visibility and security should not just be …

Half of all companies do not have adequate application security visibility
The Ponemon Institute surveyed nearly 1,400 IT and IT security practitioners in the United States, European Union and Asia-Pacific to understand the risk unprotected …

$8.76 million: The average yearly cost of insider threats
According to The Ponemon Institute’s report, “2018 Cost of Insider Threats: Global Organizations,” the average cost of an insider threat annually is $8.76 million. It’s …

Are your organization’s key assets at risk?
A new study conducted by the Ponemon Institute shows increases in threats and awareness of threats to knowledge assets, as well as improvements in addressing those threats by …

Security teams are under resourced, overwhelmed by attackers
A new report conducted by the Ponemon Institute uncovered security’s “patching paradox” – hiring more people does not equal better security. While security teams plan to hire …

Third-party IoT risk management not a priority
With the proliferation of IoT devices used in organizations to support business, technology and operations innovation, respondents to an Ponemon Institute study were asked to …

Middle East oil and gas companies are unprepared to address OT cyber risk
Cyber security breaches in the Middle East are widespread and frequently undetected, with 30 percent of the region’s attacks targeting operational technology (OT), finds a new …

Healthcare industry: Attacks outpacing investments in personnel, education and resources
Recognizing that healthcare organizations are facing constant cyber attacks, the 2018 Impact of Cyber Insecurity on Healthcare Organizations study examines the myriad of …

Most healthcare breaches still come from hacking
In 2017 the number of individuals affected by breaches within the healthcare sector reached a four-year low. However, 71 percentof breaches in 2017 were due to hacking and IT …

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 …
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