Average total cost of a data breach increased by nearly 10% year over year
Data breaches now cost companies a total of $4.24 million per incident on average, according to the Cost of a Data Breach Report, conducted by Ponemon Institute and analyzed …
Dark web ads offering corporate network access increase seven-fold
In its latest research, security specialist Positive Technologies documents how the market enabling initial access to corporate networks has evolved through 2020 and into …
Lack of email validation and opt-in processes hinder organizations from achieving compliance
Pathwire released the results of its Data Compliance Survey, a survey of 1,000 IT and marketing decision-makers across the globe on the most common data privacy and compliance …
Trending cybercrimes and the big impact of lesser-known breaches
Sontiq released the Mid-Year 2021 Cybercrime Report, which highlights five key trends and the 2021 data breaches that pose the highest level of risk to victims. Companies are …
Exposing the latest cloud threats affecting enterprises
Netskope revealed new research showing the continued growth of malware delivered by cloud applications and also the potential for critical data exfiltration tied to employees …
Consumers are increasingly concerned about online security and imminent attacks
According to a new Sophos Home survey, forty-five percent of consumers say they’re more at risk of being hit by an attack now than they were before the pandemic, and 61% …
Executives have increased business analytics usage
The pandemic has spurred rapid adoption of enterprise technologies around the globe, according to ManageEngine. The first report of The 2021 Digital Readiness Survey found …
36% of organizations suffered a serious cloud security data leak or a breach in the past year
As cloud adoption accelerates and the scale of cloud environments grows, engineering and security teams say that risks—and the costs of addressing them—are increasing. The …
CISOs operating blind, with limited visibility and control
An overwhelming percentage (75%) of CISOs consider their organization to be at greater risk of a cybersecurity attack due to the transition to home working, with a third …
Consumer attitudes towards various digital identity authentication methods
With concerns around online fraud and identity theft rising, consumers expect businesses to utilize new technologies to protect them online. According to research from …
Consumer expectations of digital services increased since early 2020
Consumer reliance on applications and digital services has soared since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new global study by Cisco AppDynamics, which examined the digital …
The knowledge gap around runtime security and the associated risks
According to Aqua Security’s 2021 Cloud Native Security Practitioner study, only 3% recognize that a container, in and of itself, is not a security boundary, indicating …
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