Board members should make CISOs their strategic partners
Proofpoint released their Cybersecurity: The 2022 Board Perspective report, which explores board of directors’ perceptions about their key challenges and risks. Cybersecurity …
Shadow APIs hit with 5 billion malicious requests
Cequence Security released its first half 2022 report titled, “API Protection Report: Shadow APIs and API Abuse Explode.” Chief among the findings was approximately 5 billion …
Average company with data in the cloud faces $28 million in data-breach risk
Hard-to-control collaboration, complex SaaS permissions, and risky misconfigurations — such as admin accounts without multi-factor authentication (MFA) — have left a dangerous …
Incident responders increasingly seek out mental health assistance
Incident responders are primarily driven by a strong sense of duty to protect others. This responsibility that’s increasingly challenged by the surge of disruptive attacks, …
Many IT pros don’t think a ransomware attack can impact Microsoft 365 data
Nearly a quarter of businesses have suffered a ransomware attack, with a fifth occurring in the past 12 months, according to Hornetsecurity. The 2022 Ransomware Report, which …
Top issues driving cybersecurity: Growing number of cybercriminals, variety of attacks
Fortifying cybersecurity defenses remains a work in progress for many organizations, who acknowledge their shortcomings but have yet to commit the necessary resources to the …
Are you inundated by a never-ending stream of cyberattacks?
Trellix released global research revealing the cost of siloed security, weak spots in protection, and lack of confidence amongst security operations teams. The study of 9,000 …
Phishing activity exploded in Q2 2022
The APWG’s Phishing Activity Trends Report reveals that in the second quarter of 2022, the APWG observed 1,097,811 total phishing attacks — the worst quarter for phishing that …
Office exploits continue to spread more than any other category of malware
The latest Internet Security Report from the WatchGuard Threat Lab shows a reduction in overall malware detections from the peaks seen in the first half of 2021, along with an …
65% of companies are considering adopting VPN alternatives
Despite high awareness of VPN risks, remote work forced many companies to rely more heavily on legacy access methods during the pandemic. At the same time, cybercriminals …
Data security trends: 7 statistics you need to know
U.S. businesses are at high risk for data security threats from increasingly effective phishing attempts and the lack of procedures to restrict data access, according to …
Businesses find remote work security risks less daunting than before
After two years of the pandemic, confidence in addressing certain security risks and threats arising from hybrid and remote work has improved among businesses and …