security awareness
User-targeted threats at all-time high despite rising education spend
The cost of security education for large enterprises at an all-time-high of $290,033 per year per organization, and user education is rocketing up the CIO’s priority list. Yet …
Know your adversary: Focus on social engineering
In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Tim Roberts, Senior Security Consultant at NTT Security, talks about social engineering and emphasizes the importance of …
Enterprise security culture: Why you need it, and how to create it
Security awareness is a term that most information security professionals are familiar with – security culture a little less so. “Security awareness training is …
How enterprise IT security conversations have changed
Deutsche Telecom is one of the world’s largest telecom companies, and its corporate IT and cyber security arm T-Systems is one of the largest European IT services …
Employees working while on holiday open orgs to security risks
Many workers will feel the need to check-up on work emails while they are away from the office and enjoying a well-earned vacation. Unfortunately, by doing that, they can open …
90% of consumers think security should be built into smart devices
90% of consumers polled from Brazil, China, Germany, India, UK and US believe it is important that a connected device has security built into the product, digital platform …
Think twice before buying a smart toy for your child
For a while now, security researchers have been warning about the security and privacy dangers of many popular “smart” toys. While consumer protection …
Review: Advanced Persistent Security
About the authors Ira Winkler, CISSP is President of the Internet Security Advisors Group. He is considered one of the world’s most influential security professionals. Araceli …
Google game teaches kids about online safety
Talking to kids about online safety is a difficult undertaking for many adults, and making the lessons stick is even harder. To that end, Google has launched a new program …
Why people are at the heart of your information security success
In this podcast, Perry Carpenter, Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer at KnowBe4, talks about the human side of security. Are humans the weakest link? Why do people fall for …
What’s really stopping users from adopting secure communication tools?
“Users’ goal to communicate with others overrides everything else, including security,” a group of researchers has concluded after interviewing sixty individuals …
A guide on how to prevent ransomware
Ransomware is fast becoming a major threat to computer systems in many organisations. It is an aggressive form of attack which criminals use to infect computers and block the …
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