security awareness

SMBs should consider new approaches for increasing their cybersecurity posture
SMBs can obtain advice about cybersecurity quite easily from a plethora of resources. Getting their hands on practical technology solutions is, on the other hand, more of a …

Insider threat does not have to be malicious, so how do you protect your organization?
In this interview with Help Net Security, Laura Hoffner, Chief of Staff at Concentric, talks about the causes of insider threat attacks and what companies can do to mitigate …

How likely are employees to fall prey to a phishing attack?
22% of employees are likely to expose their organization to the risk of cyber attack via a successful phishing attempt, a Phished report reveals. Analysis of the broad and …

Employees think they’re safe from cyberthreats on company devices
A research launched by Menlo Security reveals increased cybersecurity risks posed to employees and organizations during the 2021 holiday shopping season. The research – which …

How worried should organizations be about their phishing click rate?
Overall end user click rates remained high in the face of this year’s phishing simulation, a Terranova Security report reveals. It also details the rise in the number of …

API security awareness: The first step to better assessing the risk
In this Help Net Security interview, Tal Steinherz, CTO at Wib, talks about the importance of API security awareness and how to tackle numerous threats that are plaguing it. …

Implications of strengthening the cybersecurity of small business in America
On November 2, 2021, the House of Representatives passed two bills with the goal of strengthening the cybersecurity of small businesses in America. The first bill, the Small …

What is challenging secure application development?
A Censuswide report reveals the biggest security challenges that application security (AppSec) managers and software developers are facing within their organizations in …

We need a Cyber Awareness Century
For a generation of people that panic if they leave home without their phone or in the event of a social media outage, we are still very unequipped to handle the internet’s …

Younger generations care little about cybersecurity
SailPoint released a survey which aimed to identify gaps within organizations’ cybersecurity postures by analyzing workforce behaviors that blur work and personal lives, …

The antidote to brand impersonation attacks is awareness
In this interview with Help Net Security, Dirk Jan Koekkoek, VP, DMARC at Mimecast, talks about the growing threat of brand impersonation attacks, their increasing level of …

Employers must balance productivity and collaboration tools with security
Americans are more concerned about cybersecurity than ever before, according to Unisys. The survey found that concerns around internet security (including computer viruses and …
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