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How developers fight the rise in web application attacks
Recent reports highlight the challenge faced by developers in securing code as attacks against web applications increase, while security budgets for developers remain low, …
Security startup confessions: Limited funds and their impact on security
My name is Kai Roer and I am a co-founder of a European security startup, and these are my confessions. I hope you will learn from my struggles, and appreciate the choices …
Security spending rises in areas ineffective against multi-stage attacks
Vormetric announced the results of the Financial Services Edition of the 2016 Vormetric Data Threat Report (DTR). This edition extends earlier findings of the global report, …
Rising threats to boost government IT security spending
Technavio analysts expect global government IT security spending to exceed USD 42 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of over 9%. “The global IT security spending in the …
How the biometrics market is entering the evolving IoT ecosystem
By 2021, the biometrics market will reach $30 billion and shift its revenue focus, moving away from the governmental sector to emphasize opportunities in the consumer and …
Worldwide IoT security spending on the rise
Worldwide spending on Internet of Things security will reach $348 million in 2016, a 23.7 percent increase from 2015 spending of $281.5 million, according to Gartner. …
Worldwide IT spending to decline this year
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5 percent over 2015 spending of $3.5 trillion, according to Gartner. This is down from last …
My reflections after visiting RSA Conference 2016
RSA Conference has long been the place where security vendors announce new products and services, and industry trends are made. I was told by Centrify that recent breaches …
Cyber onslaught threatens to overwhelm healthcare
Healthcare organizations average about one cyber attack per month, say the result of the recent Ponemon study on the state of cybersecurity in healthcare organizations. Almost …
Companies are realizing that security and privacy go hand in hand
50 percent of companies over the past two years have increased the involvement of privacy professionals on their information security teams to enhance the prevention of data …
Are CIOs wasting millions on infosec that doesn’t work?
There’s overwhelming consensus among IT executives that the foundation of cybersecurity—cryptographic keys and digital certificates—is being left unprotected, leaving …
IT spending to slow down in 2016
Worldwide IT spending is expected to post a major slowdown in 2016, as economic weakness in emerging markets and saturation of the smartphone market combine to result in a …