shadow IT

As the cloud’s popularity grows, so does the risk to sensitive data
While the vast majority of global companies (95%) have adopted cloud services, there is a wide gap in the level of security precautions applied by companies in different …

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 …

Security’s blind spot: The long-term state of exception
It seems every major hack is accompanied by the pointing of fingers. And there are plenty of places to point them: the servers that weren’t patched, the retailer who hadn’t …

Enable self-healing endpoint security with Application Persistence
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2017, Richard Henderson, Global Security Strategist at Absolute Software, and Todd Wakerley, SVP of Product Development at Absolute …

Security practices need to evolve in order to handle complex threats
There is no one-size-fits-all security solution to address the threat landscape today’s businesses face. Each organization has unique security obstacles and obligations. …

Unsanctioned cloud services present growing problem for organizations
Enterprise cloud service usage continues to rise, and despite the best efforts of IT, unsanctioned cloud service usage remains a problem as half of all users of sanctioned …

Most email authentication implementations fail
Most of the world’s largest businesses fail at attempts to use open industry standards to control which email is sent using their names. Three quarters of large …

Shadow IT intensifies cloud security risks
Lack of visibility into an organization’s use of cloud providers can lead to unauthorized access to data, improper handling and storage of data and improper data removal. As a …

Four IT trends CIOs need to know about
CIOs looking for a benchmark to gauge IT success can depend on user experience metrics to provide the answer. In each of today’s “third platform” …

Virtually all business cloud apps lack enterprise grade security
Blue Coat Systems analyzed apps for their ability to provide compliance, data protection, security controls and more. Of the 15,000 apps analyzed, it was revealed that 99 …

27% of cloud apps are high risk
As more and more organizations adopt cloud platforms, new shadow IT risk vectors are coming into play in the form of connected third-party apps, according to CloudLock …

Trust is the key to cloud adoption
Intel Security released a global report advocating the need for technology vendors to help businesses, governments and consumers understand the implications surrounding …