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Economic uncertainty compels IT leaders to rethink their strategy

IT decision makers’ priorities have shifted over the past 12 months and their top areas of focus as they head into 2023. Snow Software polled 800 IT leaders from the United …

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The benefit of adopting a hacker mindset for building security strategies

As VP of Research at Pentera, Alex Spivakovsky leads a team of former pen-testers, red-teamers, and incident response experts whose job is to bypass existing security …

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CISO roles continue to expand beyond technical expertise

Marlin Hawk has tracked and analyzed the profiles of 470 CISOs year-over-year to understand the changing dynamics in this critical leadership position. The research shows the …

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Make sure your company is prepared for the holiday hacking season

We’re coming to that time of the year when employees are excited about the holidays and taking time off to be with their loved ones. But while employees are preparing for some …

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Will 2023 be another year of chaos and instability?

A defining characteristic of 2022 has been the way that online campaigns driven by real-world events have amassed unexpected energy, fueling hacktivism and inviting in global …

security culture
5 tips for building a culture of cybersecurity accountability

In this Help Net Security video, Corey Nachreiner, CSO at WatchGuard, talks about how effective cybersecurity often boils down to doing the basics: patching, updating, and …

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3 major threat detection methods explained

The importance of threat detection cannot be overstated. A recent Verizon study revealed that the top discovery method (more than 50%) for breaches is in fact disclosure by …

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How companies can avoid costly data breaches

IBM found that it takes on average 277 days to discover a security breach and costs businesses an average of $4.35 million per breach. Moreover, the time-to-discovery can …

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Preventing a ransomware attack with intelligence: Strategies for CISOs

Bad news first: Ransomware isn’t going anywhere. The good news? The right intelligence can help organizations dramatically reduce risk surrounding a cyber extortion event. In …

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Security is no longer an internal affair

67% of respondents to a recent survey indicated their company had lost a business deal due to the customer’s lack of confidence in their security strategy. Dimensional …

Code
Fear of cyberattacks drives SMBs to spend more on software

Despite fears of a looming recession, SMBs in the U.S. are spending more on software in 2023, according to Capterra’s 2023 SMB Software Buying Trends Survey. 75% of U.S. SMBs …

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68% of IT leaders are worried about API sprawl

Axway announced new data from its inaugural 2022 Open Everything Strategy Survey Report, which found that nearly 40% of organizations are in the process of adopting a new …

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