Should social media organizations be subject to strict privacy regulation?
80% of IT security professionals agree that more security and privacy legislation is needed, especially for social media organizations that store personal data. However, …
Most citizens are against local governments paying ransomware attackers
Nearly 80% of US citizens are increasingly worried about ransomware attacks on cities – yet more than half are still hesitant to have city governments put forth the …
Business demands have outpaced the ability of IT to deliver services
While enterprises have embraced advanced digital technologies, such as IoT/edge computing (77 percent), big data/analytics (83 percent) and digital customer experience (78 …
Digital transformation success at risk as CIOs struggle to deliver digital projects
Despite rising optimism in digital transformation, the vast majority of organizations are still suffering failure, delays or scaled back expectations from digital …
Organizations focus on fine-tuning systems to ensure compliance while reducing risk
66% of financial institutions face the significant challenge of achieving low false positive rates, putting unnecessary burden on their compliance departments and creating …
What prevents companies from achieving effective security performance management?
Cybersecurity performance is critical to achieving commercial success, according to a BitSight study. Among the study’s most interesting findings is that nearly two in five …
A look into the frequency and success of phishing attacks on SMEs
43% of UK SMEs have experienced a phishing attempt through impersonation of staff in the last 12 months. Of those impersonation phishing attempts, it was discovered that …
Cardholders still dropping the ball when it comes to basic ID theft prevention
Four in 10 people with a credit or debit card have provided their full Social Security number in an online form in the past month, according to a new report from CompareCards, …
SOCs still overwhelmed by alert overload, struggle with false-positives
Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts continue to face an overwhelming number of alerts each day that are taking longer to investigate, leading five times as many SOC …
Cost of data breaches to surpass $5 trillion in 2024
A new report from Juniper Research found that the cost of data breaches will rise from $3 trillion each year to over $5 trillion in 2024, an average annual growth of 11%. This …
1 in 4 employees would steal company information to secure their next job
According to a survey of 476 IT security professionals at Black Hat USA 2019, nearly one in four (24%) said they would take company information to help apply for a position at …
Growing cloud adoption introduces visibility gaps and security complications
As the quantity and frequency of advanced threats continue to accelerate, a new SANS Institute survey found that a continued lack of visibility and the complexity of managing …