Where data privacy executives plan to focus their strategies and budgets
Adapting to an increasingly volatile regulatory environment is the top priority for privacy executives, with only approximately four in 10 confident in their current abilities …
Which employees receive the most highly targeted email-borne threats?
Workers in R&D/Engineering are the most heavily targeted group of employees within organizations, a new Proofpoint report says, and lower-level employees are at a higher …
A casual approach to workplace communications presents major security risks
Workers are comfortable sharing personal, sensitive and confidential information over chat platforms. They practice risky digital habits, and don’t care if their …
Research on private key generation reveals theft of ETH funds from accounts with discoverable keys
Researchers at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) have discovered 732 actively used private keys on the Ethereum blockchain. In their new study titled Ethercombing, ISE …
Attackers are weaponizing more vulnerabilities than ever before
2018 had the most weaponized vulnerabilities ever (177), which represents a 139% increase compared to 2017, according to the RiskSense latest report. In addition, the rate of …
As bad bots grow more sophisticated, so does the number of industries impacted by them
Bot attack sophistication continues to evolve, as advanced attackers learn to adapt their techniques in order to invalidate existing defense tactics, according to Distil …
Underserved populations unaware of cybersecurity risks
Members of underserved populations are less likely to know whether they have even been victimized by a cyber attack, and they have lower awareness of cybersecurity risks. …
The biggest hurdles to digital transformation initiatives? Budget and top-down support
More than half of enterprise IT professionals need help from industry partners and prefer agile service providers to implement digital transformation, according to a new study …
One hundred percent of endpoint security tools eventually fail
Endpoint security tools and agents fail, reliably and predictably, according to the 2019 Global Endpoint Security Trends Report from Absolute. From there, every additional …
Consumers willing to adopt smart payments but companies need to guarantee security
Smart payments adoption shows substantial growth, but consumers have significant security concerns. TNS’ Consumers Confirm Smart Payments Adoption report evaluates US, UK and …
Which organizations place a premium on security and privacy?
70 percent of websites qualified for the 2018 Online Trust Audit and Honor Roll, the highest proportion ever, and up from 52 percent in 2017, driven primarily by improvements …
Banks continue to prioritize risk management over customer convenience
Almost three in four banks in Asia Pacific anticipate that fraud in their country will increase in 2019, according to a recent poll by FICO. Of specific concern are …
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