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Quality Assurance and Testing is a bottleneck to implementing DevOps for many organizations

The practice of Continuous Testing – the process of fast and efficient validation of software releases in agile developments through highly automated tests – is gaining ground …

DDoS
Average DDoS attack sizes decrease 85% due to FBI’s shutdown of DDoS-for-hire websites

The FBI’s shutdown of the 15 largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) for hire vendors (booters) reduced the overall number of attacks worldwide by nearly 11 percent …

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Most IT and security professionals feel vulnerable to insider threats

91 percent of IT and security professionals feel vulnerable to insider threats, and 75 percent believe the biggest risks lie in cloud applications like popular file storage …

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Latest tactics used by cybercriminals to bypass traditional email security

Cybercriminals are continuously using new strategies to get past email security gateways, with brand impersonation being used in 83 percent of spear-phishing attacks, while 1 …

privacy
Unsurprisingly, only 14% of companies are compliant with CCPA

With less than 10 months before the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect, only 14% of companies are compliant with CCPA and 44% have not yet started the …

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Nearly half of organizations lack the necessary talent to maintain security measures

Regardless of their size, organizations share a common challenge: IT security teams are understaffed and overextended. The number of security alerts, the challenge of what to …

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Fewer than 28% of gov.uk using DMARC effectively in line with guidelines

Only 28% of gov.uk domains have been proactive in setting up DMARC appropriately, in line with UK Government Digital Service (GDS) advice in preparation for the retirement of …

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Current phishing defense strategies and execution are not hitting the mark

Few professionals are completely confident in their ability to assess the effectiveness of their phishing awareness efforts. In a new paper, Phishing Defense and Governance, …

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2019 may be a record year for enterprise breaches, but secure collaboration tools could help

Despite business executives agreeing that cybersecurity is a major challenge, businesses globally are severely unprepared for cyberattacks. 44% of business executives from …

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Security fatigue leads many to distrust personal data protection, can you blame them?

20 percent of Americans suffer from security fatigue and don’t trust anyone to protect their personal data. As a result, some people feel they need to take matters into their …

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Do people with malicious intent present the biggest threat to personal data?

Against the backdrop of a complex and growing cyber threat landscape, organizations are waking up to the fact that one of the biggest chinks in their armour against a data …

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90% of consumers value additional security measures to verify mobile-based transactions

A strong majority of US adults value additional security measures for mobile transactions, with 90% reporting they would want the ability to approve some or all mobile device …

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