How secure are banks and financial services firms?
Many senior bank executives are confident about their cybersecurity strategy, yet a lack of comprehensive, practical testing is leaving gaps in their defense. Accenture …
Cyber risk issues resonating in boardrooms
The Cyentia Institute used in-depth surveys and interviews with corporate board members and CISOs to identify specific cyber risk issues resonating in boardrooms. More talk of …
Cryptographic security risks are amplified in DevOps settings
Cryptographic security risks are amplified in DevOps settings, where compromises in development or test environments can spread to production systems and applications, …
One in five UK businesses suffered a cyber attack in the past year
One in five businesses have fallen victim to cyber attacks in the past year, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). The survey of more than 1,200 businesses …
Threat hunting still maturing and mostly ad-hoc
Threat hunting is becoming an integral part of defensive activities in larger enterprises or those that have been heavily targeted in the past, according to a new SANS survey. …
38% of consumers affected by ransomware pay up
Consumers are increasingly being targeted with ransomware, and many of them are paying up, according to Trustlook. Since the beginning of 2016, ransomware has gone from a …
Finally, enterprise-wide encryption strategies increase!
New research by the Ponemon Institute captures how organizations around the world are dealing with compliance, increased threats, and the implementation of encryption to …
Pressures security professionals face have become more personal
While 53% of security professionals report increased pressure in trying to secure their organization, there has been a shift in the source of this stress, according to …
Cybersecurity: To automate or not to automate?
There are seven vital automated IT security applications that will function as the stepping stones necessary to advance cybersecurity in the new world of artificial …
Network teams spend more time on data security amidst new threats
Enterprise network teams are expending more time and resources than ever before to battle security threats, according to Viavi Solutions, who surveyed 1,035 CIOs, IT …
Cyber insecurity is pervasive, citizens feeling concerned and vulnerable
More than three-quarters of U.S. citizens (79 percent) are concerned about the privacy and security of their personal digital data, and 63 percent say they would feel more …
Cloud IT infrastructure spend grew to $32.6 billion in 2016
According to IDC, vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 9.2% …
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