Is Europe ready for GDPR?
What impact will GDPR have on businesses across the UK, France, Belgium and Luxemburg? Vanson Bourne surveyed 625 IT decision makers in four countries and found that the UK is …
Fine-tuning the SOX compliance process
The annual Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance Survey released by Protiviti reveals a new set of challenges facing public companies amid their compliance efforts. PCAOB audit …
Cloud DLP policy violations rise as Slack, HipChat, and similar services increase in popularity
Cloud DLP policy violations in collaboration services like Slack and HipChat are on the rise, accounting for nearly 10 percent of total violations this quarter, according to …
Differences in personal security behaviors of US and UK workers
Wombat surveyed more than 2,000 working adults — 1,000 in the US and 1,000 in the UK — about cyber security topics and best practices that are fundamental to network and data …
IT professionals believe their data is safer in the cloud than on-premise
Nearly seven in 10 executives and over half of IT professionals revealed that they would prefer having a single cloud services provider handling their varied hosted …
Outdated systems and their link to data breaches
BitSight analyzed more than 35,000 companies from industries across the globe over the last year, to better understand the usage of outdated computer operating systems and …
Cybersecurity workforce gap to hit 1.8 million by 2022
The cybersecurity workforce gap is on pace to hit 1.8 million by 2022 – a 20% increase since 2015. 68% of workers in North America believe this workforce shortage is due to a …
While on vacation, users continue to prioritize convenience over security
Despite the benefits experienced from unplugging, most individuals prefer to stay connected. Fifty-two percent of U.S. respondents indicated that they spend at least an hour a …
Bored employees seen as biggest potential data security risk
Employees who become distracted at work are more likely to be the cause of human error and a potential security risk, according to a snapshot poll conducted by Centrify at …
Most organizations believe their mainframe is more secure than other systems
While 78 percent of CIOs say their mainframe is more secure than other systems, 84 percent say they are still exposed to a significant risk of insider threats due to …
Stealthy DDoS attacks distract from more destructive security threats
The greatest DDoS risk for organisations is the barrage of short, low volume attacks which mask more serious network intrusions. Despite several headline-dominating, …
Enterprise endpoint security: Millions of devices still running outdated systems
Duo Security analyzed the security health of 4.6 million endpoint devices, including 3.5 million mobile phones across multiple industries and geographic regions. With …
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