Cyberattacks cost SMBs an average of $86,500
On average, a single cybersecurity incident now costs large businesses a total of $861,000. Meanwhile, SMBs pay an average of $86,500. To assess the state of the security …
68% of organizations don’t have an IoT test strategy
Capgemini and HPE examined the state of application quality and testing practices across multiple industries and 32 countries. They discovered that, despite 85% claiming that …
DDoS and web application attacks keep escalating
Akamai Technologies released its Second Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet / Security Report, which highlights the cloud security landscape, specifically trends with DDoS and …
GDPR: Are you prepared?
Many European and US businesses are ill-prepared for the recently agreed EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and are at risk of falling foul of its rules around the …
Ransomware usage explodes, as app, browser and plug-in vulnerabilities increase
Bromium conducted research on cyber attacks and threats affecting enterprise security over the last six months. The good news is while the number of vulnerabilities is …
Consumers harassed by 30 million spam calls every day
Consumers are giving up twice as much sensitive data over the previous year, according to First Orion. Consumers are accosted by over 30 million spam calls to their mobile …
End-to-end network segmentation essential for security, yet few deploy
As point-of-sale breaches, ransomware attacks and various other customer data breaches continue to make local and national headlines, IT professionals agree that network …
Are all IoT vulnerabilities easily avoidable?
Every vulnerability or privacy issue reported for consumer connected home and wearable technology products since November 2015 could have been easily avoided, according to the …
43.7% of cloud-based malware delivers ransomware
According to a new Netskope report, 43.7% of malware found in enterprises cloud apps have delivered ransomware, and 55.9% of malware-infected files found in cloud apps are …
Top network security and data privacy concerns among businesses
With network security top of mind, businesses are nearly two times more concerned with losing private data (47 percent) than hackers disrupting their systems (26 percent), …
ISPs treat cyber security as a top priority
Better law enforcement training and coordination of cyber security and support for a government-backed awareness campaign are two key findings of an ISP survey by the Internet …
Can Big Data analytics strengthen your security posture?
The Ponemon Institute released the results of its first report focused on how big data analytics are being used by organizations to strengthen cybersecurity postures. Their …