UK universities hit repeatedly with ransomware, one over 21 times!
63 percent of UK universities have been hit by ransomware – most of them multiple times, and Bournemouth University a total of 21 times in the last year, SentinelOne has …
Privileged user abuse and the insider threat
Although insider leaks and attacks continue to multiply, a Ponemon Institute study found that 58 percent of IT operations and security managers believe their organizations are …
The deception technology market is exploding
The global deception technology market is expected to generate a revenue of USD 1.33 billion by 2020, according to Technavio. Deception technology was introduced as an …
Is security enabling or compromising productivity?
While most organizations fundamentally believe connecting people to the best technology is vital to business productivity, many struggle to achieve agility due to traditional …
Banking customers hesitant to use mobile features due to security concerns
Banking customers are hesitant to use mobile features due to fraud and security concerns, according to Kaspersky Lab and IDC Financial Insights. Their findings show that of …
Lack of security talent is a threat to corporate safety
Large businesses with a small amount of full-time security experts pay almost three times more to recover from a cyberattack than those businesses with in-house expertise, …
Five tips to help execute an employee training program
One of the best ways to reduce the risk of data breaches is employee training. This is particularly important during the fall “back to business” season when many …
Organizations still unprepared for malicious insiders
Organizations globally believe they are their own worst enemy when it comes to cybersecurity, with 45 percent saying they are ill-equipped to cope with the threat of malicious …
Subverting protection into DDoS attacks
On average, DNSSEC reflection can transform an 80-byte query into a 2,313-byte response, an amplification factor of nearly 30 times, which can easily cause a network service …
Should cloud vendors cooperate with the government?
More than one in three IT pros believe cloud providers should turn over encrypted data to the government when asked, according to Bitglass and the Cloud Security Alliance …
Using ISO 27001 to improve your information security posture
ISO 27001 delivers direct benefits that improve an organisation’s information security posture, despite the ongoing struggle to convince boards of the importance of …
1 in 3 Americans report financial losses due to being defrauded
With nearly half of Americans reporting they have been tricked or defrauded, citizens are concerned that the Internet is becoming less safe and want tougher federal and state …