It’s not just about Big Data, it’s what you do with it
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to surpass $3.6 trillion in 2016, a 1.5 percent increase from 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. The IT industry is being driven by digital …
Attackers prefer lower-bandwidth DDoS attacks
Analyzing customer data, Corero found that attackers are continuing to leverage sub-saturating DDoS attacks with increasing frequency, using shorter attack durations to evade …
Cybersecurity is being taken seriously around the globe
There has been a dramatic increase in the attention that boards and executives are paying to cybersecurity risk management, according to a new global study developed by the …
Is your board ready for a security incident?
Businesses suffered nearly 43 million known security incidents in 2014. This increased 48% compared with 2013 and equals some 117,000 attacks daily. And still, many boards and …
Prevention is the best cure for identity theft
In 2014, 85 percent of people took steps to prevent identity theft, according to ARAG, a provider of legal insurance. Checking credit reports, shredding documents with …
The changing role of the risk manager
71% of risk managers say their overall level of influence is greater now than it was three years ago according to a survey of 500 companies in EMEA conducted for ACE European …
Exposing fraud behavior patterns associated with compromised identities
Timeliness of detection and diversity of data sources are critical factors in countering attempts to compromise consumer identities, according to ID:A Labs.Understanding fraud …
With unprotected keys and certificates, businesses lose customers
Unprotected and poorly managed keys and certificates result in a loss of customers, costly outages, failed audits, and security breaches, according to The Ponemon Institute …
Employee use of cloud services puts business data at risk
UK companies are placing themselves at risk of cyberattacks and data breaches as a result of rampant use of cloud storage services and unclear or non-existent corporate …
Unsurprisingly, companies are not protecting personal information
According to a global survey of privacy and risk professionals, more than half of the 780 respondents say consumers should not feel confident that companies are adequately …
7 key global DDoS trends revealed
Neustar released the findings of its latest DDoS report, including key trends. The global research reveals more activity around targeted, smaller assaults aimed at distracting …
The value of threat intelligence
When it comes to understanding how a hacker penetrated the corporate network, nearly a quarter (23 percent) had no insight on which channel a breach occurred, according to …
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