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Cloud
Security to become primary reason government agencies move to the cloud

Public cloud options now offer the scalability, computing power, storage and security to better enable digital government platforms and meet rising expectations for …

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Exposing the shadow data threat

Blue Coat conducted an analysis using the Elastica CloudSOC platform provided insights into 63 million enterprise documents within leading cloud applications, including …

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Industrialized attackers systematically destroy defender confidence

Only 45 percent of organizations worldwide are confident in their security posture as today’s attackers launch more sophisticated, bold and resilient campaigns, according to …

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Rise of automation: Battle of the bots

As outlined in the Global Application and Network Security Report 2015-2016, Radware found that throughout 2015, no industry was immune to cyber attacks, and few were …

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Businesses fail to take full advantage of encryption technology

Private, highly-sensitive employee information, including banking details, HR files and personal healthcare records, is at risk. While many companies take the security of …

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Unexpected implications arising from the Internet of Things

More than half of major new business processes and systems will incorporate some element of the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2020, according to Gartner. The impact of the IoT …

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Success of the Internet of Things depends on privacy and security

Even as the Internet of Things (IoT) creates new usages, systems and ways to manage and store data, there is a parallel need for impermeable privacy policies and protection …

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Compromised credentials a leading concern for most security pros

90% of organizations are worried about compromised credentials, though 60% say they cannot catch these types of attacks today, according to a new survey by Rapid7. 62% of …

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Why the legal sector is risking confidential information

The lack of unique logins, manual logoffs and concurrent logins is putting confidential information in the legal sector at risk, new research has revealed. A report by IS …

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800 risk experts from 40 countries identify the top global business risks

The risk landscape for businesses is substantially changing in 2016. While businesses are less concerned about the impact of traditional industrial risks such as natural …

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Shift in strategy around cloud adoption and security

Cloud adoption does not have to mean opening up your organization to increased security risks and threats if the right policies are in place, according to a new CSA survey. …

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Compliance compounded by evolving threat landscape

As industry business models change, compliance challenges are being compounded by an evolving threat landscape and by increased scrutiny from federal agencies looking to …

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