What is the primary driver for data lakes?
The growing hype surrounding data lakes is causing substantial confusion in the information management space, according to Gartner. Several vendors are marketing data lakes as …
How organizations deal with BYOD and mobile security
A new study found that nearly half of respondents agreed that users bringing downloaded apps or content with embedded security exploits into their organization, as well as …
UK application security programs lagging behind US
UK enterprises are lagging behind US enterprises when it comes to application security programs. A new IDG study revealed that on average UK companies are spending …
40% of IT security teams keep executives in the dark
A new survey uncovered the communication challenges between IT security professionals and executives, a desire to overhaul current security systems and limited security …
Are endpoints the most vulnerable part of the network?
Only 39% of companies have advanced endpoint security protections in place even though 74% consider endpoints to be “most vulnerable” to a cyber-attack, and 76% …
63% of businesses don’t encrypt credit cards
In its third study on unencrypted card data, SecurityMetrics found that 63.86% of businesses store the unencrypted 16-digit sequence on the front of credit cards, also known …
49% of security pros think Java apps are vulnerable to attacks
In a recent poll, half of the senior IT professionals polled said their Java applications are vulnerable (32%) or very vulnerable (17%) to attacks. They cited insecure coding …
Unlocking the hidden value of information
Unstructured content accounts for 90% of all digital information. This content is locked in a variety of formats, locations, and applications made up of separate repositories, …
Most dangerous superheroes to search for online
Though he has spent years fighting for good in comic books and on the big screen, Superman has emerged as one of the web’s biggest villains as he comes top in …
100+ DDoS events over 100GB/sec reported this year
Arbor Networks released global DDoS attack data derived from its ATLAS threat monitoring infrastructure. The data shows an unparalleled number of volumetric attacks in the …
96% of organizations hit by a security incident in the past year
A new ForeScout report revealed that more than 96 percent of organizations experienced a significant IT security incident in the past year. The majority of IT organizations …
Amazon-hosted malware triples in 6 months
Solutionary analyzed the threat landscape and identified the top 10 global ISPs and hosting providers that hosted malware out of more than 21,000 ISPs. Amazon remained the top …
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