Most effective ways to stop insider threat
Imperva examined the psychological, legal and technological tactics employed by leading organizations to mitigate insider threats, a class of enterprise risk perpetuated by a …
Industry-by-industry cybercrime snapshots
Verizon released a series of industry-by-industry snapshots of cybercrime aimed at helping organizations better understand the anatomy of a data breach and how to best provide …
Big data creates big jobs: 4.4 million IT jobs by 2015
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to surpass $3.7 trillion in 2013, a 3.8 percent increase from 2012 projected spending of $3.6 trillion, but it’s the outlook for big …
Analysis of 15 million cyber attacks
A new web application attack report by FireHost offers an impression of the current internet security climate and provides statistical analysis of 15 million cyber attacks …
Data security and privacy stopping cloud implementations
Data security, privacy, residency, and compliance issues continue to hinder cloud adoption, with 66 percent of organizations reporting at least one cloud project that has been …
Enterprise IT supply chains will be compromised
Enterprise IT supply chains will be targeted and compromised, forcing changes in the structure of the IT marketplace and how IT will be managed moving forward, according to …
Most believe free Wi-Fi can lead to identity theft
A new study by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) and PRIVATE WiFi, revealed that 79% of respondents believe that using a free Wi-Fi connection can lead to identity …
Phishing attacks increasingly target brands
The number of brands targeted by phishing attacks sustained an all-time high of 428 in April of this year, the second record-breaking quarter for cybercrime brand abuse …
BYOD security and control fears
Enterprises are restricting employee access to vital work applications due to security and control fears, according to Ping Identity. Employees were found to use an average of …
Most people want control of information collected by data brokers
As Congress examines how data brokers collect, aggregate and share consumers’ personal information, a new survey by TrustedID shows that most people are confused about …
Network complexity causes security incidents
Complex network security policies, such as those found in multi-vendor environments, are directly related to system outages and security breaches, according to AlgoSec. The …
Merchants ineffectively fighting online fraud
Although most merchants have made a concerted effort to fight e-commerce fraud, their methods are largely ineffective against fraudsters and off-putting to consumers, …