Password amnesia and online identity
The use of multiple passwords is posing a security risk to individuals and businesses alike, according to Ping Identity. A new study, which surveyed 2,000 consumers, …
Users don’t bother changing default passwords
Most people working with sensitive information want stricter security policies but rarely bother changing default, automatically generated and assigned passwords. To collect …
Security and SLAs, the biggest barrier to cloud adoption
45% of European IT decision makers view a lack of security and service level agreements (SLAs) as top concerns for moving to the cloud, according to a survey by Interxion. …
How mobile malware is maturing
Mobile malware has reached a new stage of maturation, according to Juniper Networks. Top findings from Juniper’s 2011 Mobile Threats Report are evidence of accelerating …
Malicious sites increase 240%
In 2011, the most significant evolution in the threat landscape was the use of malware networks, or malnets, to launch highly dynamic Web-based attacks, according to Blue Coat …
Smaller DDoS attacks can be deadlier than big ones
Contrary to conventional thinking that large bandwidth cyber attacks wreak the most damage on enterprises, security experts at Radware instead found that bigger problems …
Attackers use fake friends to blend into Facebook
A new Barracuda Labs study provides an example of an increasing number of attackers move to social networks to carry out their wares. The study analyzes a random sampling of …
Security breaches driving authentication changes
Recent security breaches and deployment of new technologies are driving organizations to re-evaluate incumbent authentication vendors and re-think their authentication …
Greatest risks to database security
The greatest challenge to database security may actually come from organizational issues, rather than nefarious or accidental acts, according to a survey presented by …
The state of global cyber-readiness
McAfee and the Security and Defence Agenda (SDA) revealed the findings from a report that paints a global snapshot of current thinking about the cyber-threat and the measures …
Identity and access management trends
Six major trends will drive the evolution of corporate management of identity and access management (IAM) and privacy management in 2012, according to Gartner. “In 2012, …
Most disruptive and significant IT trends
451 Research, published an all-encompassing report highlighting the most disruptive and significant trends that the analyst firm expects to dominate and drive the enterprise …
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