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How cybercriminals are targeting executives at home and their families

Top executives and their families are increasingly being targeted on their personal devices and home networks, as sophisticated threat actors look for new ways to bypass …

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Future proofing: How companies can upgrade cyber defenses and be ready for tomorrow

Today’s threat landscape is constantly evolving. Threat actors and tactics are becoming more determined and advanced. In this video for Help Net Security, Jaspal Sawhney, …

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Ransomware attacks still the #1 threat to businesses and organizations

In 2021, ransomware attacks continued to be one of the most prominent threats targeting businesses and organizations worldwide. High-profile attacks disrupted operations of …

When it comes to remote work, 71% of IT leaders say security is the main challenge

Workspot announced a survey report which reveals that in the past year, due to remote work, 83% of IT leaders expanded or accelerated their cloud strategies, while still …

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Sigstore: Signature verification for protection against supply chain attacks

Software supply chain attacks have been increasing over the past few years, spurring the Biden administration to release an executive order detailing what government agencies …

How CISOs are adjusting in the wake of two years of pandemic disruption

Proofpoint released its annual Voice of the CISO report, which explores key challenges facing chief information security officers. While the world’s CISOs spent 2021 coming to …

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How to navigate GDPR complexity

There’s been a lot of turbulence in the data privacy regulation space in the past couple of years. Post Brexit, there was a risk for the UK to be digitally isolated from …

Paying the ransom is not a good recovery strategy

A Veeam report has found that 72% of organizations had partial or complete attacks on their backup repositories, dramatically impacting the ability to recover data without …

Since organizations apply more compliance programs, proper planning is essential

A-LIGN released its 2022 Compliance Benchmark Report, highlighting the concern over increased threat of ransomware attacks and the need for organizations to adopt a more …

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Taking the right approach to data extortion

Cybercriminals often specialize. An extortion effort usually begins with a person or a team selecting targets in one of two ways: either they get a request from an …

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You should be able to trust organizations that handle your personal data

People have become much more sensitive about privacy and are more concerned about who has access to their data, but at the same time they are constantly sharing that …

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Many security engineers are already one foot out the door. Why?

The position of security engineer has become a pivotal role for modern security teams. Practitioners are responsible for critical monitoring of networks and systems to …

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