Radware has published its 2018 Executive Application and Network Security Report. For the first time in the survey’s five-year history, a majority of executives (53 percent) reported paying a hacker’s ransom following a cyber attack.
One third of global business decision makers report that their organization would try to cut costs by considering paying a ransom demand from a hacker rather than invest in information security.
The US Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security have jointly released a report that offers a guide to actions that would ‘dramatically reduce the threat of botnets and similar cyberattacks’.
New research released by WinMagic shows that 87 percent of IT decision makers (ITDMs) limit their use of the cloud because of the complexity of managing regulatory compliance. A quarter (24 percent) said, it meant as a result, they only work with a single cloud vendor
Nearly half (44 percent) of data breaches in the last year involved privileged identity according to a research report from Balabit. The report entitled ‘IT Out of Control’, also revealed that only two out of five (41 percent) of these privileged accounts are assigned to permanent employees
The root of stopping the disruption caused by ransomware is not technology, rather it lies with human psychology. Dr. Sandra Bell looks at why this is the case and what factors organizations should consider.
A new report from Exabeam highlights key challenges faced by those who manage and work in security operations centres (SOCs). The inaugural ‘State of the SOC’ report highlights the challenges which have the potential to limit the ability of SOCs to tackle ever increasing volumes of security alerts and potential cyber attacks.
Trustwave has released its 2018 Security Pressures Report based on a global survey of 1,600 full-time IT professionals who are security decision makers or security influencers within their organization.
By Adesh Rampat.
With the advent of increased cyber security related threats, the majority of attacks point to one target: and that is the human element.
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