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Dimensional Research recently surveyed IT security professionals working in retail organizations about their experiences and attitudes towards factors affecting IT security. The results found that a large majority are not fully prepared for data breaches.
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Zero-day threat discoveries prompt a flurry of information security activity; but what if the vulnerability has already been exploited within your organization? Gene Stevens examines how organizations can benefit from taking a ‘perfect memory’ approach to network diagnostics.
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More than 90 percent of organizations are now using cloud services and SaaS applications like Office 365 or G Suite, along with cloud infrastructure like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. Most, however, do not consider all the potential risks to data and business operations that can result from human error
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Fortinet has published its latest Global Threat Landscape Report. The research reveals that high botnet reoccurrence rates and an increase of automated malware demonstrate that cybercriminals are leveraging common exploits combined with automated attack methods at unprecedented speed and scale.
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Optiv Security has shared a list of tips to help organizations get the most from their security programs during the 2017 Christmas and New Year holiday season and to deal with the typical increase in risk of exposure that comes with this time of year.
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Following the news that Uber suffered a major data breach in October 2016 and concealed the incident by paying the hackers $100,000, Egress Software Technologies conducted a flash survey through personal data and insights platform CitizenMe on attitudes to the breach.
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There seems no doubt that the Internet of Things (IoT) will be one of the emerging technologies during 2018, but alongside the genuine business-benefits, the technology also brings substantial risks. By Erick Dean.
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Kaspersky Lab has published it threat predictions for 2018, stating that it expects that in the coming year the world will see more legitimate software being poisoned by groups targeting wider victim profiles and geographies.
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The EU Cybersecurity Agency, ENISA, has published a report on the security of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the potential impact on critical information infrastructures. The study, entitled ‘Baseline Security Recommendations for Internet of Things in the context of critical information infrastructures’, aims to set the scene for IoT security in Europe.
- Many larger US businesses cannot increase backup frequencies due to IT infrastructure restrictions
- A third of businesses do not know how much IT downtime will cost their business
- Average organization suffers five critical IT incidents a month: survey
- Highly destructive and self-learning ‘swarm’ cyberattacks predicted to emerge in 2018
