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In this article David Meyer examines the significant benefits but increasing risk of a shadow IT culture. He explains what an organization as a whole can do to gain control over this trend…
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More than one-third (36 percent) of global organizations still lack confidence in their ability to detect sophisticated cyber attacks, according to the annual EY's Global Information Security Survey 2015, Creating trust in the digital world.
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Shadow IT continues to create headaches for corporate CIOs, according to a new study by Logicalis US. The company’s third annual Global CIO Survey, which polled more than 400 CIOs worldwide, found that IT leaders are facing mounting pressure from shadow IT as line-of-business (LOB) executives continue to bypass the CIO and IT department
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Imperva has issued its quarterly DDoS Threat Landscape Report which reviewed the changes in DDoS attack patterns in Q3 2015. The report was compiled using data from 7,752 network and application layer assaults mitigated by Imperva Incapsula in Q3 2015.
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Cloud’s scalability and pay-as-you-go model have made it attractive to companies looking for cost-effective ways to ensure their IT can withstand a disaster. However, says Udistra Dandaraj, there are certain issues that companies need to think through:
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Organizations have traditionally treated information security and business continuity management as two separate disciplines. But is the situation changing? By David Evans.
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The Business Continuity Institute has published its latest Working Paper, in which Gianluca Riglietti investigates cyber supply chain resilience and highlights why business continuity is so important in helping to achieve this.
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In most cases DDoS attacks are merely a smokescreen, designed not to deny service but to detract attention from the real motive – usually data theft and network infiltration. But what is the best way to respond to attacks of this nature? Dave Larson offers some advice…
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A new survey from Lieberman Software Corporation has found that 83 percent of IT professionals do not believe advanced persistent threats are over-hyped, however they are ‘still very naïve’ about the length of time it would take to identify an advanced persistent threat on their own corporate network.
