Network security policies play a key role in securing organizations against cyber attacks, however, there are several common pitfalls that businesses can fall foul of when implementing their security policies. Andrew Lintell describes five of the most prominent that could be leaving your business vulnerable.
The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released version 1.1 of its popular Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, more widely known as the Cybersecurity Framework.
With ransomware and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the rise, the average number of focused cyber attacks per organization has more than doubled this year compared to the previous 12 months (232 through January 2018 versus 106 through January 2017).
With a surprisingly large number of software vendors choosing to protect licensing with physical authentication dongles, Joachim Sturmhoefel looks at how organizations can bridge the gap between new agile cloud systems and the necessary hardware to maintain business as usual.
The majority (92 percent) of organizations are taking steps to minimise the risk from amplified distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks utilising Memcached servers, according to new survey-based research from the Neustar International Security Council (NISC).
Findings from an Osterman Research survey show that account takeover based (ATO) attacks are increasing and impacted 44 percent of surveyed businesses in the past 12 months.
DDoS attacks can cost enterprises up to $50,000 (£35,000) per attack – but lost revenue is still only considered to be the fourth most damaging consequence of this type of cyber attack, according to research published by Corero Network Security.
The volume of Internet-vectored cyber attacks on UK businesses originating from European locations doubled in March, according to data published by Beaming.
Bitglass has published the findings of a survey for its ‘Cloud Hard 2018: Security with a Vengeance’ report, which includes insights from over 570 cybersecurity and IT professionals on their approach to cloud security.
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