Vectra research for its ‘Spotlight Report on Ransomware’ shows that cybercriminals’ most effective weapon in a ransomware attack is the network itself, which enables the malicious encryption of shared files on network servers, especially files stored in infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud providers.
NETSCOUT has published its Threat Intelligence Report for the first half of 2019. The report underscores how dramatically the cyber criminal business model has matured into an efficient, global operation and the increasing geographical diversity and proliferation of nation-state advance persistent threats (APT) groups.
Link11 has published its DDoS statistics for Q2 2019. The data shows that the quarter saw a 97 percent year-on-year increase in average attack bandwidth, up from 3.3Gbps in Q2 2018 to 6.6Gbps in Q2 2019. These attacks are easily capable of overloading many companies’ broadband connections.
Small-scale Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are becoming more frequent and sophisticated, according to new research from Neustar’s Security Operations Centre (SOC).
Exabeam and the Ponemon Institute, have published research results which reveal that on average, security personnel in US enterprises waste approximately 25 percent of their time chasing false positives because security alerts or indicators of compromise (IOCs) are erroneous.
US Signal has released its 2019 State of Web and DDoS Attacks survey. The study revealed that 83 percent of organizations have experienced a DDoS attack within the last two years, and more than half of them experienced multiple attacks.
A lack of resources is the single biggest challenge for IT security, followed by a lack of experience and skills, according to ‘The Security Profession in 2018/19’ report from the Chartered Institute of Information Security.
The financial services industry is a key target for cyber attacks, yet given the size and complexity of the organizations involved in this sector it is often difficult to manage security. Automation is an emerging tool which can help says Nick Lowe.
When reviewing the differences between traditional disaster recovery and business continuity methods, compared to the more recent DRaaS (disaster recovery as a service) approach, Steve Blow suggests there are six main things to consider before making a decision on what’s best for your company.
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Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
