With most of the world still anxious about COVID-19 and demand for vaccines high, new McAfee research sheds light on how hackers are targeting these fears with bogus apps, text messages, and social media invitations.
Privacy and security become further inextricably linked as consumers’ expectations rise. With this understanding, how should businesses organize to fulfill the privacy and security promises that today’s customers expect? Dell's Chief Security Officer, John Scimone, believes that a converged operational model is the most effective and efficient approach for the majority of organizations to achieve these outcomes.
Over the last two years, ransomware has been, without a doubt, the hottest topic in cybersecurity discussions in both the cybersecurity community and the general population. Major attacks like the one on SolarWinds and against Colonial Pipeline have dominated headlines — and for good reasons.
Fact is, security in the cloud needs improvement. The problem is that cloud service providers treat cloud security as a shared responsibility with their customers. And while cloud purveyors typically hold up their end of the bargain, many customers do not. Human error among cloud customers is rampant.
In a Twitter poll that garnered close to 9000 responses, 79% of respondents say organizations shouldn't pay ransom when hit with a ransomware cyberattack.
(ISC)² – nonprofit association of certified cybersecurity professionals – announced that its healthcare security and cloud security certifications have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) as prerequisites of employment for certain security workforce categories.
Armis research found that end users are not paying attention to the major cybersecurity attacks plaguing operational technology and critical infrastructure across the country, signaling the importance of businesses prioritizing a focus on security as employees return to the office.
Good security hygiene practices go a long way to mitigating risk day in and day out. But security teams also need the flexibility to reorient themselves, so that when new threats emerge or new best practices or technologies become available, they can adapt.
