Most SMEs think Artificial Intelligence (AI) is crucial to the state and future of cybersecurity.

Cybercriminals exposed 2.8 billion consumer data records in 2018, costing more than $654 billion to U.S. organizations.

Eighty-six percent SMB clients were recently victimized by ransomware and 21 percent report six or more SMB attacks in the first half of 2017 alone, according to Datto’s State of the Channel Ransomware Report. 

More than half of consumers (56 percent) are worried that the shift to biometrics to authenticate online payments will dramatically increase the amount of identity fraud.

A bipartisan bill proposed last month by New York representatives Kathleen Rice (D) and John Katko (R) would require members of Congress to receive annual cybersecurity and IT training.

With San Francisco banning the use of facial recognition technologies for their local agencies, the debate on the efficacy of the technology has risen back into the national debate arena. 

63 percent of consumers deleted apps due to privacy concerns and consumers will leave brands with apps that do not protect their privacy, according to the 2019 Deloitte Australian Privacy Index 2019. 

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says Wisconsin’s laws regulating how companies respond to data stolen by hackers are lagging behind other states.

Increasing threat levels and advancements in technology mean the security landscape is constantly evolving.