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Study Finds 87 Percent of Focused Cyberattacks are Prevented

April 17, 2018

With ransomware and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the rise, the average number of focused cyberattacks per organization has more than doubled this year compared to the previous 12 months.

Utilities Combat Cyber Threats by Pooling Resources & Best Practices

The critical infrastructure sector is a tempting target, but it has plenty of resilience against attacks.

Ed Finkel

April 13, 2018

The size, scope and importance of America’s utility sector make it a tempting target for terrorists looking to wreak havoc or for financial criminals looking to infiltrate and pilfer.

How to Use Security to Drive Sales

The Value of Your Security Story

Sabino Marquez

April 10, 2018

Your job is to be the curator and custodian of the organization’s security story. Your security story is the sum of all the ways your company defends assets, meets compliance and market criteria, implementing the right technologies that keep these said valuable assets safe.

Rethinking Identity Management in the Gig Economy

Sven Dummer

April 10, 2018

The “gig economy” is about to consumerize the workplace to new levels, bringing changes that will significantly impact how CSOs and CISOs protect their businesses.

Verizon 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report: Ransomware still a Top Cybersecurity Threat

April 10, 2018

Ransomware attacks are a key cybersecurity threat for global organizations, warns Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).

Ports Fight Security Breaches & Possible Funding Reductions

Cybersecurity is an increasing focus with seaports, especially after the 2017 attack on shipping giant Maersk

Ed Finkel

April 9, 2018

The nation’s seaports, which handle freight traffic as well as cruise and ferry passengers, continue to face physical threats like terrorism or active shooters as well as ever-increasing concerns about cyber warfare.

1-in-5 Billing Organizations Experienced Payments Data Theft in 2017

April 9, 2018

More than 80 percent of organizations that have been impacted by a data breach have introduced a new security framework and 79 percent have reduced employee access to customer data, according to new benchmark data.

Put Password Pain in the Past with Multi-Factor Authentication

How to ease security fatigue with multi-factor authentication.

John Maring

April 4, 2018

People are ingenious when it comes to finding workarounds to systems they don’t like, and many of those workarounds are sources of risk.

IBM X-Force Report: Fewer Records Breached in 2017

April 4, 2018

The 2018 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index has found the number of records breached dropped nearly 25 percent in 2017, as cybercriminals shifted their focus on launching ransomware and destructive attacks that lock or destruct data unless the victim pays a ransom.

McAfee Report Finds Automation and Use of Gamification are Key to Cybersecurity

April 4, 2018

A new McAfee report finds that concerted efforts to increase job satisfaction, automation in the Security Operations Center (SOC) and gamification in the workplace are key to beating cybercriminals at their own game.