CISOs say they spend far less time discussing data protection and brand protection with the board, and spend more time giving security guidance on business enablement and loss avoidance—despite widespread coverage of how breaches affect intellectual property and trust. That’s the word from Focal Point Data...
UK firms have been warned about "serious" cyber attacks originating in China that seek to steal trade secrets. The gang behind the attacks has compromised technology service firms and plans to use them as a proxy for attacks, security firms have said. The group, dubbed APT10, is...
With more than three quarters of online shoppers abandoning products in their baskets, understanding why people leave websites can help companies unlock increased sales and improve the customer experience. This infographic reveals top online turn-offs: http://res.cloudinary.com/yumyoshojin/image/upload/v1484993356/pdf/customer-experience-2017.pdf. Spoiler: 15% has concerns about payment security ...
Nobody ever suspects the office printer. Fifty-six percent of enterprise companies leave printers out of their security strategy. Why? It’s like hanging a sign on the printer that reads, “Attack me!” Some networked office printers are teeming with so many vulnerabilities that even the laziest of...
And most website managers didn't find out about it, either. Google says 32 percent more websites were hacked in 2016 compared with the year prior, and that most operators of hacked sites were never informed of it. The search giant highlighted the uptick in hacked sites in...
Different shapes and sizes Hackers, like the attacks they perpetrate, come in many forms, with motivations that range from monetary to political to ethical. Understanding the different types of hackers that exist and what motivates them can help you to identify the attackers you are most...
Article 32 of the GDPR titled “Security”, contains only 135 words describing the security requirements. Specifically, Article 32 states: “Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of...
The current IT landscape has fundamentally changed the way that organizations view their security and assess their overall risk posture. Technologies like cloud, DevOps deployments and containers behave in a radically different way than traditional assets. For example, they are often shorter lived or they...
It’s not easy to keep complex software free of security bugs. That’s why a number of companies have set up bug bounty programs to reward independent hackers for helping out. Google’s one of those companies, and last year they paid more than $3 million in...
Internet of Things (IoT) plays a significant role in a broad range of healthcare applications. We definitely think that both patients and hospitals will benefit from this evolution in healthcare. Thanks to IoT, mobile medical applications and wearable devices allow patients to capture their health...