In the cybersecurity world, good news is rare. But according to the 2017 Thales Data Threat Report conducted by 451 Research, the world spent more on cybersecurity during the last year than in any other year. Security spending is up—that’s good news for both security...
Cybercriminals only need one compromised account in order to wreak havoc on an organization This past week the UK Parliament experienced a brute force cyberattack. Hackers broke a number of weak passwords—compromising the email and potentially other sensitive accounts of Parliament members and staff. The Parliamentary...
When President Trump signed his executive order on cybersecurity in May, he set the stage for a new round of cybersecurity innovation. Although there are several aspects of the order that will likely boost cybersecurity investment, accountability will be the key ingredient. The president began his...
As the instigators of many cybersecurity attacks, it’s critical to discover and defeat Droppers. There’s been a lot of excitement lately about malware droppers. So just what are they, and why do we care? A dropper is malicious software whose main purpose is to install other...
In February Cisco released their 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report, which is a comprehensive look at how malware operates and what enterprises are doing to defend themselves. From the long list of data and findings presented, we have pulled out those that we think IT teams...
No longer can cybersecurity be relegated to the IT department. The developing trend is for the C-Suite to be held directly accountable for cyber breaches. According to Business Insider: Yahoo’s massive data breach caused CEO, Marissa Mayer to forfeit her annual bonus of around $2 million...
Corporations are spending more than ever before on cybersecurity, yet security incidents are still increasing. Are the wrong products being implemented? Thales just released their fifth annual Data Threat Report. They polled over 1,000 senior IT security executives at large corporations. Sixty-eight percent of them...
Five major roadblocks stop most organizations from adequate defense against cyber-crime The numerous data breach headlines continually remind us of an ugly truth. Far too many organizations are unprepared for today’s sophisticated and constant barrage of cyber-attacks. By why is this? Why are so many corporations ill...
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