What Does Being Data-Centric Actually Look Like?
“Data-centric” can sometimes feel like a meaningless buzzword. While many companies are vocal about the benefits that this approach, in reality, the term is not widely understood.
One source of confusion is that many companies have implemented an older approach...
The Big 3: Top Domain-Based Attack Tactics Threatening Organizations
Nowadays, businesses across all industries are turning to owned websites and domains to grow their brand awareness and sell products and services. With this dominance in the e-commerce space, securing owned domains and removing malicious or spoofed domains is...
Security Compass Receives Funding for Product Development and Expansion
Toronto, Canada-based Security Compass has received additional funding from growth equity investment firm FTV Capital. The amount has not been disclosed, indicating that it is likely to be on the smaller side.
According to the security firm, the...
Password Shaming Isn’t Productive – Passwords Are Scary Business
We’ve all been in the situation trying to set a new password – you need one uppercase character, one number and one character from a special list. Whatever password we come up with needs to be between 8 and...
Five Ley Cyber-Attack Trends for This Year
‘It’s not if, but when’ is a long-established trope in the world of cybersecurity, warning organizations that no matter how robust their defenses, nor how sophisticated their security processes, they cannot afford to be complacent.
In 2020, little has changed...
Five Key Cyber-Attack Trends for This Year
‘It’s not if, but when’ is a long-established trope in the world of cybersecurity, warning organizations that no matter how robust their defenses, nor how sophisticated their security processes, they cannot afford to be complacent.
In 2020, little has changed...
20/20 Vision on 2020’s Network Security Challenges
As the new year starts, it’s natural to think about the network security challenges and opportunities that organizations are likely to face over the next 12 months – and how they will address them. Of course, we are likely...
Is Cybersecurity Getting Too Complex?
Weighing SMB Security Woes Against the Managed Security Promise
Looking strictly at the numbers, it appears small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are sinking under the weight of their own IT complexity. To be more efficient and competitive, SMBs are reaching...
Global Security Threats Organizations Must Prepare for in 2020
As we kickoff a new decade, it's time, once again, to gaze into our crystal ball and look at the year ahead.
In 2020, businesses of all sizes must prepare for the unknown, so they have the flexibility to withstand...
Six Reasons for Organizations to Take Control of Their Orphaned Encryption Keys
A close analysis of the cybersecurity attacks of the past shows that, in most cases, the head of the cyber kill chain is formed by some kind of privilege abuse. In fact, Forrester estimates that compromised privileged credentials play a role...
The Cybersecurity Skills Gap: An Update for 2020
The gap in trained, experienced cybersecurity workers is one of those perennial problems: much ink is spilled every year in assessing the scale of the problem, and what can be done about it. We have recently pointed out, for...
Modernizing Web Filtering for K-12 Schools
In today’s 24/7 internet access world, network administrators need next-generation web filtering to effectively allow access to the internet traffic they do want, and stop the traffic they don’t want. How does this affect the education vertical, with students...
University of Arizona Researchers Going on Offense and Defense in Battle Against Hackers
The global hacker community continues to grow and evolve, constantly finding new targets and methods of attack. University of Arizona-led teams will be more proactive in the battle against cyberthreats thanks to nearly $1.5 million in grants from the...
Securing the Internet of Things (IoT) in Today’s Connected Society
The Internet of Things (IoT) promises much: from enabling the digital organization, to making domestic life richer and easier. However, with those promises come risks: the rush to adoption has highlighted serious deficiencies in both the security design of...
Cybersecurity and Online Trading: An Overview
Trade and cybersecurity are inherently linked. The promise of the information revolution was always that it would allow people to connect internationally, and that it would make international investment available for everyday citizens.
It has certainly done that, but as...
DEF CON China conference put on hold due to coronavirus outbreak
DEF CON team is hoping that the 2019-nCoV outbreak will improve and they can go on as planned, or reschedule.
Remember the Clipper chip? NSA’s botched backdoor-for-Feds from 1993 still influences today’s encryption debates
We'll laugh at today's mandated holes in the same way we laugh at those from 25 years ago Enigma More than a quarter century after its introduction, the failed rollout of hardware deliberately backdoored by the NSA is still...
Average Ransomware Payments More Than Doubled in Q4 2019
Ransomware attackers collected an average of around $84,000 from victim organizations, up from $41,000 in Q3 of 2018, Coveware says.
Seven Years Later, Scores of EAS Systems sit Un-patched, Vulnerable
Two years after a false EAS alert about an incoming ICBM sowed terror in Hawaii, and seven years after security researchers warned about insecure, Internet connected Emergency Alert System (EAS) hardware, scores of the devices across the U.S. remain...
One Small Fix Would Curb Stingray Surveillance
The technology needed to limit stingrays is clear—but good luck getting telecoms on board.
