Category: Security

September 11, 2020

There’s one fraud pattern that’s highly predictable: When the economy goes down, fraud goes up. In the wake of COVID-19, the Great Recession of 2008 provides some important lessons that can help enterprise security teams protect their companies and employees […]

July 7, 2020

Banks have enjoyed something of an unlooked-for reprieve during the COVID-19 crisis. Over the last decade, the industry was subject to increased regulatory scrutiny and public scorn triggered by misconduct scandals. During the coronavirus shutdown, however, banks have been critical […]

June 17, 2020

Businesses are prepared to lay out major investment in cloud technology and systems this year, new research has claimed. Cloud spending has soared in 2020 so far due to the increased need for remote working capabilities brought on by the […]

May 19, 2020

As enterprises across the world prepare for business continuity amidst the Covid-19 lockdown, cybercriminals have been equally busy tweaking their plans. According to the Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), hackers are changing their targets in these unprecedented […]

February 27, 2020

Half of state and local government officials say their office hasn’t done anything to prepare for ransomware over the last year, a new survey says, despite such attacks debilitating cities and counties around the country in 2019. A Harris-IBM survey […]

February 19, 2020

When it comes to ransomware conventional wisdom says you should never pay. Often, however, the reality is not as simple as that. If the data cannot be retrieved from your backup solution or if the encrypted information is business critical […]

January 14, 2020

Within 24 hours of the long-awaited launch of Disney+, the entertainment multinational’s streaming service, it was reported that thousands of accounts had been hacked, with critical data stolen and sold online. As these breaches are so common, we’ve become almost […]

January 9, 2020

As more and more aspects of our lives go online, how can we make sure that our personal information remains secure, and that our conversations remain private? Here are five simple steps you can take to improve your online safety. […]

November 20, 2019

Consumers are no longer surprised by data breaches. And, the truth is that large scale data breaches are here to stay. In fact, according to recent research from Bitdefender, six in every ten businesses have suffered a data breach in […]

October 9, 2019

A new report estimates that the global cybersecurity market will be worth $143 billion in the year 2021, and that this major growth will be driven in part by the need for better security for vital connected medical devices. Analytics […]