Author Archives: Mike Elgan

How to calculate your AI-powered cybersecurity’s ROI

Posted on by

Imagine this scenario: A sophisticated, malicious phishing campaign targets a large financial institution. The attackers use emails generated by artificial intelligence (AI) that closely mimic the company’s internal communications. The emails contain malicious links designed to steal employee credentials, which the attackers could use to gain access to company assets and data for unknown purposes. […]

The post How to calculate your AI-powered cybersecurity’s ROI appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading How to calculate your AI-powered cybersecurity’s ROI→

How to calculate your AI-powered cybersecurity’s ROI

Posted on by

Imagine this scenario: A sophisticated, malicious phishing campaign targets a large financial institution. The attackers use emails generated by artificial intelligence (AI) that closely mimic the company’s internal communications. The emails contain malicious links designed to steal employee credentials, which the attackers could use to gain access to company assets and data for unknown purposes. […]

The post How to calculate your AI-powered cybersecurity’s ROI appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading How to calculate your AI-powered cybersecurity’s ROI→

The 5 most impactful cybersecurity guidelines (and 3 that fell flat)

Posted on by

The best cybersecurity guidelines have made a huge difference in protecting data from theft and compromise, both in the United States and around the world. These guidelines are comprehensive sets of recommended practices, procedures and principles designed to help organizations and individual people safeguard their digital assets, systems and data from malicious attacks. They can […]

The post The 5 most impactful cybersecurity guidelines (and 3 that fell flat) appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading The 5 most impactful cybersecurity guidelines (and 3 that fell flat)→

Roundup: The top ransomware stories of 2024

Posted on by

The year 2024 saw a marked increase in the competence, aggression and unpredictability of ransomware attackers. Nearly all the key numbers are up — more ransomware gangs, bigger targets and higher payouts. Malicious ransomware groups also focus on critical infrastructure and supply chains, raising the stakes for victims and increasing the motivation to cooperate. Here […]

The post Roundup: The top ransomware stories of 2024 appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading Roundup: The top ransomware stories of 2024→

Skills shortage directly tied to financial loss in data breaches

Posted on by

The cybersecurity skills gap continues to widen, with serious consequences for organizations worldwide. According to IBM’s 2024 Cost Of A Data Breach Report, more than half of breached organizations now face severe security staffing shortages, a whopping 26.2% increase from the previous year. And that’s expensive. This skills deficit adds an average of $1.76 million in […]

The post Skills shortage directly tied to financial loss in data breaches appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading Skills shortage directly tied to financial loss in data breaches→

Why safeguarding sensitive data is so crucial

Posted on by

A data breach at virtual medical provider Confidant Health lays bare the vast difference between personally identifiable information (PII) on the one hand and sensitive data on the other. The story began when security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unsecured database containing 5.3 terabytes of exposed data linked to Confidant Health. The company provides addiction […]

The post Why safeguarding sensitive data is so crucial appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading Why safeguarding sensitive data is so crucial→

The cybersecurity skills gap contributed to a $1.76 million increase in average breach costs

Posted on by

Understaffing in cybersecurity — the “skills gap” — is driving up the cost of data breaches in recent years, according to a decade of reports by IBM. The 2024 IBM Data Breach Report found that more than half of breached organizations experienced severe security staffing shortages, a 26.2% increase from the previous year. They found […]

The post The cybersecurity skills gap contributed to a $1.76 million increase in average breach costs appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading The cybersecurity skills gap contributed to a $1.76 million increase in average breach costs→

Is AI saving jobs… or taking them?

Posted on by

Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming to take your cybersecurity job. Or, AI will save your job. Well, which is it? As with all things security-related, AI-related and employment-related, it’s complicated. How AI creates jobs A major reason it’s complicated is that AI is helping to increase the demand for cybersecurity professionals in two broad ways. […]

The post Is AI saving jobs… or taking them? appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading Is AI saving jobs… or taking them?→

Trends: Hardware gets AI updates in 2024

Posted on by

The surge in artificial intelligence (AI) usage over the past two and a half years has dramatically changed not only software but hardware as well. As AI usage continues to evolve, PC makers have found in AI an opportunity to improve end-user devices by offering AI-specific hardware and marketing them as “AI PCs.” Pre-AI hardware, […]

The post Trends: Hardware gets AI updates in 2024 appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading Trends: Hardware gets AI updates in 2024→

How Paris Olympic authorities battled cyberattacks, and won gold

Posted on by

The Olympic Games Paris 2024 was by most accounts a highly successful Olympics. Some 10,000 athletes from 204 nations competed in 329 events over 16 days. But before and during the event, authorities battled Olympic-size cybersecurity threats coming from multiple directions. In preparation for expected attacks, authorities took several proactive measures to ensure the security […]

The post How Paris Olympic authorities battled cyberattacks, and won gold appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Continue reading How Paris Olympic authorities battled cyberattacks, and won gold→