RSA 2018 – Chaos Engineering

When surrounded with chaos, it is normal to cling to that which is comforting like a NGFW or SIEM.
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Cybercriminals launder money through mansions, private islands and crypto currency

Cybercriminal proceeds make up an estimated 8-10 percent of total illegal profits laundered globally, amounting to an estimated $80-$200 billion each year, according to a nine-month academic study by Dr. Mike McGuire, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at … Continue reading Cybercriminals launder money through mansions, private islands and crypto currency

Business suffers as over-zealous security tools block legitimate work

Most security teams utilise a ‘prohibition approach’ – i.e. restricting user access to websites and applications – a tactic which is hampering productivity and innovation while creating major frustration for users, according to research conducted by Vanson Bourne. “At a time when competition is fierce, the risk of falling behind and being less productive is as big a risk to an enterprise as cyberattacks. Security has to enable innovation by design, not act as a … More Continue reading Business suffers as over-zealous security tools block legitimate work

User-targeted threats at all-time high despite rising education spend

The cost of security education for large enterprises at an all-time-high of $290,033 per year per organization, and user education is rocketing up the CIO’s priority list. Yet despite those investments, the end user remains the greatest risk to the organization’s security from targeted zero-day and nation state threats to common ransomware and phishing attacks, according to a survey conducted by Vanson Bourne. Key findings The research is based on a survey of 500 CIOs … More Continue reading User-targeted threats at all-time high despite rising education spend

Industry reactions to the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report

Nearly 2,000 breaches were analyzed in this year’s Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report and more than 300 were espionage-related. Here are some of the comments Help Net Security received on the report. John Madelin, CEO at Reliance acsn Today’s report highlights that businesses must rethink their protection strategies to guard against cyber attacks. The fact that 88% of breaches identified in the report fall into patterns first identified in 2014 is an illustration of … More Continue reading Industry reactions to the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report