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IT security teams faced unprecedented challenges last year fueled by dramatically expanded work-from-home (WFH) programs, increased BYOD policy adoptions, and rising internal and third-party risks stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, CyberEdge Group re… Continue reading IT security teams deal with unique challenges fueled by a remote workforce
QR code usage continues to rise in popularity. In fact, 57% of respondents to a new Ivanti study claim to have noticed an increase in the usage of QR codes since mid-March 2020. As the need for touchless transactions increased due to COVID-19, 83% of r… Continue reading Most users don’t know the capabilities and risks of QR codes
Digital.ai released a report detailing the findings of a survey of over 600 enterprise IT, security, and business decision makers on the state of digital transformation in their business and ROI during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital transformation ROI … Continue reading Most enterprise leaders concerned about digital transformation ROI
As organizations shifted focus to support remote work and business continuity amid the challenges of 2020, web application security suffered, according to an Invicti Security report. Between 2016 and 2019, the number of high-severity and medium-severit… Continue reading Even though critical, web application security is getting less attention
A research Qualtrics reveals what employees and customers want their experiences to look like in the future of work. Work flexibility The study finds that workforce productivity is up, employees feel more connected to each other than before the pandemi… Continue reading Employees don’t want to give up work flexibility after the pandemic is over
Security is an undeniable necessity for the survival and success of any company. COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation initiatives across all industries and this shift placed significant pressure on developers to push software to market at unprec… Continue reading Digital business requires a security-first mindset
McAfee released its new report, examining cybercriminal activity related to malware and the evolution of cyber threats in the third and fourth quarters of 2020. In Q4, there was an average of 648 threats per minute, an increase of 60 threats per minute… Continue reading COVID-19-themed cyberattack detections continue to surge
As we head into 2021, ransomware is making another resurgence, particularly in targeted attacks from highly organized hacker groups. In fact, cybercrime is surging since the start of the pandemic. When IT and security professionals plan how to respond,… Continue reading Protecting the human attack surface from the next ransomware attack
While adjusting to life under a pandemic, we’ve become familiar with a host of medical and safety terminology that either didn’t exist before or was of little interest to anyone not in the medical or scientific community. Phrases like social distancing… Continue reading The parallels of pandemic response and IoT security
A majority of risk managers are optimistic about the profession’s outlook, with COVID-19 and economic uncertainty amplifying the need for strong organizational risk management, a report from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) reveals. … Continue reading Despite higher workloads, risk managers have high levels of job satisfaction