Balancing cybersecurity with business priorities: Advice for Boards

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, it’s more important than ever for Boards and executives to stay informed about the latest advancements and potential risks in technology and digital capability. In this Help Net Security … Continue reading Balancing cybersecurity with business priorities: Advice for Boards

Inadequate patches and advisories increase cyber risk

Trend Micro’s overall threat detections increased by 55%, and the number of blocked malicious files surged by 242% due to indiscriminate targeting by threat actors who went after both consumers and organizations in all sectors. Trends for 2022 an… Continue reading Inadequate patches and advisories increase cyber risk

Securing Your Supply Chain Through Cyber Risk Management

Supply chain risk is now recognized as a top challenge, with more than half of security breaches attributed to supply chain and third-party suppliers. This can be a costly vulnerability. The global average data breach cost was $4.35 million last year, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach 2022 report. These risks stem from […]

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AI is taking phishing attacks to a whole new level of sophistication

92% of organizations have fallen victim to successful phishing attacks in the last 12 months, while 91% of organizations have admitted to experiencing email data loss, according to Egress. Not surprisingly, 99% of cybersecurity leaders confess to being… Continue reading AI is taking phishing attacks to a whole new level of sophistication

How to achieve and shore up cyber resilience in a recession

Today’s business leaders are grappling with two opposing challenges. On the one hand, present day global economic and recessionary pressures mean spending policies need to be reviewed and cash reserves built up. On the other hand, the volume and increa… Continue reading How to achieve and shore up cyber resilience in a recession

US government puts cybersecurity at forefront with newly announced National Strategy

The National Cybersecurity Strategy was unveiled today by the Biden-Harris Administration. The Strategy recognizes that government must use all tools of national power in a coordinated manner to protect national security, public safety, and economic pr… Continue reading US government puts cybersecurity at forefront with newly announced National Strategy

Third-party risks overwhelm traditional ERM setups

Enterprise risk management (ERM) teams are struggling to effectively mitigate third-party risk in an increasingly interconnected business environment, according to Gartner. ERM struggles to elevate the right issues In a Gartner survey of 100 executive … Continue reading Third-party risks overwhelm traditional ERM setups

Cybersecurity layoffs in 2023: What to expect?

The economic downturn predicted for 2023 will lead to layoffs but cybersecurity workers will be least affected, says the latest (ISC)² report. Also, as soon as things get better, they will likely be the first ones to get (re)hired. Execs have realized … Continue reading Cybersecurity layoffs in 2023: What to expect?

Navigating the ever-changing landscape of digital security solutions

Recently, Entrust named Bhagwat Swaroop as President, Digital Security Solutions. In this role, Bhagwat will lead the evolution, growth, and expansion of the Entrust Digital Security portfolio, which includes solutions for data encryption, public and p… Continue reading Navigating the ever-changing landscape of digital security solutions

High-risk users may be few, but the threat they pose is huge

High-risk users represent approximately 10% of the worker population and are found in every department and function of the organization, according to Elevate Security research. High-risk users represent a sizable threat to the organization Additionally… Continue reading High-risk users may be few, but the threat they pose is huge