Most security pros admit to accidental internal breaches at their organization

44% percent of executives believe employees have erroneously exposed personally identifiable information (PII) or business-sensitive information using their company email account. Accidental internal breaches are growing The Egress survey of 500 IT sec… Continue reading Most security pros admit to accidental internal breaches at their organization

Most businesses have yet to allocate a CCPA compliance budget

Only 15% of organizations report having a mature approach to data privacy, 59% have yet to allocate budget to CCPA compliance, and 58% are currently using or will look to implement machine learning-driven systems to improve manual processes for data se… Continue reading Most businesses have yet to allocate a CCPA compliance budget

More than a year after GDPR implementation, half of UK businesses are not fully compliant

52% of UK businesses are not fully compliant with the regulation, more than a year after its implementation, according to a survey of UK GDPR decision-makers conducted on behalf of Egress. The survey also found that 37% of respondents had reported an i… Continue reading More than a year after GDPR implementation, half of UK businesses are not fully compliant

Insider Threats: Root Causes and Mitigation Practices

The Importance of Insider Threats The recent IBM 2019 Cost of Data Breach survey found that the cost of a data breach had risen 12% over the past 5 years to $3.92 million on average. While 51% of the data breach attacks were attributed to malicious or … Continue reading Insider Threats: Root Causes and Mitigation Practices

61% of CIOs believe employees leak data maliciously

There is a perception gap between IT leaders and employees over the likelihood of insider breaches. It is a major challenge for businesses: insider data breaches are viewed as frequent and damaging occurrences, of concern to 95% of IT leaders, yet the … Continue reading 61% of CIOs believe employees leak data maliciously

Fewer than 28% of gov.uk using DMARC effectively in line with guidelines

Only 28% of gov.uk domains have been proactive in setting up DMARC appropriately, in line with UK Government Digital Service (GDS) advice in preparation for the retirement of the Government Secure Intranet (GSI) platform in March 2019. Since 1996, the … Continue reading Fewer than 28% of gov.uk using DMARC effectively in line with guidelines

New infosec products of the week: March 1, 2019

SecBI launches new solution to help MSSPs maximize their productivity and scalability SecBI announced an automated threat detection and response solution designed to help managed security service providers (MSSPs) maximize their productivity and scalab… Continue reading New infosec products of the week: March 1, 2019