Cybersecurity shortcomings exposed by the pandemic

SecureAge announced the release of its study which polled 200 employers and 400 employees from around the UK business world during Q3 2021, and examined key cybersecurity topics and trends. According to the survey, forty eight percent of businesses hav… Continue reading Cybersecurity shortcomings exposed by the pandemic

Remote work exposing SMEs to increased cybersecurity risk

Remote working is leading to increased cybersecurity risks for SMEs, a research from ServerChoice shows. The research, conducted with 1,000 business leaders at SMEs, found that changes in working patterns are resulting in infrastructure being left unmo… Continue reading Remote work exposing SMEs to increased cybersecurity risk

DEX management maturity key to succeed in the future remote work

1E revealed the DEX maturity model, created by Forrester Consulting. The maturity model looks at the state of remote and hybrid work and provides a path for organizations to reach higher levels of maturity for increased employee retention and satisfact… Continue reading DEX management maturity key to succeed in the future remote work

Virtual collaboration technology issues plaguing the hybrid workforce

Vyopta released the second wave of results from a study on the real-life consequences of remote and hybrid work. Conducted by Wakefield Research, the study surveyed 200 U.S. executives at companies of 500 or more employees between July 30 and August 10… Continue reading Virtual collaboration technology issues plaguing the hybrid workforce

91.5% of malware arrived over encrypted connections during Q2 2021

The latest report from the WatchGuard shows an astonishing 91.5% of malware arriving over encrypted connections during Q2 2021. This is a dramatic increase over the previous quarter and means that any organization that isn’t examining encrypted HTTPS t… Continue reading 91.5% of malware arrived over encrypted connections during Q2 2021

Content sprawl is increasing the risk of data breaches and leaks

Egnyte’s latest report, based on a survey of 400 IT executives, examines the challenges of securing and governing unstructured content in today’s hybrid and remote work environments. A key finding of the research is that unchecked data growth, co… Continue reading Content sprawl is increasing the risk of data breaches and leaks

Enterprise security challenges and increased cloud usage fueled by remote work

81% of U.S.-based IT professionals believe that having remote workers has increased enterprise security challenges, while 74% acknowledge that their company’s use of cloud solutions increased as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a ManageEngine … Continue reading Enterprise security challenges and increased cloud usage fueled by remote work

Corporate attack surface exploding as a result of remote work

74% of organizations attribute recent business-impacting cyberattacks to vulnerabilities in technology put in place during the pandemic. The data is drawn from a study of more than 1,300 security leaders, business executives and remote employees conduc… Continue reading Corporate attack surface exploding as a result of remote work

Ransomware attack levels soaring, now accounting for 69% of all attacks involving malware

Ransomware attacks have reached ‘stratospheric’ levels in Q2 2021, now accounting for 69% of all attacks involving malware. That is among the most disturbing finding in the latest report from Positive Technologies. The research also reveals that the vo… Continue reading Ransomware attack levels soaring, now accounting for 69% of all attacks involving malware

SaaS applications investment growing despite underutilization of app licenses by employees

Business investment in SaaS applications continues to climb despite widespread underutilization of app licenses by employees. According to Productiv’s report, on average only 45% of company apps are being used on a regular basis. The data also shows 56… Continue reading SaaS applications investment growing despite underutilization of app licenses by employees