How has your organization’s risk level changed in the past 12 months?

More than half of risk professionals worldwide say their organization’s risk levels have increased in the past 12 months, according to new research from ISACA, CMMI Institute and Infosecurity Group. The State of Enterprise Risk Management 2020 report r… Continue reading How has your organization’s risk level changed in the past 12 months?

Sophos Managed Threat Response: An evolved approach to proactive security protection

In its 2019 market guide for managed detection and response (MDR) services, Gartner forecasted that by 2024, 25% of organizations will be using MDR services, up from less than 5% today. While the percentage might not end up as high as that, there&#8217… Continue reading Sophos Managed Threat Response: An evolved approach to proactive security protection

How important is packet capture for cyber defense?

Organizations using full packet capture are better prepared to battle cyber threats, according to an Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) report. Visibility and accuracy of packet capture The report highlights that the visibility and accuracy of pack… Continue reading How important is packet capture for cyber defense?

The persistent struggle to improve SOC productivity reveals the need for newer SIEM technologies

On average, security personnel in U.S. enterprises waste approximately 25 percent of their time chasing false positives because security alerts or indicators of compromise (IOCs) are erroneous, a Ponemon Institute and Exabeam joint research reveals. Th… Continue reading The persistent struggle to improve SOC productivity reveals the need for newer SIEM technologies

Over 80% of network teams play a role in security efforts

More than 4 in 5 IT teams are involved in security efforts, and a majority of them report an increase of at least 25 percent in time spent on these efforts over the past 12 months, according to Viavi. The most striking conclusion is that network-based … Continue reading Over 80% of network teams play a role in security efforts

69% of organizations believe they can’t respond to critical threats without AI

Businesses are increasing the pace of investment in AI systems to defend against the next generation of cyberattacks, a study from the Capgemini Research Institute has found. Two thirds (69%) of organizations acknowledge that they will not be able to r… Continue reading 69% of organizations believe they can’t respond to critical threats without AI

Organizations need greater visibility into network activity

One of the biggest challenges for all organizations was a lack of agility, making it difficult for their teams to investigate and respond quickly and accurately to security threats or outages, according to Endace. The study Challenges of Managing and S… Continue reading Organizations need greater visibility into network activity

Cybercriminals are becoming more methodical and adaptive

Cybercriminals are deviating towards a more focused approach against targets by using better obfuscation techniques and improved social engineering skills as organizations improve in areas such as time to detection and response to threats, according to… Continue reading Cybercriminals are becoming more methodical and adaptive

Recapping IBM Think 2019 and HIMSS19: The Shared Landscape of Global Security

We’re only a few months into the year, but HIMSS19 and Think 2019 have already helped shape this year’s focus on enterprise transformation, innovation and global cybersecurity.

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It’s Time to Modernize Traditional Threat Intelligence Models for Cyber Warfare

Cybersecurity industry leaders should define a new threat intelligence model that is three-dimensional, nonlinear, rooted in elementary number theory and that applies vector calculus.

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