The current, constantly changing cybersecurity threat climate has turned security personnel into walking stress balls. Every time they see a new headline about a new breach involving a major retailer, financial institution, social media platform or healthcare organization, they wonder if their defenses are strong enough. They wonder if their organization will be next. When [...]
We are familiar with the malicious activity that exists in the cyber world; however while many of us hear about security breaches and cyberattacks, most of us do not know the “what” behind the end result. Below are eight of the common security risks that exist: Bot: Bot is a program that is remotely triggered [...]
Mobile technologies have profoundly changed how organizations conduct business, share information and interact with customers, employees and partners. However, the increased use of smartphones and other mobile devices for business purposes has created significant potential for security breaches. Studies find that organizations are surprisingly cavalier about the security of these devices. Although 93 percent of [...]
Given the perilous threat climate that continues to expose the sensitive data of many of the world’s best-known organizations (and their customers), the amount of attention given to who can access what data is often shockingly low. Highly sensitive financial information may be strictly controlled, but other types of data are often left “wide open.” [...]
Many business executives view cybersecurity as a technical problem to be handled by the geeks in the IT department. However, cybersecurity is very much a business problem that demands thoughtful investment and a strategic approach. Generally speaking, cybersecurity can be broken down into four major categories: prevention, education, detection and response. Prevention encompasses many of [...]
According to the Breach Level Index, nearly 5 million data records are stolen each day, which equates to 58 records every second. Of course, these figures only account for known and reported breaches. While high-profile incidents involving household names like Equifax and Yahoo make headlines, smaller data breaches are often kept under wraps. Also, the [...]
Ransomware. Malvertising. Phishing. Distributed Denial of Service. All variants of cyberattacks seem to be growing to record levels, putting the pressure on network administrators to detect and mitigate threats. Remote network monitoring solutions can relieve the pressure and dramatically improve your ability to keep cybercriminals at bay. In a recent survey of IT professionals conducted [...]
Most users have at least some sense of the risks posed by social media. Businesses face many of those same risks, as well as other threats that can increase the odds of a successful security breach. Thieves often use Facebook posts to find houses to burglarize while families are on vacation. Similarly, hackers mine LinkedIn [...]
When the notorious thief Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he reportedly replied: “That’s where the money is.” Hackers have a similarly simple motivation for targeting senior executives and other key managers. They have the best data. Law enforcement officials and information security experts have noted a significant rise in the number of [...]
Convenience and immediacy make instant messaging (IM) a popular collaboration tool. Underlying presence technology allows users to instantly see who is online and available, which makes it easy for groups of coworkers to share ideas, files, text, images, links, code and more. The problem is that there is very little oversight of IM. Although consumer [...]
