Healthcare organizations must take a long view in their security risk management programs rather than focus on the "cyberthreat du jour," says security expert Bob Chaput, who explains why.
Given the well-established IT infrastructure of most financial institutions, conventional wisdom might say onsite deployment is the best option for implementing an automated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solution. This paper provides the top five reasons why the cloud is a better deployment option: zero...
Advanced malware is capable of outsmarting the detection capabilities of a wide range of security tools. More than 70% of malware now includes sophisticated evasion technologies. And, to make detection even more difficult, the number of evasion methods found in each instance of malware has recently jumped from one or...
Advanced malware avoids being detected and can remain hidden for extended periods of time as it conducts complex and damaging cyberattacks. This sophisticated malware is usually designed to aggressively target anything and everything that can be monetized. How can organizations safeguard their data from these...
A recent survey of more than 300 CIOs and CISOs found that digital transformation is forcing them to rethink their cybersecurity strategies. Executives are actively revising security models to create a culture of cybersecurity and safeguard their organizations in today's continually changing business...
Competing priorities and lack of integration between security and operations teams creates gaps in the security posture that leave businesses susceptible to increased risk and cyber attacks - commonly known as the SecOps gap. Businesses must align the priorities of the security and operations teams to reduce risk and...
The goal of secure operations automation is to improve processes and technology to unite IT Security and IT Operations teams with more focus on collaboration and visibility while allowing the IT Operations team to take a more active role in IT Security.
This report surveyed 318 participants from both technology and...
Warning: Drop everything and patch all the Windows things now. That's the alert being sounded by security researchers in the wake of attackers adopting Equation Group attack tools designed to exploit an SMB flaw and install DoublePulsar backdoor.
Phishing and ransomware are increasing at the rate of several hundred percent per quarter, a trend that Osterman Research believes will continue for at least the next 18 to 24 months. However, organizations can address the threat through a variety of means: user education, security solutions, vulnerability analysis,...
The best approach to building a security policy is by using a comprehensive, layered approach that covers all threats (both new and known). This policy needs to leverage real-time threat intelligence by addressing all threat vectors and all platform types as workloads migrate from physical to virtual to...
When confronted with a scenario where backup have failed and weeks of work may be lost due to ransomware, does your organization know how to respond:
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What IT professionals rank as the most effective way to prevent ransomware;
How many ransomware attacks occur daily;
The top...
The drop in value of stolen payment cards caused cyber criminals to adopt new tools, foremost among them ransomware. Having already caused a financial drain of $209,000,000 in just one quarter, organizations of all sizes are at risk.
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Why ransomware-as-a-service is a new risk;
The...
Brand and professional reputations can be damaged beyond repair by a successful ransomware or phishing attack. So how can organizations stay protected from advanced persistent cyber threats?
Download this checklist to learn how to:
Effectively secure cloud or SaaS-based applications;
Educate your users;
Detect...
When Hayward Tyler, a UK-based global manufacturing firm, suffered a Cryptolocker ransomware attack, the company had contracts still in negotiation, confidential customer data and trade secrets encrypted by cyber criminals. However, within just one hour of discovering the ransomware, they were able to identify all the...
"No More Ransom," a coalition made up of the Dutch High Tech Crime police, Europol's Cybercrime Centre, and a growing number of cyber security companies, was formed to address the rapid growth of cybercrime conducted through ransomware.
The coalition knew their website would be an irresistible target for cyber...
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