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The grim truth about the state of government cybersecurity readiness
A recent study by the Pell Center found that state governments are nowhere near being sufficiently prepared for cybersecurity threats…
Employee cybersecurity habits require immediate attention
A recent study on the state of employee cybersecurity shows why employees are still such a risk for organizations. One of the biggest problems: employees have yet to acquire a behavior that protects the enterprise network from vulnerabilities and security risks…
Half of security pros need a reality check
If half of IT security pros don’t believe they are targets for attack, it’s no wonder that risk management isn’t a priority for organizations. A recent report from the Ponemon Institute reveals the disconnect that IT pros have between the perception and reality of cyber-threats…
Why BYOD security programs aren’t working
Mobile devices continue to grow in use within the workplace, as do the vulnerabilities they bring with them, and it seems CIOs continue to have a challenge with the security implementation…
Organizations could be forced to hire a CIO to get on top of security and privacy
Information security is so important for the safety and privacy of sensitive data that some States are going so far as to enforce organizations to implement the necessary measures…
Healthcare providers win the award for most vulnerable
A recent study shows just how vulnerable the healthcare industry is to data breaches; more so than any other sector for the past decade…
Officials announce the continuation of security theater
Today’s CIO has a lot more headaches when it comes to maintaining an effective security posture across the enterprise. It’s not only because of the move to everything digital, but it’s also because of the way the enterprise works. Instead of adapting to new ways, they are stuck in the old…
Business leaders aren’t as interested in cybersecurity as they should be
Although it seems the business leaders are onboard with cybersecurity as a business process, the recent US State of Cybercrime Survey reveals otherwise…
Healthcare organizations don’t have eyes on their network security vulnerabilities
A recent KPMG report found that many healthcare organizations are not collecting data on attacks nor are they managing them effectively and might be underreporting the actual number of breaches. These findings are of great concern when the number of cyber-attacks directed at healthcare organizations is increasing.
The problem with virtualization breach costs when security pros don’t prepare
A recent report by Kaspersky Lab finds that the recovery costs for a security incident involving virtual machines double compared to costs of a traditional environment. The reasons for the higher costs involve erroneous assumptions by security professionals managing those virtual environments…
Fundamental data security takeaways from the Ashley Madison breach
When it comes to the Ashely Madison breach, business executives have a lot to learn about the dangers of breach to their enterprise and how important data security is to their overall operations…
4 ways to improve cloud information security
Taking advantage of the enterprise operations benefits that come with the cloud doesn’t have to come at a price. A look at practical information security steps helps businesses to overcome the security obstacles that continue to hinder cloud adoption…
Information security continues to lose against hackers
Year after year, it becomes quite clear how valuable sensitive data; an organization’s network and systems; remote device access and control are to hackers. The move to a connected online world has made businesses of all types targets. This is why information security and risk management are so important, but right now the good guys are losing…
Code Blue – Healthcare information security on life support
More than one study reveal the trouble the healthcare industry continues having when it comes to information security and taking threats seriously. A brief outline of the different findings (from three separate surveys) can help to spotlight some of the issues at hand.
Security research shows that exec’s are comfortably numb
When 59% of board members rate their organization’s cybersecurity governance practices as very effective, but only 18% of security pros believe the same to be true there is a problem…
The hidden OPM breach security lessons CEOs need to know about
A look at the information still circulating about the OPM breach incident helps CEOs to see the bigger issues with a breach when the right risk management measures aren’t in place…
CEO and CIO security lessons from the Hacking Team breach incident
What business and security executives can learn from the Hacking Team breach varies enormously. From realizing that a product you use could not be securing your network and business, to companies buying zero-day vulnerabilities and using exploits to gather data…
Critical infrastructure industry execs overconfident in their ability to detect breach
Even though ICS executives are confident in their breach detection abilities (as revealed in a recent Tripwire survey), industry reports such as the SANS Institute’s “The State of Security in Control Systems Today” show otherwise…
5 ways CEOs can keep security in check and breaches at bay
There are deeper lessons CEOs and C-level executives can take from the reoccurring breach incidents they see on the news to improve their security posture…
What are organization CEOs and CIOs doing about infosec while hackers are hard at work?
With the IRS breach and now the US Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) breach, one has to wonder. Is this just bad luck or bad security?
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