Santa and the Zero-Trust Model: A Christmas Story
On Christmas Eve, snow will fall, Yule logs will blaze, visions of sugarplums will dance in children’s heads, and in the eyes of zero-trust experts, countless security breaches will happen in homes around the world. Zero-trust security has blanketed IT like the snow Bing Crosby sang about. Based on the idea of maintaining strict access…
Cyber Breach Survivors Welcome: Why Firms Should Hire CISOs with Breach Experience
Let’s face it. No one likes to air their dirty laundry in public, especially if your job is in the area of cyber security. Be that as it may, research suggests that those who acknowledge and learn from their security breaches and share the insights could actually be a benefit to a company – not…
Data breach fallout haunts companies long after the fact
Data breaches have become a priority in most business’ cybersecurity agenda. The series of breaches that companies experienced in 2018 emphasized what security experts have warned about – that threats are ever present and persistent. Last year, even companies with market capitalizations in the billions of dollars like Under Armor, and Marriott fell victim to…
Most consumers don’t trust companies to keep personal information secure
High-profile security breaches and changing regulations have raised consumer concerns and pressured businesses, establishing 2018 as a landmark year in the data economy. Original research from Oxford Economics highlights several challenges faced by businesses as they adjust to changing regulations and consumer uncertainty, including a resounding lack of trust — just 8% of consumers strongly…
How internal dysfunction puts your network at risk
IDG polled 200 network and cybersecurity professionals across the U.S. & Canada, and found almost inevitable consequences for organizations where network and cybersecurity teams have conflicting objectives, are managed in a siloed way, and have unequal or incomplete network visibility. 86% of respondents admitted to experiencing at least one of the following due to a…
Yahoo Explains Cookie Forgery Related To Two 2016 Breaches
Yahoo’s recent update on forged cookies is in relation to two, not three, security breaches announced last year. Yahoo has provided further clarification on the cookie forging activity related to data breaches disclosed in September and December of last year.