Organizations in the Dark as Most Networks Actively Breached: Analysis
While most of the security industry is looking forward and making threat predictions for 2017, one vendor has stopped to analyze what has been happening in 2016 — and the reality is, we aren’t even aware of what is happening in our networks today. Breach detection firm SS8 used its BreachDetect platform to analyze 20…
BYOD: How to provide secure access to network resources
IT organizations have little or no choice when it comes to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs. Employees want to access the network with their personally owned devices, and in today’s landscape where employers compete for skilled employees, companies want to be known for giving employees the privilege of doing so. That leaves IT organizations…
IDG Contributor Network: What your CEO needs to know about securing the Internet of Things
The recent Internet of Things-based DDoS attack on Dyn heralded the beginning of a new era for businesses. For better or for worse, industry experts’ warnings about the need to consider all “endpoints” rather than limiting security efforts to workstations and servers were vindicated. The event should be a wake-up call. Already six in 10…
Who’s responsible for data compliance? 25% of executives don’t know
According to the 2016 State of Compliance survey conducted by data management and integration provider Liaison Technologies, one-quarter of top executives are unclear who in their organization is responsible for compliance. And nearly half (47 percent) of respondents to the survey of 479 senior and C-level executives said they don’t know which compliance standards apply…
Cloud Governance Fails Could Trigger Privacy Compliance Issues: Report
On average, an enterprise now uses 1,427 cloud services. Seventy-one percent of these are enterprise services, with the remainder being consumer services. The average employee actively uses 36 cloud services, including nine collaboration services, six file sharing services, and five content sharing services (such as YouTube). These figures come from an analysis of 30 million…
Do You Need a Threat Intelligence Team?
I have the great opportunity to spend time with CSOs and IT executives to understand their cybersecurity concerns and help them map out a strategy for success. An increasingly common question I’ve been hearing is, “Does my organization need a threat intelligence team?” Adding threat intelligence capabilities to your organization can be valuable, with their…
Increasing number of financial institutions falling prey to cyber attacks
66.2 percent of financial organizations faced at least one cyber-security attack in the last year, according to MetricStream Research. The report, based on a survey conducted in July 2016, features the perspectives of C-level information security professionals in over 60 banking and financial services firms across the globe. The respondents represented financial enterprises of multiple…
Overconfidence is putting organizations at higher risk for attacks
In the past twelve months, roughly one in three targeted attacks resulted in an actual security breach, which equates to two to three effective attacks per month for the average company, according to Accenture. Still, a majority of security executives (75 percent) surveyed are confident in their ability to protect their enterprises from cyberattacks. Accenture…
PCI 3.2 Compliant Organizations Are Likely GDPR Compliant
PCI DSS version 3.1 will be retired on October 31, 2016, with version 3.2 being the only valid version beginning the 1st of November. From that date, any new validation of PCI compliance will have to be against version 3.2. The new requirements will, however, be considered ‘best practices’ until Feb. 1, 2018 when they…