security spending

Malware & Threats

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Your backup data sets can become a treasure trove for advanced threat detection

Despite ever increasing investments in security technologies, data breaches and cyber incidents are increasing at a relentless rate, and the problem is projected to keep getting worse. Industry research shows that attacks from ransomware, data compromise, malicious email and credential theft more than doubled to 160,000 incidents per year, with unreported incidents likely bringing the…

Network Security

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Organizations need to shift strategies, adopt a proactive approach to cybersecurity

The cybersecurity market has reached a point whereby organisations need to shift their strategies and have a new, proactive approach to their cybersecurity, according to a report by 451 Research. Hurdles that organizations need to overcome to successfully shift their strategies These were identified as: A profusion of tools and data that complicates – and…

Malware & Threats

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You should prepare for the next mega data breach

As of September 2018, it’s been one year since the historical Equifax mega data breach that impacted nearly half of all consumers in the U.S. Since this monumental invasion of personal data, fraudsters have shown little to no notion of slowing down as evident by the continued emergence of additional data breaches. In fact, within…