Security and privacy still the top inhibitors of cloud adoption
Cloud adoption is gaining momentum, as 36 percent of organizations are currently in the process of migrating to the cloud while close to 20 percent consider themselves to be in the advanced stages of implementation. Due to the number of ways data is stored and the amount of time it takes to migrate these sources…
Organizations investing in security analytics and machine learning to tackle cyberthreats
IT security’s greatest inhibitor to success is contending with too much security data. To address this challenge, 47 percent of IT security professionals acknowledged their organization’s intent to acquire advanced security analytics solutions that incorporate machine learning (ML) technology within the next 12 months. Such investments help to mitigate the risks of advanced cyberthreats missed…
Encrypted attacks growing steadily, cybercriminals are increasingly targeting non-standard ports
In 2018, SonicWall recorded the decline of cryptojacking, but more ransomware, highly targeted phishing, web application attacks and encrypted attacks. The company’s annual threat report, compiled based on threat intelligence obtained from 1+ million sensors around the world, marks a: 217.5 percent increase in IoT attacks in 2018 (compared to 2017) 11 percent increase in…
Less than 20% of IT pros have complete access to critical data in public clouds
Companies have low visibility into their public cloud environments, and the tools and data supplied by cloud providers are insufficient. Lack of visibility can result in a variety of problems including the inability to track or diagnose application performance issues, inability to monitor and deliver against service-level agreements, and delays in detecting and resolving security…
What worries you the most when responding to a cybersecurity incident?
The clock starts ticking immediately following a cybersecurity incident with the first 24 hours vital in terms of incident response. The majority (59 percent) of companies are not confident they could resume ‘business as usual’ after the first 24 hours, although 41 percent say they are, according to a new social media poll by NTT…
Worldwide spending on security solutions expected to continue growing
Worldwide spending on security-related hardware, software, and services is forecast to reach $103.1 billion in 2019, an increase of 9.4% over 2017. This pace of growth is expected to continue for the next several years as industries invest heavily in security solutions to meet a wide range of threats and requirements. $133.8 billion by 2022…
Latest tactics used by cybercriminals to bypass traditional email security
Cybercriminals are continuously using new strategies to get past email security gateways, with brand impersonation being used in 83 percent of spear-phishing attacks, while 1 in 3 business email compromise attacks are launched from Gmail accounts. Sextortion scams, a form of blackmail that makes up 10 percent of all spear-phishing attacks, continue to increase. Employees…
Average DDoS attack sizes decrease 85% due to FBI’s shutdown of DDoS-for-hire websites
The FBI’s shutdown of the 15 largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) for hire vendors (booters) reduced the overall number of attacks worldwide by nearly 11 percent compared to the same period last year. Along with the fewer total attacks, the average size decreased by 85 percent as did the maximum attack size by 24 percent, indicating…
Most IT and security professionals feel vulnerable to insider threats
91 percent of IT and security professionals feel vulnerable to insider threats, and 75 percent believe the biggest risks lie in cloud applications like popular file storage and email solutions such as Google Drive, Gmail, Dropbox and more. “The rise of SaaS in the digital workplace has made companies more vulnerable than ever to insider…
2019 may be a record year for enterprise breaches, but secure collaboration tools could help
Despite business executives agreeing that cybersecurity is a major challenge, businesses globally are severely unprepared for cyberattacks. 44% of business executives from Europe and the United States said they shared sensitive information over email, yet 35% admitted they are unaware of the ways in which their organization is protecting its sensitive information, communications and data,…