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Shifting Risk and Business Environment Demand creates a Shift in Security Strategies

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report, based on data from a survey of almost 2,800 respondents from 17 countries across the globe, illustrates these trends and changes. When asked about the most frequent types of attacks, 56% of global respondents ranked malware as the leading source of security attacks. The quantum computing threat.

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Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard

Schneier on Security

NIST has completed a study -- it was published last year, but I just saw it recently -- calculating the costs and benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard. Extending the approach of looking back from 2017 to the larger national economy required the selection of economic sectors best represented by the 169 survey respondents.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The purpose of these events is to raise awareness about digital security and empower everyone to protect their personal data from digital forms of crime by adopting well established best practices, like the use of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and establishing strong passwords. Raising awareness is essential for everyone.

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Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The goal of Data Privacy Week, celebrated between January 24 – 28, is to spread awareness about online privacy and educate citizens on how to manage their personal information and keep it secure. Data Privacy Week also encourages businesses to respect data and be more transparent about how they collect and use customer data.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In 2015, global cyber crime had a cost of about $3 trillion, and the cost is expected to rise to $10.5 Ransomware. Ransomware is the fastest-growing trend.

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How To Keep Cybersecure Over the Holidays

Adam Levin

This presents a set of challenges for IT professionals, with 36.6% of those surveyed listing poorly secured personal and network devices as being their primary concern with a remote workforce. A recent survey , commissioned by Cyberscout and conducted online by The Harris Poll among over 2,000 U.S. Use end-to-end encryption.

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What UK charities need to know about GDPR compliance

IT Governance

The UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019 found that one in five charities suffered a cyber attack last year. Staff awareness and education is a key component of any organisation’s GDPR compliance framework. This isn’t a rare occurrence. Ensure that your staff are trained.

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