The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

London, July 13, 2023 — Beazley, the leading specialist insurer, today published its latest Risk & Resilience report: Spotlight on: Cyber & Technology Risks 2023. Yet, boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing. trillion by 2025, a 300% increase since 2015 1.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 24, 2024

Data Security Trends: 2024 Report Analysis madhav Mon, 03/25/2024 - 05:08 Amid ongoing economic uncertainty and a progressively complex threat landscape, businesses are trying to navigate increasingly stringent regulatory requirements while bolstering their security posture. Next came Post Quantum Cryptography with 45%.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 2, 2024

It’s a digital swindle as old as the internet itself, and yet, as the data tells us, the vast majority of security incidents are still rooted in the low-tech art of social engineering. Related: AI makes scam email look real Fresh evidence comes from Mimecast’s “The State of Email and Collaboration Security” 2024 report.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 1, 2020

Survey Sizes Up Increased Risks, New Duties for Security Staff The shift to working at home is opening the door to cybersecurity incidents.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 28, 2023

Survey also uncovers 63% of respondents distrust ChatGPT while 51% question AI's ability to improve Internet safety.

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Dark Reading

JULY 13, 2022

Cynet CISO survey reveals lack of staff, skills, and resources driving smaller teams to outsource security with advanced tools, technologies, and services.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2022

Shifting Risk and Business Environment Demand creates a Shift in Security Strategies. 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. Malware and accidental human error are the biggest security threats.

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Dark Reading

JULY 25, 2023

CISOs consider zero trust a hot security ticket, but organizations run the risk of leaving gaps in their security infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2021

Fugue’s new State of Cloud Security 2020 report reveals that misconfigured cloud-based databases continue to pose a severe security risk to organizations. 47% of the surveyed organizations spend more than 50 hours per week teams in addressing the problem. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Android and Novi Survey flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The bulletin confirmed that “there are indications that CVE-2023-20963 may be under limited, targeted exploitation.”

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 5, 2021

The Department for Culture Media and Sport recently published its annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey (the “Survey” ), which aims to capture trends in cyber security incidents and provides a snapshot of the approach of UK businesses to the risks of an incident and the types of incidents seen in the previous 12 months.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The study, conducted by independent research firm Propeller Insights, dives into how IT business leaders feel about their security posture in a world where the technologies they embrace to grow and thrive are also vulnerable to constant and increasing threats. Human error is among the top causes of security breaches.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 22, 2020

Survey Shows Long-Term Software Support Varies Widely If you've managed to equip your home with smart devices and appliances that work properly, you probably think you're all set. But there are no regulations around how long manufacturers must provide security updates, which could mean a smart device could become a risk.

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IT Governance

MARCH 20, 2024

In the UK, cyber security has been dropping down the board’s list of priorities. A 2022 Proofpoint study found that 76% of UK board members believed their organisation to be at risk of a material cyber attack in the next 12 months – higher than the global average of 65%. Specifically, a 13.4% drop for charities (from 72% to 62%).

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Dark Reading

APRIL 12, 2023

A recent survey showed a surprising correlation between those who operate their businesses with risk and compliance data in silos and those who experienced data breaches in the last 24 months.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Now comes survey findings that could perhaps help to move things in the right direction. According to DigiCert’s 2024 State of Digital Trust Survey results, released today , companies proactively pursuing digital trust are seeing boosts in revenue, innovation and productivity. Assure that these policies are enforceable.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2024

Assess risks. Creating a solid cybersecurity foundation begins with understanding the organization’s risks. A recent study found only 27% of charities undertook risk assessments in 2023 and only 11% said they reviewed risks posed by suppliers. A robust security plan is only as good as its weakest link.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 18, 2020

Related: Why some CEOs have quit tweeting That’s the upshot of FireMon’s second annual State of Hybrid Cloud Security Report of 522 IT and security professionals, some 14 percent of whom occupy C-suite positions. This is the fact that the cloud services provider is only liable for securing the underlying cloud infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The vast majority of cybersecurity decision makers – 91 percent, in fact – find it difficult to select security products due to unclear marketing, according to the results of a survey of 800 cybersecurity and IT decision makers released today by email security company Egress. Assessing AI and Security Training.

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Dark Reading

JULY 1, 2019

Newly published '2019 Black Hat USA Attendee Survey' recommends users stay off social media and remain wary of products that promise to solve security problems.

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IG Guru

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

SAN DIEGO September 22, 2021 The results of a major Information Governance (IG) survey, conducted by IGWorld magazine and its partners, was released at last week’s InfoGov World 2021 Expo & Conference, an event held in 3D virtual reality.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Cybersecurity budgets are set to increase in 2022, but companies worry that complex IT networks and data infrastructure are wasting money, new PwC survey finds.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

31, 2023 — Ivanti , the tech company that elevates and secures Everywhere Work, today announced the results of its Executive Security Spotlight report as part of Ivanti’s Cybersecurity Status Report Series. To learn more about the results of Ivanti’s Executive Security Spotlight report, please visit here.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The US CISA has released a new tool that allows to assess the level of exposure of organizations to insider threats and devise their own defense plans against such risks. The tool elaborates the answers of the organizations to a survey about their implementations of a risk program management for insider threats.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 31, 2023

31, 2023 – Hornetsecurity has recently launched The Security Swarm podcast series to shed light on the latest cybersecurity issues. Its flagship product, 365 Total Protection, is the most comprehensive cloud security solution for Microsoft 365 on the market. Hannover, Germany, Aug.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

The Attack Surface Management team at Group-IB said it constantly scans the IPv4 landscape for exposed databases, potentially unwanted programs, and other risks. Also read: Database Security: 7 Best Practices & Tips. days was required for an exposed database owner to resolve a security issue in the first quarter of 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cyberattacks caused by supply chain vulnerabilities mean organizations need a renewed perspective on how to address third-party security. In a developing market, third-party risk management (TPRM) software and tools could be the answer to helping organizations fill the gap. Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 10, 2023

In light of this Utimaco released its first edition in the Circles of Trust survey series in 2022 focused on a sample of the United Kingdom (UK), Spain and Germany, covering key sectors of automotive cybersecurity to the public and the health sector to uncover consumer perceptions about the digital services that they use every day.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 29, 2023

Related: Equipping SOCs for the long haul In fact, stress factors have risen to where some 45 percent of the security professionals polled in Deep Instinct’s third annual Voice of SecOps report said they’ve considered leaving the industry altogether. Amongst senior security leaders, the top stress factors were: •Securing a remote workforce.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 20, 2022

Cloud First, Security Second? However, this rapid and systemic transformation is creating significant security challenges that are causing organizations to rethink their security strategies across all levels of operations. Storing data in the cloud can increase the risk of cloud-related attacks. Tue, 06/21/2022 - 05:17.

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Dark Reading

JANUARY 18, 2022

Yet they're showing signs of improvement across several important areas, a Dark Reading survey reveals.

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Dark Reading

JANUARY 6, 2022

The 2021 Strategic Security Survey highlights concerns related to the cloud environment, such as the ability to detect breaches and the increasing number of attacks against cloud systems.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A Dark Reading survey finds most IT and security managers would rather wait to deploy applications than risk security flaws.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2023

Related: Taking a risk-assessment approach to VM Unlike a typical cyber attack that exploits a software vulnerability, recent cyber attacks exploit other security risks, such as misconfigurations, security deviations, and posture anomalies. With traditional VM, achieving compliance is a struggle.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The need for experienced and qualified cyber security professionals is a highlight of Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week , led by NICE (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education). Cyber security focuses on protecting computer systems from unauthorised access or being otherwise damaged. Build your cyber security career.

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 14, 2019

A survey of more than 6,000 firmware images spanning more than a decade finds no improvement in firmware security and lax security standards for the software running connected devices by Linksys, NETGEAR and other major vendors. Also: operationalizing Threat Intelligence.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers’ privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. That’s because very few of the world’s biggest companies list any security executives in their highest ranks. banks) would have this role in their executive leadership team.

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