Cyber Threats Evolving Too Fast to Keep Up With
These survey results seem to show that it doesn’t matter how many people you have guarding your network. Persistent hackers will always find a way in. The post Cyber Threats Evolving Too Fast to Keep...
View ArticleWhy Isn’t There a Greater Emphasis on Proactive Cyber Defense?
IT professionals warn their management about looming IT security disasters, but say it’s the executives who fail to take action. The post Why Isn’t There a Greater Emphasis on Proactive Cyber Defense?...
View ArticleCan You Detect a Cyber Intrusion on Your Network?
According to Symantec Research Labs, zero day exploits persist in networks for 312 days on average before being discovered. And it’s no wonder - nearly one out of three IT professionals are not...
View ArticleNearly Half of Infosec Professionals are Unprepared for Modern Cyber Attacks
Many of these breached companies passed their regulatory compliance audits and invested heavily in conventional perimeter security tools - like firewalls – without success. Spear phishing, zero days...
View ArticleDo As I Say, Not As I Do When Managing Passwords
Changing user passwords on a regular basis has long been a basic – and well known - tenet of IT security. But when it comes to password security, privileged passwords (admin, root and such) are often...
View ArticleSurvey Says it’s Still Difficult to Secure Data in the Cloud
43% of respondents admitted they do not change their credentials in the cloud as frequently as they do on premises. The post Survey Says it’s Still Difficult to Secure Data in the Cloud appeared first...
View ArticleWill the Cloud End the Traditional IT Team?
If the cloud becomes the primary data center, will there even be a need for a traditional IT department? A third (33%) of nearly 140 IT pros polled thought that the cloud will be the end of the...
View ArticleHow Many Extra Hours a Week Do IT Professionals Work?
The survey revealed, to no great surprise, that the majority (74%) of IT professionals work unpaid overtime each week. However, 34% reported working an average of more than 15 extra hours a week. The...
View ArticleCyber Criminals are Automating – Why Can’t We?
What if organizations could react to cyber attacks with an automated defense? If they could take control of their privileged accounts it would reduce the attacker’s surface for compromise. The post...
View ArticleThe State of IoT Security, According to the IT Pros
The survey queried respondents about changing default passwords on IoT devices. More than half admitted they do not have a process to change these passwords. The post The State of IoT Security,...
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