Intelligence & Analytics August 31, 2021

Reduce the Harm of a Data Breach With Data Security Analytics

3 min read - Over the last year, the average total cost of a data breach increased nearly 10% to $4.24 million. That’s the highest average in the history of IBM Security’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report. This was due to a…

CISO August 25, 2021

How to Quantify the Actual Cost of a Data Breach for Your Own Organization

4 min read - As business leaders, we need to know what the biggest risks to our organizations are. All organizations face numerous disruptive challenges in today’s business environment that can create significant new business opportunities, but also can increase potential cybersecurity risks to…

Security Services August 23, 2021

Pay Now or Pay Later: Don’t Procrastinate When It Comes to Preventing Ransomware

3 min read - Data breaches like ransomware can be catastrophic for some businesses. Not only do affected organizations lose revenue from the downtime that occurs during the incident, the post-breach costs can be significant. These costs can include everything from the time and…

Cloud Security July 30, 2021

Building Effective Business Cases to Cover Cybersecurity Costs

4 min read - With the global average cost of a data breach totaling $3.86 million in 2020, the topic of security continues to be a major pressure point and a board-level agenda item. So why do security programs still seem to lack adequate…

X-Force July 28, 2021

Data breach costs at record high, zero trust, AI and automation help reduce costs

6 min read - Data breaches have been growing in numbers and scale, taking longer to detect and contain. The average total cost of a data breach is at its highest of 17 years, at $4.24 million. The year over year increase of 10%…

X-Force July 28, 2021

What’s new in the 2021 Cost of a Data Breach Report

5 min read - Has cybersecurity ever been more important than it is right now? Even in these extraordinary times, with its focus on manufacturing vaccines and getting shots into arms, new research in the Cost of a Data Breach Report shows that the…

CISO June 16, 2021

The Hottest Cybersecurity Must-Reads for the Busy Security Practitioner

5 min read - You’re busy. We get that. Let’s suppose you’re like most of your colleagues in security. In that case, it’s almost like Groundhog Day. It starts with chasing the latest threat and protecting your company or agency from attacks. It ends…

Data Protection May 7, 2021

3 Ways to Reduce the Cost of a Government Data Breach

4 min read - As a government agency or jurisdiction, one of your goals is to build trust with the citizens you serve. You earn that trust by protecting their information from a government data breach. This also helps by making efficient use of…

Intelligence & Analytics March 22, 2021

Health Care Cybersecurity: Costly Data Breaches, Ensuring PII Security and Beyond

4 min read - As hospitals get smarter, threat actors have more routes inside. IBM’s recent research on the health care industry shows how smart tools, which could be very valuable for today’s medical facilities, also need healing of their own. What should hospital…

Data Protection February 5, 2021

5 Ways Companies Can Protect Personally Identifiable Information

4 min read - Protecting personally identifiable information (PII) is one of the key aspects of a security expert’s job. What does personally identifiable information include? Social Security numbers, birth dates and places, financial accounts and more can give threat actors a foothold to…