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…

Application Security August 20, 2021

Behavior Transparency: Where Application Security Meets Cyber Awareness

3 min read - How can you tell when software is behaving strangely if you don’t know what the right behavior is? That’s an important question when it comes to threat actors. After all, attackers often hijack honest software, networks and systems for dishonest…

Intelligence & Analytics August 18, 2021

How AI Prevents Fatigue After Data Breaches

3 min read - I have data breach fatigue. Every day, my inbox is flooded with dozens of emails about the newest data breaches and what causes them. Five years ago, I took note of every company listed and the mistakes made that led to…

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…

Data Protection July 20, 2021

How Data Discovery and Zero Trust Can Help Defend Against a Data Breach

4 min read - As more companies start to use the cloud, the threat of a data breach and the rules and fines that go with it has only grown. Therefore, companies and agencies need to anticipate and adapt to their changing data and…

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…

Data Protection April 30, 2021

Why Data Monopolies Mean Breaches Hit Harder (And How to Help)

3 min read - Tech companies aren’t shy about how much they know about us. In fact, it’s right in my face every time I log on to my accounts: advertisements for running shoes I looked at online last week; condo rentals for the…