Data Protection November 8, 2022

Millions Lost in Minutes — Mitigating Public-Facing Attacks

4 min read - In recent years, many high-profile companies have suffered destructive cybersecurity breaches. These public-facing assaults cost organizations millions of dollars in minutes, from stock prices to media partnerships. Fast Company, Rockstar, Uber, Apple and more have all been victims of these…

Data Protection October 13, 2022

How Do Data Breaches Impact Economic Instability?

4 min read - Geopolitical conflict, inflation, job market pressure, rising debt — we’ve been hearing about economic headwinds for a while now. Could data breaches have anything to do with this? According to a recent IBM report, the average cost of a data…

Zero Trust September 21, 2022

Companies Without Zero Trust Could Lose $1M More During a Data Breach

3 min read - In recent years, the mindset for cybersecurity has shifted. It isn’t a matter of if a company has a breach, but rather when a company has a breach. With the increase in cybersecurity incidents, most if not all companies will be…

Data Protection September 14, 2022

What Kind of Data Costs Most in a Breach?

4 min read - Today’s most valuable currency is data. Breaches, information operations, analytics and behavior recognition are all driven by data and the desire to possess it, regardless of what those who possess it want to do with it. We set out to…

Data Protection August 19, 2022

How EDR Security Supports Defenders in a Data Breach

4 min read - The cost of a data breach has reached an all-time high. It averaged $4.35 million in 2022, according to the newly published IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report. What’s more, 83% of organizations have faced more than one data…

Data Protection August 10, 2022

Security Automation Can Save You $3.05M in a Data Breach

2 min read - When it comes to reducing security breach costs, companies with security artificial intelligence (AI) and automation can save millions, per a new report. According to the most recent IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, organizations with fully deployed security AI…

Banking & Finance August 3, 2022

Cost of a Data Breach: Banking and Finance

4 min read - The importance of cybersecurity has touched almost every industry. Beyond that, robust cybersecurity is table stakes for several sectors, particularly health care and the banking and finance industry. Not only is financial data at risk, but so is customer trust.…

Data Protection August 1, 2022

How to Prepare for and Respond to a Data Privacy Breach

4 min read - Before I started covering cybersecurity, I thought the term ‘breach’ had a single meaning — that an attacker stole data from a computer system. I also thought all the different versions of the word meant the same thing. However, I’ve…

Data Protection July 5, 2022

Why Phishing Is Still the Top Attack Method

4 min read - This post was written with contributions from Stephanie Carruthers, Camille Singleton and Charles DeBeck. Attackers are known to pore over a company’s website and social channels. Perhaps they spot a mention of an upcoming charity event. Who runs the charity?…

Data Protection May 23, 2022

How to Respond to Non-Malicious Data Breaches

3 min read - It’s easy to assume most, if not all, data breaches are malicious. Surely, attackers strike on purpose. However, almost two-thirds of data breaches start from mistakes, not an intent to cause harm. According to the Cost of Insider Threats Report…