Data Protection November 17, 2021

Top Cybersecurity Threats Around the Globe

4 min read - Cybersecurity threats, risks and challenges vary a lot from one region to the next and one nation to the next. Targets vary based on local resources to exploit. Cyber criminals and nation-state attackers zero in on specific nations, companies and…

Data Protection November 5, 2021

6 Potential Long-Term Impacts of a Data Breach

5 min read - A data breach can destroy a business. For small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), this is really especially concerning, as 60% will shut down within six months of the attack. While larger companies and agencies likely won’t have to shut their…

Energy & Utility October 28, 2021

Roundup: 2021 Energy & Utility Data Breaches and Defenses in the News

3 min read - Ransomware is evolving. How long until it takes down operational technology? In May 2021, Colonial Pipeline, one of the largest fuel pipelines in the United States, faced a ransomware attack. The company, which transports more than 100 million gallons of…

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…

Intelligence & Analytics August 17, 2021

Highly Regulated or Not, These Data Security Use Cases Still Apply

5 min read - In light of recent news-making breaches, we can see there really is no industry immune from data breaches. While I do not want to be doom-and-gloom, manufacturing, consulting, entertainment, retail, consumer goods, hospitality, transportation – these sectors together make up…

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…