Data Protection August 31, 2022

Cost of a Data Breach: Retail Costs, Risks and Prevention Strategies

3 min read - Whether it’s online or brick-and-mortar, every new store or website represents a new potential entry point for threat actors. With access to more personally identifiable information (PII) of customers than most industries, bad actors perceive retail as a great way…

Healthcare August 11, 2022

Incident Response for Health Care IT: Differences and Drivers

4 min read - Threat actors continue to target the health care industry. IBM’s Threat Intelligence Index for 2022 rates the industry as the sixth most targeted. That puts it close behind the energy and retail and wholesale sectors. Certain regions seem to be…

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…

Security Services January 13, 2022

The Best Threat Hunters Are Human

4 min read - “You won’t know you have a problem unless you go and look.” Neil Wyler, who is known as ‘Grifter’ in the hacker community, made that statement as a precursor to an unforgettable story. An organization hired Grifter to perform active…

Data Protection November 24, 2021

Hospital Ransomware Attacks Go Beyond Health Care Data

4 min read - The health care industry has been on the front lines a lot lately. Along with helping control the effects of COVID-19, it has been a prime target for ransomware. In a 2021 survey conducted of 597 health delivery organizations (HDOs),…

Data Protection October 13, 2021

What Is the True Cost of a Health Care Data Breach?

4 min read - The health care industry has remained the top data breach target for eleven years in a row. Highly sensitive and personally identifiable information (PII) held by health care systems is an attractive target. After all, it contains all the information…

Healthcare September 30, 2021

Roundup: Health Care Data Breaches and Defenses in the News

4 min read - Health care data continues to be a prime target for cyber attacks. Cybersecurity Ventures predicts the health care industry will fall victim to two to three times more cyber attacks in 2021 than other industries. Successful cyber attacks compromise both…

Intelligence & Analytics September 13, 2021

What’s Behind the Leaks of Customer Data From Retailer Databases?

3 min read - Retail data breaches involving customer data happen often today. However, they tend to be smaller in size than health care, finance or government breaches. So, the general public notices them less. Yet, they happen more often than realized. Why? And…

Intelligence & Analytics September 10, 2021

Private 5G Security: Consider Security Risks Before Investing

3 min read - So, 5G is one of those once-in-a-generation types of leaps that will alter how we operate. However, 5G security comes with a lot of challenges. Private 5G networks require us to look at attack surface management in a different way.…

Banking & Finance June 8, 2021

Learning the Building Blocks You Need for Consumer Identity and Access Management Part 2: Engage

4 min read - Some online experiences are so bad that 25% of users abandon an application after first use and never return. To avoid this retention problem, you should offer better engagement to your customers during their authentication and authorization process. Engage is…