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Yearly Archives: 2019

New account fraud has more than doubled since 2014, despite a seasonal decrease during 2019 Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend This week Jumio, the leading AI-powered trusted identity as a service provider, unveiled their third edition of the Holiday New Account Fraud Report. The foremost takeaway of the report is that account […]

Happy Holidays 2019 Brings a 28% Increase in New Account ...

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Industry Report and tagged Jumio on December 13, 2019 by Steven Bowcut

STEALTHbits Technologies, a leading cybersecurity software company, has appointed several new executives to support strong demand for its award-winning data access governance, active directory security and privilege access management solutions. Gerrit Lansing joins as Field CTO, Ralph Martino joins as Vice President of Product Strategy for Data Access Governance, and […]

STEALTHbits Executives Added to Support Growth

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity News Brief on December 4, 2019 by Editorial Staff

By Jascha Bryce Almost everyone puts a premium on cybersecurity these days. From average Joes to small and medium enterprises, to multinational companies, people have made a concerted effort to protect their online identity. In essence, Generation X paved the way for the evolutionary process of Internet security. This demographic […]

The Next Generation of Cyber Security Pros: Is Gen Z ...

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor Industry Trends on November 27, 2019 by Editorial Staff

As everybody becomes more dependent on internet connectivity for work, recreation and socialization, we inevitably increase our risk of digital foul play. Below is a look at five industries that are especially susceptible to cybersecurity threats. Thankfully, they’re also well-positioned to make “cybersecurity 2020” a top priority through cultural and […]

5 Industries Doubling Down on Cybersecurity in 2020

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity on November 13, 2019 by Kayla Matthews

Let’s face it, it is rare to find exciting innovation from the security industry’s big-dog conglomerates. We usually expect change to be incremental and without surprise from these industry behemoths while the startups more commonly provide noteworthy new ideas, technologies, and solutions. This is why we walked away from a […]

Innovative Ways of Harnessing Data to Manage Security Threats

This entry was posted in GSX Johnson Controls New Technology Physical Security on November 6, 2019 by Steven Bowcut

While we are all aware that businesses and individuals are subject to identity theft in increasing numbers, did you know that child identity theft is also on the rise? Why is this happening? Children’s credit histories are often blank slates, and fraudsters may be able to get away with stealing […]

Preventing Identify Theft Is Not Child’s Play

This entry was posted in Identity Theft on October 28, 2019 by Editorial Staff

Cities, factories and consumers are coming to rely on IoT technology. While it allows for the collection and use of huge amounts of data, it also creates new massive security risks. These devices aren’t always properly shielded against electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radiofrequency interference (RF interference or RFI) — whether […]

RF Interference and Security: 4 Things to Know

This entry was posted in IoT on October 23, 2019 by Kayla Matthews

In August of this year, BSM posted an article outlining a conversation we had with Saumitra Das, CTO at Blue Hexagon. This piece, entitled When You Live and Die by the 1-Second Rule, examined an announcement from Blue Hexagon that introduced an industry-first ability to detect and stop, in real-time, […]

Deep Learning Solution Earns Perfect Score in Threat Protection Test

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity and tagged Blue Hexagon on October 3, 2019 by Steven Bowcut

By Greg Young, Vice President of Cybersecurity at Trend Micro DevOps is the new engine for global business growth. All over the planet, organizations are becoming more responsive to changing market demands thanks to the roll-out of agile, automated development processes. Yet there are challenges. Cybersecurity remains the number one […]

Securing DevOps: Why Culture is Key to Driving Company-Wide Success

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor on October 1, 2019 by Editorial Staff

In cybersecurity breach de jour news it seems that a popular mobile social game company, Zynga Inc., was recently breached and gave up information on more than 218 million users. While the breach itself was quietly announced by Zynga on September 12, 2019, they offered precious few details. The story […]

Popular Game Company Zynga Breached

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Expert Insights and tagged Zynga on September 30, 2019 by Steven Bowcut

For most users – business or personal – price should not be the sole determining factor when it comes to choosing a backup storage provider. You are backing up your data for a reason. Your data is important to you. That being said, there are few things as satisfying as […]

Backing up Your Data Is Critical for Security but How ...

This entry was posted in Cloud Security Data Backup Data Protection and tagged Backblaze on September 26, 2019 by Steven Bowcut

On September 18, 2019, Trend Micro reported that they discovered a series of incidents where the credit card skimming attack Magecart was used to hit the booking websites of chain-brand hotels. In their renowned Security Intelligence Blog they stated, “In early September, we found two hotel websites (from different hotel […]

Magecart Skimming Attack Targets Hotel Booking Websites

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Expert Insights and tagged KnowBe4 Trend Micro on September 19, 2019 by Steven Bowcut