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While the coronavirus pandemic upends the economies of countries around the world, there are welcome indications that some major cybersecurity firms still see a bright future on the horizon. A specific example of one company whose vision extends beyond the current economic strife is found in Silverfort. Silverfort, the provider […]

Financial Indication That Agentless Authentication Provider Eyes a Bright Future

This entry was posted in Access Management Cybersecurity and tagged Silverfort on August 4, 2020 by Steven Bowcut

S2E4 – Account Takeover Fraud – is an exciting discussion with Will LaSala, the Director of Security Solutions, Security Evangelist, at OneSpan. Will offers his expertise to examine account takeover fraud, what it is, how it works, and how to avoid it. Recent news reports indicate that 15 Billion consumer […]

Account Takeover Fraud

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Expert Commentary Industry Trends Podcast and tagged OneSpan on August 3, 2020 by Steven Bowcut

In response to news that a 17-year-old was one of three people arrested in connection with the largest privacy and security breach in Twitter’s history and the bitcoin scam that saw the accounts of public figures such as Barack Obama, Bill Gates and Joe Biden hijacked for fraud, an expert […]

Arrests in Twitter’s Largest Security Breach – Expert Comment

This entry was posted in Breaking News Cybersecurity Expert Commentary and tagged Point3 Security on July 31, 2020 by Editorial Staff

By Kirsty Fisher, Chief Financial Officer at Titania In 2019, Microsoft made waves at its annual Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, where it confirmed its discovery of a malicious hacker group which was using common Internet of Things (IoT) devices to carry out widespread corporate attacks. The way in? Internet connected devices including […]

Compliance in a Connected World

This entry was posted in Compliance Cybersecurity Guest Contributor and tagged Titania on July 27, 2020 by Editorial Staff

By Reggie Best, President & Chief Product Officer, FireMon Lumeta We have seen significant growth in IoT infrastructure in the past decade, especially this past year. By 2025, International Data Corporation predicts there will be 41.6 billion connected IoT devices, or “things,” generating 79.4 zettabytes of data. While the advancement […]

Reduce Your IoT Attack Surface and Protect Your Infrastructure from ...

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor IoT and tagged FireMon on July 27, 2020 by Editorial Staff

An illuminating new report from email security firm Tessian reveals that 43% of US and UK employees have made mistakes resulting in cybersecurity repercussions for themselves or their company. Human error is a leading cause of data breaches today. The Psychology of Human Error report examines why people make mistakes and how […]

New Report: Nearly Half of Employees Make Mistakes with Cybersecurity ...

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Education Industry Report and tagged Tessian on July 24, 2020 by Steven Bowcut

By Julian Attlee of Field Effect Software For too long, SMEs have been at the mercy of sizeable cybersecurity vendors who grew up in the enterprise space. And I speak from experience. You’ve heard the standard cybersecurity sales pitch a thousand times before — probably even fallen victim to it […]

How Cybersecurity Broke the Buyer

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor and tagged Field Effect Software on July 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff

In Episode S2E1 – IoT Revolution Leads to Increased Risk of Cyberattacks – we talk with Hardik Modi, Assistant Vice President of Engineering, Threat and Mitigation Products for NETSCOUT. Hardik takes us on a fascinating journey to examine some threats associated with the IoT Revolution, especially as it relates to […]

Podcast: IoT Revolution Leads to Increased Risk of Cyberattacks

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity IoT Podcast on July 21, 2020 by Steven Bowcut

“LiveAuctioneers, the online website which broadcasts live auctions selling antiques, art, and collectibles, has warned that user details have fallen into unauthorized hands following a security breach,” reported by Graham Cluley last week. A notification on LiveAuctioneers website states, “As of July 11th, 2020, our cybersecurity team has confirmed that […]

Online Auctions Site “Completely Failed Its Customers”

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Data Protection Expert Commentary and tagged Point3 Security on July 13, 2020 by Steven Bowcut

CAMPBELL, CA – July 8, 2020 – Bitglass, the Total Cloud Security company, has released its 2020 BYOD Report, which analyzes enterprise use of bring your own device (BYOD) as well as the state of personal device security within organizations. Bitglass partnered with a leading cybersecurity community and surveyed IT professionals […]

Increased Remote Work Drives BYOD, but Security is Not Keeping ...

This entry was posted in BYOD Cybersecurity Press Release and tagged Bitglass on July 8, 2020 by Editorial Staff

By Shane McCarthy, COO of Irdeto Imagine all of your connected devices have short, simple passwords. How long do you think it would take a cyber-criminal to hack into them? A matter of seconds? Minutes? Or longer? According to research we conducted recently; the average American thinks it takes over eight and […]

Connected Homes, Smarter Security: Taking Back Cyber Control in a ...

This entry was posted in COVID-19 Cybersecurity Guest Contributor IoT and tagged Irdeto on July 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff

By Yaroslav Vorontsov, Software and Security Architect, DataArt The popularity of VPNs is growing every day. Usage is skyrocketing as people realize how much information they leave behind on the Internet, how much data IT giants collect, and how fast the number of breaches and data leaks is rising. Not surprisingly, Internet […]

All Things VPN

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Guest Contributor VPN and tagged DataArt on June 29, 2020 by Editorial Staff