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Cloud Security Posture Management Best Practices

The rapid adoption of cloud services, along with an increasing number of cloud infrastructure and platform services, has created an explosion in complexity and unmanaged risk. While IaaS providers deliver basic configuration and risk assessment capabilities, they only address their own services,[...]

Mirai Groups Target Business IoT Devices

More than 30% of Mirai attacks, and an increasing number of variants of the malicious malare, are going after enterprise IoT devices, raising the stakes for business.

Most Consumers Still Don’t Know How Brands are Using Their Data

Despite the past year’s global focus on GDPR and other data privacy regulations designed to give consumers more power over their data, more than half (55 percent) of consumers still don’t know how brands are using their data, according to the Acquia survey of more than 1,000 U.S.-based consumers.

New Open Source Solution Reduces the Risks Associated with Cloud Deployments

An open source user computer environment (UCE) for the Amazon Cloud, called Galahad, has been launched by the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).

BitPaymer Ransomware Operators Wage Custom, Targeted Attacks

The BitPaymer ransomware operators now are creating new variants of the malware hours before deploying it on a target network - making detection much more difficult.

DNSSEC: The Key to a Modern Cybersecurity Posture

Achieving and maintaining a comprehensive cybersecurity posture is critical for modern enterprises. In this article we discuss how organizations can use DNSSEC to protect themselves from DNS cyber attacks.

Organizations Expect to Boost Their Cybersecurity Investments by 34%

Annual losses from cyberattacks averaged $4.7 million in the last fiscal year — with more than one in 10 firms losing over $10 million —according to a new report from ESI ThoughtLab in conjunction with Willis Towers Watson and other organizations specialized in cybersecurity and risk management.

Multi-Stage Attack Techniques are Making Network Defense Difficult

IT managers are inundated with cyberattacks coming from all directions and are struggling to keep up due to a lack of security expertise, budget and up to date technology, according to Sophos.

3 Steps to Better DDoS Protection

As threats of DDoS attacks continue to increase, enterprises of all sizes are looking for ways to amp up their protection and mitigation techniques.

Insider Attacks Still Far More Difficult to Detect and Prevent Than External Cyber Attacks

A recent survey conducted by Gurucul of more than 320 IT security experts, found that 15 percent of people said they would delete files or change passwords upon exiting a company.