A new press release reports, “CA Technologies today revealed the results of an extensive global survey of consumers, cybersecurity professionals and business executives about their views on digital trust. Conducted by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan, the inaugural report, titled “Global State of Digital Trust Survey and Index 2018,” highlights how consumers perceive and trust […]
McAfee Study Reveals 1-in-4 Organizations Using Public Cloud Has Had Data Stolen
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, today announced its third annual cloud adoption and security report, Navigating a Cloudy Sky: Practical Guidance and the State of Cloud Security. The report outlines the current state of cloud adoption, the primary concerns with private and public cloud services, security implications […]
Teramind Combines New Data Loss Prevention Features with User Behavior Analytics
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Teramind Inc., a provider of insider threat solutions, today announced a new approach to data loss prevention that will continue to help organizations from healthcare to banking, legal, energy and customer service teams and more address their internal cyber security and data breach vulnerabilities. Teramind brings […]
Majority of U.S. Businesses at Risk Due to Sub-Par Data Protection Practices
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “An independent survey of U.S. IT decision makers (ITDMs) conducted by StorageCraft ®, a leading data management and protection company, reveals that many organizations lack confidence in their current data recovery implementation. The survey also uncovered an alarming number of businesses unable to increase the frequency of […]
One in Four Organizations Rely Solely on User-Generated Passwords to Secure BYOD Access
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Bitglass, the Total Data Protection company, today announced the findings of its BYOD and Identity research report, which includes insights from more than 200 IT and security professionals surveyed at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpoconference. According to Bitglass’ research, one in four organizations lack some form of multi-factor authentication […]
Eastwind Networks Debuts Enterprise Breach Analytics Cloud Cybersecurity Platform
by Angela Guess A recent press release states, “Eastwind Networks, the cybersecurity solutions and breach analytics cloud platform designed to provide visibility, forensics and incident response capabilities to enterprises, today announced the release of its enhanced Enterprise Breach Analytics Cloud platform—available immediately for trial or purchase—with targeted capabilities to support both enterprise security and SOC […]
Closing the Retail Cybersecurity Gap Between Breaches and Fraud
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “While retailers are getting better at combatting cybersecurity threats to customer data, few are prepared to combat the fraud that happens after a hack. A new cooperative effort announced today between LexisNexis Risk Solutions and the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC) will give retailers new […]
Exabeam Launches Next-Generation Security Intelligence Platform
by Angela Guess A new press release states, “Exabeam, the market leader in User and Entity Behavior Analytics, today announced its new Security Intelligence Platform, designed to decrease the risk of cyber threats for organizations of any size. Recent data breaches continue to demonstrate that security management is broken — attacks using stolen or misused […]
Big Data and Cloud Security
Data breaches are disastrous events for enterprises and consumers alike. Sensitive information is stolen or made public. Cloud-based data breaches can be quite devastating because of the sheer volume of data that can be taken or manipulated. Cloud security is especially important in the Big Data age. Cloud-based data is valuable for different reasons. A […]
Big Data’s Big Liability Issues
by Angela Guess Ryan Garner recently opined in Quartz, “Let’s just say it: In the future, successful data companies will not own any data. The data economy is the engine of growth for all digital businesses. However, the landscape is changing. We are heading for a data crunch. Data has huge economic value but it […]