Cyber security: The cooperation game
Competition is perhaps the most important component of the business sphere. After all, it's through brand and company competition that the best products end up hitting the marketplace. If Business 1 is...
View ArticleThe risks of end-of-life software
Aging software can be surprisingly hard to put out to digital pasture. Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 are both famous (or perhaps infamous) for how long they have remained in widespread...
View ArticleUS government increases attention on cyber security
As 2014 comes to a close and government business winds down for the year, one thing was made very clear: Cyber security is going to play a major role in 2015. First, President Obama nominated a major...
View ArticleDealing with miscommunciation to mitigate insider threats
Although data breaches, insider threats and advanced persistent threats remain key risks for enterprises, on the technical side these organizations do not seem to lack viable solutions. Spending on...
View ArticleWhat to consider when improving BYOD security
By now, BYOD is nothing new for the majority of businesses. Mobile technology, for the most part, has been integrated into company processes in a range of individual organizations in every industrial...
View ArticleThe Internet is becoming more encrypted, but vulnerabilities remain
Encryption has always been a central concern for the cybersecurity community, but it has taken on added importance following the 2013 revelations of widespread Internet surveillance by world...
View ArticleEncryption needs to be a bigger part of cloud security
Many organizations are gradually setting aside their reservations about cloud security and storing more company data to the cloud. This move may confer numerous benefits to them, including reduced...
View ArticleInsider misuse and error are increasingly the cause of data breaches
Data breaches have many causes, from outdated security software to employee mistakes. While enterprises have to contend with a wide array of external dangers – for example, record-setting distributed...
View ArticleMobile banking apps must be made more secure
How secure are mobile banking apps? Many individuals and organizations already trust smartphones to perform critical tasks such as reading email, working with corporate documents and conducting...
View ArticleAre PCAST recommendations feasible for remaking government IT?
The most recent report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Security and Technology identified a broad range of vulnerabilities in public sector IT. The council cited government agencies for...
View ArticleHow Hackers Are Leveraging Machine Learning
For business executives and internal information security specialists, it seems that every day brings a new potential risk to the company – and in the current threat environment, it isn't hard to...
View ArticleTippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of February 5,...
It was a busy week in the cyber security world, but it shouldn’t be surprising given that the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have begun. I shouldn’t blame just the Olympics, but it’s hard not to...
View ArticleThis Week in Security News: Botnets and Breaches
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, North Korean hackers overtook Adobe, Trend...
View ArticleSecurity Glue Between the Silos of Endpoint, Server, Cloud and Network...
Endpoint and Host security techniques have diverged. There used to be considerable similarity between the techniques and tools used to secure desktops, servers, and even networks. Desktops evolved to...
View ArticleA Look Back: Reviewing the Worst Cyber Attacks of 2017 and the Lessons Learned
It seems that each year that passes is worse than the last in terms of hacking and cyber attacks, and 2017 was no exception. “Surprising no one, 2017 was marked another ‘worst year ever’ in data...
View ArticleHow hackers recycle top threats
Developers are known for reusing pieces of code over and over again – after all, if it isn't broke, why fix it? In fact, this is what makes open source programs so popular and valuable – as opposed to...
View ArticleTippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 29,...
Late last year, Trend Micro introduced its Security Predictions for 2018. One of the predictions stated that digital extortion will be at the core of most cybercriminals’ business model. It’s much more...
View ArticleThis Week in Security News: Magic Quadrants & Global Threats
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, Gartner released its Magic Quadrant Leaders,...
View ArticleData Privacy in the Age of IoT
On Data Privacy Day, January 28th, we should have all taken a few moments to think more carefully about safeguarding our personal data, staying safe online, and improving our privacy habits. Just what...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Ransomware
While many businesses and individual users understand that ransomware isn't a new threat, many don't actually know how long this particular infection style has been utilized by hackers. The first...
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