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Secure Pipes: Changing the Expectation of Your Internet Service Providers

The time has come to change the way that security is conducted. The era of "bolt-on" security solutions needs to come to an end, or at least be recalibrated. Built-in security should become the expectation. Customers are not looking to buy "products" such as broadband access or Web filtering. Customers are looking for...

IDC Whitepaper: Big Data, Good Data, Bad Data - the Link Between Information Governance and Big Data Outcomes

The outcome of any big data analytics project, however, is only as good as the quality of the data being used. As big data analytics solutions have matured and as organizations have developed greater expertise with big data technologies he quality and trustworthiness of the data sources themselves are emerging as key...

To Stop Threats, You First Have to See Them Coming

Retailers, in a world of rising sophisticated cyber threats, it is time to think about next-gen defenses that go beyond traditional PCI compliance. Cyber criminals are constantly finding new vulnerabilities to invade your network outside of the cardholder data environment (CDE). Are you prepared to defend against...

Making the Case for Continuous Authentication: Why 2FA is Not Secure Enough to Combat Online Fraud

Most organizations that enable users to perform online transactions have implemented security measures to address fraud. Currently, one of the most common safeguards used in a wide array of products/services is two-factor authentication (2FA). In recent years, 2FA has become employed by global tech leaders like...

Fraud in The Mobile Era: A Hacker's Delight

As mobile devices eclipse computers and laptops as the preferred method of going online, fraudsters have followed users, porting their modus operandi -account takeover, social engineering, and malware based remote control attacks - to the mobile arena. Thus, hackers have many more opportunities to perpetrate fraud and...

Oh, RATs! Current Fraud Detection Doesn't Catch Remote Access Trojans

Many IT professionals use remote administration tools to troubleshoot and fix PC problems remotely, just as if they were sitting behind the keyboard themselves. But these tools are also used for different purposes today. Both nation states and hacktivists use modified these tools, creating Remote Access Trojan's...

2017 Ransomware Defense Survey

Fifty-two percent of security leaders rate their organizations at above average or superior when it comes to detecting or blocking ransomware before it locks or encrypts data in their systems. Yet, 36 percent also say their organizations were victims of ransomware in the past year. And 57 percent say they are more...

The Value of Email DLP

Mistakes happen, and given the frequency that we click the 'Send' button, it's no surprise that they happen often in email. Whether it's adding the wrong recipient, attaching the wrong file or trusting the wrong person, sensitive data is inappropriately leaving your organization in email. Implementing an email data...

From RATs to Bots: Lessons Learned from Studying Cybercrime

Banking Trojans. Targeted attacks. Ransomware. These are among the latest manifestations of cybercrime. But who are the top cybercrime groups, and what security lessons can we derive from their latest attacks? "This is definitely one of the most interesting years with regards to the criminal evolution," says Eward...

The State of Mobile Security Maturity

As mobile threats have evolved, so has mobile security. What used to be the benchmark - mobile device management - today is merely the baseline. While organizations today develop mobile security maturity, they enhance not just device security, but also content, application and transaction security. Where does your...

Mobile Security & Business Transformation Study

Ninety-nine percent of the enterprise workforce currently uses mobile devices smart phones and tablets to perform their jobs today. And nearly 60 percent of security leaders describe their organizations as either partially or fully mobile, deriving enhanced productivity and other business benefits. These are among...

The Shift to Intelligent Hybrid Security

Advanced threats are multi-layered and borderless - and so are today's enterprises. These are among the factors pushing organizations to adopt the Intelligent Hybrid Security approach, says Anil Nandigam of NSFOCUS. Nandigam, senior director of product marketing at NSFOCUS, says the old-school cybersecurity...

Testing the Top 9 Market Leaders in Breach Detection: How They Measure Up

As the New Year unfolds, finding a breach prevention provider will be critical in order to safeguard an organization's assets. NSS Labs subjected nine cybersecurity market leaders to comprehensive, rigorous testing to determine how well each product handled current advanced threats and attack methods. All vendor...

Top 11 Automated Malware Analysis Providers Ranked by Forrester

Despite significant investments in the signature-based defenses of today's network, email and endpoint security solutions, since 2010, these solutions have been ineffective against the sheer volume of evolving malware. Security and risk professionals have turned to automated malware analysis (AMA) for help. These...

Cybercrime Projected to Exceed $2 Billion by 2019: What You Need to Know

As defense stategies become stronger year after year, it seems as though the prevalence of malware is growing proportionately, projected to exceed $2 trillion by 2019 - a four-fold increase in the cost of security breaches over 2015.Posing a threat to every industry, profession, and company, malware not only...