CyberEdge Group, the leading research and marketing firm serving the security industry’s top vendors, today announced the availability of its sixth annual Cyberthreat Defense Report (CDR), sponsored by Edgeworx Solutions Inc. New this year, the report found that IT security’s greatest inhibitor to success is contending with too much security data. To address this challenge, 47 percent of respondents acknowledged their organization’s intent to acquire advanced security analytics solutions that incorporate machine learning (ML) technology within the next 12 months. Such investments help to mitigate the risks of advanced cyberthreats missed by traditional security defenses, aiding enterprise cy
I’ve been catching up on the riveting television series drama The Americans, and there’s one character I can’t help but feel sorry for. Stan Beeman is a FBI counterintelligence agent that devotes his life to keeping the United States safe against the Soviets. With a modus operandi of “trust no one,” he loses his wife and practically everything in his life. But his devotion to his country and his mission isn’t futile, because when it comes to espionage and treason, even the people on the inside could be double agents. While we’re free from the Cold War era, we’ve entered the Cloud era, which has its own gripping tale. Traditional constructs of on-site employees and on-premises solutions are m
Hackers breached a Virginia bank twice in eight months. Total cost: $2.4M. The heists invoke the idiom, fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. In 2018, phishing went mainstream because companies didn’t widen defenses beyond perimeter controls that block and tackle -- even after an attack. Businesses of all sizes need to take heed that it’s never been easier for scam artist to launch convincing, targeted campaigns, automated on a global scale to exploit people’s social instincts. Excuses, Excuses When it comes to anything bad happening, there’s often a sense of “that will never happen to me”...until it does. Phishing is ubiquitous, so there is no denying that it will happen t