Just over one in five banks and insurers are confident in their ability to identify data breaches, according to a new global survey from Capgemini Consulting. Canvassing the opinions of 7,600 consumers and more than 180 senior data privacy and security professionals, the authors found that less than a third (29%) of organizations offered both … More Banking chiefs ‘lack confidence to identify data breaches’
Companies need to implement strategic cybersecurity processes to stay better protected against the increasing threat of cyberattacks, a new survey has suggested. Cisco’s recent Annual Cybersecurity Report highlighted that over one-third of organizations that suffered a breach of security in 2016 reported a revenue loss of over 20%, which underlines how devastating such attacks can be. … More Strategic cybersecurity will stymie ‘expanding threat landscape’
The Pew Research Center has found that over half of American citizens have been victims of data breaches in recent years. The online security survey, released on 26 January this year, revealed that 64% of adults in the US have either reported or were notified of a data breach that had impacted their personal data. … More Over half of US citizens ‘have experienced a data breach’
Recently we’ve had the opportunity – quite a fun and interesting opportunity – to visit a number of information security and cybersecurity conferences. These conferences were flooded with relatively ‘new’ developments such as NextGen, the Internet of Things (IoT), IoT DDoS attacks, security intelligence platform, etc. The fact that some of these terms have become … More Cybersecurity: 5 basic lessons for everyone
Recent phishing scams targeted both Gmail and Yahoo, and now attackers have their sights set on PayPal with some very convincing bait. With fake websites and email campaigns that look real, it’s easy to be fooled, and potentially have your identity and money stolen by scammers. Here’s how it happens. First, there’s an email with … More PayPal users targeted in sophisticated new phishing campaign
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