Cyber insurance premiums have jumped 73% in the U.S alone. Greater specificity over what is (and what is not) covered has become a feature of many updated policies, as has the expectation that companies need to have greater cybersecurity hygiene in place in order to qualify for insurance.
Some of the changes COVID-19 engendered will outlast the pandemic itself. The primary source of cybersecurity risks have shifted as remote work arrangements means the weak link is the individual employee who may not have adopted all the urgently needed new security measures.
Cybersecurity is a vast field that requires new specialists severely. The unemployment rate in cybersecurity is 0%. Whether you are looking to start a career in cybersecurity or revitalize an existing one, there’s a place for you here.
Synthetic identity fraud and identity fraud in general were the costliest kinds of fraud that U.S. ecommerce merchants suffered during 2021, as the incidence and total cost of online fraud continues to rise. Authorities and analysts report growth in the number of criminals targeting children and teenagers online.
By increasing security awareness, an organization can reduce its chance of having a cybersecurity incident by up to 70%. But, cybersecurity training can be cumbersome, meaning companies, and its employees, might not prioritize it, or at the very worst, not do it all.
To address supply chain attacks, the latest Firmware Integrity Measurement (FIM) specification, released by Trusted Computing Group, provides a framework to establish the integrity baseline of the firmware running on a device at the manufacturing stage.
Work from home has quickly taken over in many enterprises due to the recent crisis. However, a majority of enterprises forced into the remote work paradigm were unprepared at an infrastructural, policy, and cultural level.
As we move into 2022, developments in ransomware, growing data sprawl, hybrid working, the nascent but growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies will continue to make a significant impact on data protection and management.
Quantitative cybersecurity budgeting helps security professionals properly translate security risks into business risks and demonstrate how cyber risks impact the organization as a whole – which are key to getting buy-in from non-technical stakeholders.
To properly address the new breed of cyber threats, we must approach network protection from a more foundational level. Protective DNS (PDNS) solutions use the Domain Name System to alert and/or block communication with domains associated with bad actors.










