Uncertainty is the most common driver of noncompliance 2024-04-22 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Most compliance leaders tend to focus on building an ethical culture in their organizations to improve employee behavior, but it has a limited impact on addressing uncertainty about how to be compliant, according to a survey by Gartner. Three primary […]
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51% of enterprises experienced a breach despite large security stacks 2024-04-19 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Threat actors are continuing to successfully breach across the entire attack surface and the stakes are only getting higher: 93% of enterprises who admitted a breach reported unplanned downtime, data exposure, or financial loss as a result, according
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92% of enterprises unprepared for AI security challenges 2024-04-18 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Most industries continue to run almost two or more months behind in patching software vulnerabilities, endpoints remain vulnerable to threats, and most enterprise PCs must be replaced to support AI-based technologies, according to the Absolute Security Cyber Resilience Risk Index
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Bots dominate internet activity, account for nearly half of all traffic 2024-04-18 at 06:01 By Help Net Security 49.6% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2023, a 2% increase over the previous year, and the highest level Imperva has reported since it began monitoring automated traffic in 2013. For the fifth consecutive year,
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IT and security professionals demand more workplace flexibility 2024-04-17 at 06:01 By Help Net Security The concept of Everywhere Work is now much broader, encompassing where, when, and how professionals get their work done — and flexibility has become a key workplace priority, according to Ivanti. Ivanti surveyed over 7,700 executive leaders, IT and cybersecurity
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31% of women in tech consider switching roles over the next year 2024-04-16 at 06:02 By Help Net Security 31% of women in tech are considering leaving their organization over the next 12 months due foremost to poor management, followed by a lack of training and a desire for better compensation, according to Skillsoft. The
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Why women struggle in the cybersecurity industry 2024-04-12 at 06:31 By Help Net Security The workplace experiences of women in cybersecurity are dramatically worse than men across virtually every category, according to a WiCyS and Aleria survey. Previous studies have illustrated that the representation of women in cybersecurity is much lower than it should be,
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37% of publicly shared files expose personal information 2024-04-11 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Many sensitive documents stored on platforms such as Google Drive, Slack, and other collaborative work applications have been left unattended for several months or even years. This has led to data sprawl challenges for companies and significant data security threats
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Upcoming report on the state of cybersecurity in Croatia 2024-04-10 at 09:46 By Industry News Next week, Diverto is set to release a comprehensive report on Croatia’s cybersecurity landscape. This report will provide a detailed summary of the key events from 2023, offer targeted recommendations for managerial strategies, and highlight crucial regulations like NIS2 and
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Industrial sectors embrace zero trust for enhanced security 2024-04-08 at 06:32 By Help Net Security Organizations are leveraging zero trust to enhance the safety, security, and reliability of their enterprise across IT and OT environments, according to Xage Security. Zero trust security implementation in industrial sectors The report analyzes the current status and trajectory of
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Security pros are cautiously optimistic about AI 2024-04-05 at 07:32 By Help Net Security 55% of organizations plan to adopt GenAI solutions within this year, signaling a substantial surge in GenAI integration, according to a Cloud Security Alliance and Google Cloud survey. The survey received 2,486 responses from IT and security professionals. The report indicates
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22% of employees admit to breaching company rules with GenAI 2024-04-05 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Disruptive technologies like AI are heightening the longstanding tension between organizational security and employee productivity, according to 1Password. Employees are under increasing pressure to perform; to boost efficiency they’re embracing generative AI, hybrid and remote work, and unapproved
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76% of consumers don’t see themselves as cybercrime targets 2024-04-04 at 06:01 By Help Net Security 67% of consumers across the globe are concerned about the security and privacy of AI, according to Bitdefender survey. AI uses personal data to feed its machine learning algorithms, and the rising amount has raised serious concerns about data
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73% brace for cybersecurity impact on business in the next year or two 2024-04-02 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Only 3% of organizations across the globe have the ‘mature’ level of readiness needed to be resilient against modern cybersecurity risks, according to Cisco. The 2024 Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index highlights that readiness is down
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Escalating malware tactics drive global cybercrime epidemic 2024-04-01 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Evasive, basic, and encrypted malware all increased in Q4 2023, fueling a rise in total malware, according to WatchGuard. Threat actors employ diverse tactics The average malware detections rose 80% from the previous quarter, illustrating a substantial volume of malware threats
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AI abuse and misinformation campaigns threaten financial institutions 2024-03-29 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Though generative AI offers financial firms remarkable business and cybersecurity utility, cyberthreats relating to GenAI in financial services are a consistent concern, according to FS-ISAC. Cybercriminals exploit AI for data exfiltration The cybersecurity community’s current consensus is that adversarial usage
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Advanced cybersecurity strategies boost shareholder returns 2024-03-29 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Companies demonstrating advanced cybersecurity performance generate a shareholder return that is 372% higher than their peers with basic cybersecurity performance, according to a new report from Diligent and Bitsight. Boards under pressure to fortify cyber oversight The escalation in the frequency and
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Enterprises increasingly block AI transactions over security concerns 2024-03-28 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Enterprises must secure a transformation driven by generative AI (GenAI) bidirectionally: by securely adopting GenAI tools in the enterprise with zero trust while leveraging it to defend against the new AI-driven threat landscape, according to Zscaler. AI has already become
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AI weaponization becomes a hot topic on underground forums 2024-03-28 at 06:31 By Help Net Security The majority of cyberattacks against organizations are perpetrated via social engineering of employees, and criminals are using new methods including AI to supercharge their techniques, according to ReliaQuest. Some 71% of all attacks trick employees via the use of
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Cybercriminals use cheap and simple infostealers to exfiltrate data 2024-03-28 at 06:01 By Help Net Security The rise in identity-based attacks can be attributed to a rapid increase in malware, according to SpyCloud. Researchers found that 61% of data breaches in 2023, involving over 343 million stolen credentials, were infostealer malware-related. Of these compromised identity
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