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Top priorities for chief audit executives in 2023

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Top priorities for chief audit executives in 2023 14/07/2023 at 06:10 By Help Net Security The top focus areas for chief audit executives (CAEs) in 2023 are advancing data analytics, assuring proliferating digital risks, and talent management, according to Gartner. “In 2023 most CAEs are focusing on organizational and departmental digital transformation initiatives and improving […]

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20% of malware attacks bypass antivirus protection

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20% of malware attacks bypass antivirus protection 13/07/2023 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Security leaders are concerned about attacks that leverage malware-exfiltrated authentication data, with 53% expressing extreme concern and less than 1% admitting they weren’t concerned at all, according to SpyCloud. However, many still lack the necessary tools to investigate the security and

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Infrastructure upgrades alone won’t guarantee strong security

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Infrastructure upgrades alone won’t guarantee strong security 13/07/2023 at 06:31 By Help Net Security While 75% of organizations have made significant strides to upgrade their infrastructure in the past year, including the adoption of public cloud hosting and containerization, and 78% have increased their security budgets, only 2% of industry experts are confident in their

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53% of SaaS licenses remain unused

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53% of SaaS licenses remain unused 04/07/2023 at 06:38 By Help Net Security Enterprise leaders in procurement, IT, and finance need to take immediate action to rationalize their SaaS portfolios to prevent spending and governance challenges from spiraling out of control, according to Productiv. Productiv analyzed how nearly 100 million SaaS licenses were used over

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Short-staffed teams must find ways to do more with less

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Short-staffed teams must find ways to do more with less 03/07/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security As more businesses experience resource and cost constraints, 86% of MSPs and MSSPs customers are outsourcing their security needs to consolidate security tools, according to OpenText. “Staffing issues that have plagued the security industry for years are getting

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Employees worry less about cybersecurity best practices in the summer

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Employees worry less about cybersecurity best practices in the summer 30/06/2023 at 04:17 By Help Net Security IT teams are struggling to monitor and enforce BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies during summer months when more employees are often traveling or working remotely, according to ThreatX. With more endpoints and applications in use, and often

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Insurance companies neglect basic email security

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Insurance companies neglect basic email security 23/06/2023 at 06:00 By Help Net Security Only 3.54% of of insurance companies have correctly implemented basic phishing and spoofing protection, according to EasyDMARC. DMARC standard adoption Insurers operate using highly sensitive, private information that they’ve been trusted by clients and customers to protect. They function in a highly

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Increased spending doesn’t translate to improved cybersecurity posture

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Increased spending doesn’t translate to improved cybersecurity posture 22/06/2023 at 06:21 By Help Net Security Security teams are stretched, with not enough people, skills or budget to cope with all their priorities, according to Panaseer. Average cybersecurity budgets increase in 2023 The survey of over 400 cybersecurity decision makers and practitioners across the US and

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Cybersecurity culture improves despite the dark clouds of the past year

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Cybersecurity culture improves despite the dark clouds of the past year 16/06/2023 at 06:00 By Help Net Security Despite a hardening economic climate, heightened global tensions and the onset of new technology making cybercrime easier, 76% of the CISOs, suggested that no material breaches had occurred and 60% said that no material cybersecurity incident had

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CIOs prioritize new technologies over tech stack optimization

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CIOs prioritize new technologies over tech stack optimization 08/06/2023 at 06:00 By Help Net Security Despite economic headwinds and IT budget challenges, the world’s CIOs are bullish about the power of technology to deliver value for their organizations, according to Lenovo. Innovation investment concerns among CIOs Despite their optimism, the risks are real, as 83%

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CISOs focus more on business strategy than threat research

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CISOs focus more on business strategy than threat research 06/06/2023 at 06:39 By Help Net Security CISOs and ITDMs (IT security decision-makers) continue to be most occupied with business, IT and security program strategy, but they are spending less time on threat research, awareness and hunting compared to 2022, according to Nuspire. The ever-evolving cybersecurity

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Digital nomads drive changes in identity verification

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Digital nomads drive changes in identity verification 29/05/2023 at 06:34 By Help Net Security Over the past year, 4 in 5 financial companies had experienced an increase in the number of verification cases involving foreign documents, according to Regula. The post Digital nomads drive changes in identity verification appeared first on Help Net Security. This

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Malicious links and misaddressed emails slip past security controls

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Malicious links and misaddressed emails slip past security controls 22/05/2023 at 06:33 By Help Net Security The majority of organizations use six or more communication tools, across channels, with email remaining the channel seen as the most vulnerable to attacks (38%), according to Armorblox. Respondents mentioned multi-channel attacks are gaining momentum and frequency. More than

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Automotive industry employees unaware of data security risks

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Automotive industry employees unaware of data security risks 11/05/2023 at 06:30 By Help Net Security 30% of automotive employees don’t check security protocols before trying a new tool, according to Salesforce. This could put their company and customer data at risk. Alarming rise in automotive API attacks Cybersecurity is a growing concern in the automotive

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