Data security is a leading concern for organizations of all kinds – and it will become even more critical in the coming years. Technological trends and developments are changing the way data is stored, along with the way it needs to be protected. Database systems, no matter what their form, continue to grow larger and […]
Letter from the Editor – Loyalty for Sale: Retail and Hospitality Fraud Welcome to Akamai’s State of the Internet / Security report, Volume 6, Issue 3, Loyalty for Sale: Retail and Hospitality Fraud. Were you prepared for 2020? To be honest, that’s a rhetorical question; almost no one was prepared for this year and what
Executive summary – Incident Response “Criminals never let a good crisis go to waste,” observes Greg Foss, senior cybersecurity strategist at VMware Carbon Black. This certainly holds true amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, the FBI and Secret Service reported a wave of COVID-19- related cybercrimes and threats as criminals capitalized on widespread anxiety,
IT teams are showing progress in many battles IT teams are on top of patching. Three quarters of IT teams apply patches to desktops, servers, applications, and internet-facing assets within a week of release. Servers and internet-facing assets are patched most quickly, with 39% of respondents patching them within 24 hours. Prevention is prioritized. On
Executive Summary With the rapid adoption of cloud computing, new security challenges have emerged for all enterprises. We surveyed and interviewed leading security professionals to investigate how they assess and confront these challenges, including rapidly changing technology and business models, ambiguity between cloud providers and purchasers of cloud services about shared responsibilities for security, and
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More than ever, companies are accepting that digital business is the way of the future. Regardless of the industry, offering or customer base, digital tactics are needed to survive in a dynamic and unpredictable environment. With this in mind, cybersecurity moves from a piece of IT operations into an overarching business concern. From formal policies
State of Cybersecurity 2020 – More than ever, companies are accepting that digital business is the way of the future. Regardless of the industry, offering or customer base, digital tactics are needed to survive in a dynamic and unpredictable environment. With this in mind, cybersecurity moves from a piece of IT operations into an overarching
The problems with passwords are still an ongoing struggle. Undoubtedly, managing passwords is still taking up time that could be spent elsewhere by you and others in your organization. They’re causing a lot of headaches and frustrations for your IT department and organization’s employees alike. Security issues might be the core of that headache for
2020 has delivered an unforeseen level of disruption across virtually all industries. In this time of uncertainty, disruption as a future possibility has been replaced by innovation and action. From natural disasters to the present health and economic challenges that we are all facing around the world, 2020 has delivered an unprecedented level of disruption
Data Can No Longer Be An Afterthought In the past decade, data has become one of the biggest opportunities and biggest challenges for leaders. The advancement of technology in sensors, cybersecurity, cloud, and edge computing has enabled more data to become available. In the face of today’s uncertainties and complexities, translating this data into insights
