- Cybersecurity awareness experts say their organization’s current security posture would be weaker if the existing IT security budget focused solely on technical solutions
- 100% claim training staff in IT security has a positive effect on the company’s error culture
- 96% agree that cybersecurity awareness contributes to a higher overall security level
- Organizations must prioritize workforce behavior in relation to data and machines as a pillar of their next-generation IT strategies
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10 Months into COVID-19, Businesses Still Playing Catch-Up with Endpoint Security in Hybrid Work Environments
Oct 27
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- New survey shows IT teams were not fully prepared for the sudden transition to remote work
- 10 months in, secure access and endpoint security remain a top challenge in enabling hybrid work environments
- 66% of IT pros believe the COVID-19 situation will spur increased cybersecurity investments
A Third of CISOs Have Relaxed Security Policies to Foster Remote-Work Productivity During COVID-19, New Research Shows
Oct 23
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Filip Truta
- Study brings to light the CISO’s dilemma: enhance corporate security or enable worker productivity
- Legacy remote access solutions leave much to be desired in the eyes of CISOs
- Half of CISOs believe security measures affect productivity when scaling remote-first policies
- 35 percent have relaxed security policies to foster greater productivity among remote workers
- 39 percent have left their security policies the same, either because they are comfortable with their company’s security posture or because they don’t know what changes to make
Enterprises Increasingly Choose Threat Intelligence as the Go-To Weapon to Fight Advanced Threats
Oct 21
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Filip Truta
- Threat intel helps organizations navigate an ever-expanding threat landscape
- TIP market to reach $234.9 million by 2022 from $132.7 million in 2019, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21%
- TIP represents one of the niche markets in cybersecurity that will be least affected by COVID-19, Frost & Sullivan analysts forecast
Two-Thirds of Businesses Have Suffered Endpoint and IoT Security Incidents During COVID-19
Oct 16
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Filip Truta
- Endpoint and IoT security incidents escalate in the past 12 months as employees are forced to work remotely
- The top 3 issues cited by IT decision-makers are malware (78%), insecure network and remote access (61%), and compromised credentials (58%)
- Respondents cite failure to discover, identify and respond to unknown, unmanaged or insecure devices accessing network and cloud resources
- The most critical capability required to mitigate security incidents is monitoring endpoint or IoT devices for malicious or anomalous activity
- Information security policies are not grounded in the realities of an employee’s work responsibilities
- Physicians who are dealing with emergency situations constantly are more likely to leave a workstation unlocked
- Security professionals must find ways to seamlessly integrate ISP compliance within specific job tasks
- Employees want to keep working remotely but admit they are not as productive as in the office
- A third of remote workers consider IT security a low priority
- Almost half of global employees don’t fully understand the notion of a phishing attack
- More than half of organizations have given employees a corporate device for remote work
- 37% of employees say they are not restricted from activities like visiting unsecured websites, sharing personal information, or downloading unvetted software
- 54% of users would still visit a website after receiving a warning about potential security risks associated with the site
- Eight in 10 organizations report that their cybersecurity practices are improving
- Executives, directors, business units and outside firms are now directly engaged in conversations and decisions on cybersecurity matters
- COVID-19 and the shift to remote work have heightened awareness of the need for strong cybersecurity
- Demand for ransomware payments skyrockets during the pandemic period
- Companies that pay ransomware actors, including cyber insurance firms, will face potential sanctions for their actions
- Department of the Treasury says ransomware payments benefit illicit actors and can undermine national security
Research Finds 450% Increase in Remote Employees Circumventing Security to Mask Online Habits or Steal Data
Oct 05
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Filip Truta
- 56% of companies say their remote workers actively bypassed security controls to obfuscate online activity
- 70% of the incidents included at least one attempt to circumvent a second security control to exfiltrate data without detection
- 72% of companies surveyed saw data theft attempts by a departing employee wanting to take protected IP with them
Cybersecurity Takes Top Tech Priority as COVID-19 Spurs Transformation Projects
Oct 03
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Filip Truta
- Survey of over 600 IT leaders reveals the extent of COVID-19 disruption from a technological standpoint
- Areas like cybersecurity, network infrastructure and cloud strategy need urgent adaptation for a distributed workforce
- Cybersecurity is the top technology priority for digital transformation projects
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