Author: KenGilmour

via infosecurity-magazine.com Stress a Major Factor in Pandemic Cybercrime GrowthIncreased cybersecurity risk caused by human error has posed challenges to 80% of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report Cyberchology: The Human Element, created by a partnership between ESET and The Myers-Briggs Company.Read MoreSecurity News

Audit, tax, advisory and risk firm Crowe says there has a huge surge in cyber crime since Covid-19 hit the UK. Johnathan Dudley, Midlands managing partner who is based in Oldbury, said: “The figures are even worse than they first appear. “The latest UK crime statistics from the ONS show an….Read MoreSecurity News

. 04th November 2020. Training If human error is responsible for many cyberattacks, then businesses cannot ignore the impact of human traits and characteristics on employee cybersecurity habits. Cyber-security has long been thought of as the responsibility of IT; but to build a holistic….Read MoreSecurity News

The need for extensive collaboration between all stakeholders to build resilient cybersecurity in the wider economy in the wake of COVID-19 was highlighted during a session at the recent Four speakers representing different areas of the economy emphasized how digital technology is playing (and will….Read MoreSecurity News

Most of the focus on security during the COVID-19 pandemic has been on employees working from home, accessing applications in the cloud or running on local servers in an office. However, a survey of 1,100 IT and operations technology (OT) professionals conducted by Claroty, a provider of a security….Read MoreSecurity News

,” says Frank W. Abagnale , whose riveting story provided the inspiration for Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film, Catch Me If You Can, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Abagnale and Tom Hanks as the FBI agent fast on his heels. “Passwords are for treehouses and they’ve been around since 1964,” adds Abagnale,….Read MoreSecurity News

, Editor-in-Chief. Sausalito, Calif. – Aug. 10, 2020. Chief information security officers may have been best known for being thrown under the bus in the aftermath of a data breach. Now they’re making a reputation for themselves as tech’s most wanted, and highest paid. And rightfully so.Read MoreSecurity News

occupies a confusing but essential space in the modern cybersecurity discourse. On the one hand, from its modest beginnings as a compliance tool for large companies, SIEM now serves a critical role in security procedures. On the other hand, the challenges of SIEM feed into endless debates about how….Read MoreSecurity News

The Digital Security by Design (DSbD) challenge received two new funding awards which will help prevent cyber security attacks. The Digital Security by Design (DSbD) challenge led by , has the objective to prevent hackers from remotely taking control of digital systems such as autonomous cars,….Read MoreSecurity News

Making Cybersecurity Dollars Count. With the power to decide how to allocate budget, the CFO plays a difficult and important role in cybersecurity investment decisions. As mentioned by Hugh Taylor in a recent article for The Journal of Cyber Policy , the challenge is “getting CFOs and boards to understand the financial impact of cyber […]