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Published on December 6, 2021

Via CyberScoop The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday named members to a new cyber advisory panel that will make recommendations on subjects ranging from battling misinformation to gaining aid from the hacker community on national cyber defense. Among the 23 members selected are…

Published on December 1, 2021

Via DarkReading Retailers prepare for an influx of both in-store and online shoppers every holiday season. But something that will differentiate this holiday shopping season — and is currently raising concerns across the retail industry — is a lack of inventory. With 77% of the world's…

Published on November 22, 2021

Via Cybercrime Magazine Over the next two weeks, your employees will be bombarded with ads for the best deals on TVs, computers, laptops, cars, clothes, shoes — you name it. Black Friday and Cyber Monday — which fall on the days following Thanksgiving in the…

Published on November 19, 2021

via Venture Beat It’s a threat with a major price tag: data breaches cost companies almost $4 million on average. In the U.S., the price is double that — about $8 million, or a 130% jump over the past fifteen years. Not only do companies have to…

Published on November 9, 2021

Via Security Intelligence A data breach can destroy a business. For small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), this is really especially concerning, as 60% will shut down within six months of the attack. While larger companies and agencies likely won’t have to shut their doors, they, too,…

Published on November 1, 2021

via The Hacker News There are many labor-intensive tasks that the IT service desk carries out on a daily basis. None as tedious and costly as resetting passwords. Modern IT service desks spend a significant amount of time both unlocking and resetting passwords for end-users.…

Published on October 27, 2021

via Security Intelligence E-commerce sales grew by nearly one-third in 2020, in large part due to the pandemic. Meanwhile, retail data breaches grew even more prevalent and costly. Retailers need to know not just the cost of a data breach, but the risks and challenges…

Published on October 22, 2021

Via VentureBeat NewtonX market research revealed this week that 56% of organizations surveyed subcontract as much as 25% of their cybersecurity work. In the study, more than 100 chief information security officers, CTOs, and other senior decision-makers indicated a trend toward subcontracting one of the most critical roles…

Published on October 14, 2021

Via Future of Education News As schools and universities attempt to return this month, the cost of remote learning from cyberattacks is becoming more apparent, last week in America, Howard University was forced to cancel classes because of the growing issue of cyberattacks. The impact on…

Published on September 30, 2021

Via CSO Online Ransomware is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity attacks. One of the factors that make these threats especially intimidating is that the costs can be far-reaching. An August 2021 report from security consultancy NCC Group shows that the number of worldwide ransomware attacks analyzed by the…