Businesses hobbled by deficiencies in security resourcing as IoT-driven DDoS volumes surge
Targeted attacks have made DDoS attacks part of everyday life – but businesses aren’t ready
David Braue | 25 Jan | Read more
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News about business security
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How to stop Internet Things turning on us? Government intervention, says Bruce Schneier
Lawmakers have been warned that cyber attacks are going to get physical and if they want to have a decent answer when things do go wrong, they’ll need to make laws that force manufacturers to build secure products.
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Security among lowest priorities for ANZ digital transformation-minded executives
Security's profile may be increasing overall, but transformation-minded executives across Australia and New Zealand have shown scant attention to the area in a survey that put security nearly at the bottom of their list of priorities during digital-transformation efforts.
David Braue | 19 Sep | Read more
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Centralised content, granular permissions lead Dropbox Business security play
Growing enterprise usage of cloud-based file-sharing tools has driven Dropbox to increase the granularity of its access controls and develop a new administration schema upon which additional security features will progressively be rolled out to the company's more than 11,000 Australian and 200,000 worldwide business customers.
David Braue | 01 Aug | Read more
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CSOs must take initiative to boost CEOs' security buyin: survey
Despite growing recognition of their importance in mounting an effective cybersecurity defence, industry research has suggested that fully one-third of CEOs and 43 percent of management teams are not regularly briefed on cybersecurity.
David Braue | 14 Dec | Read more
Tutorials about business security
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Encrypt (almost) anything
It's all too easy to neglect data security, especially for a small business. While bigger organizations have IT departments, service contracts, and enterprise hardware, smaller companies frequently rely on consumer software, which lacks the same sort of always-on security functionality.
Alex Castle | 18 Jan | Read more
Features about business security
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Passwords aren't dying any time soon - here's how to manage them effectively
It's tough to keep track of all of your passwords. In spite of advances in biometrics, and increased attention on the value of two-factor authentication, passwords remain the primary means of digital security. They're also one of the weakest links in the security chain.
Tony Bradley | 01 Jul | Read more
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Five essential security measures to protect your business--no matter its size
Paranoia--in small doses--is an excellent preventive medicine. If you think your business is too small to be a target for hackers, identity thieves, and similarly unsavory characters, you're dangerously underestimating the value of your business.
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With shopping scams on the rise, watch for these threats
The glorious chaos we call the Holiday Shopping Season will soon be upon us. Holiday shopping also means a spike in online scams, fraud, and malware, so you need to be aware of the risks and threats, and exercise some common sense to avoid a cyber-Grinch incident.
Tony Bradley | 21 Nov | Read more
Whitepapers about business security
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How Strong Authentication and BES12 Help This Law Enforcement Agency to Protect and Serve New York
Like all law enforcement agencies, the Suffolk County Police Department needed to provide its field officers – intelligence officers in particular – with quick, seamless access to its central database through a VPN connection. For such officers, the ability to quickly obtain information on a suspect or developing situation can be the difference between a successful arrest and a failed one, or even between life and death. Therein lay the problem: in order to comply with strict IT security regulations, any device that connects to a police database must use two-factor authentication; a username and password simply aren’t enough.
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Raiders of the Lost File Shares - Defending Enterprise Data Against Destructive Malware
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Mimecast Business Email Threat Report - Email Security Uncovered
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6 Ways to Combat Whaling, the Most Deadly Business Security Threat