Working in a SOC is so stressful that two-thirds of employees want to leave
Focus on technology instead of people has left SOC staff overworked, undersupported, and begging for counselling
David Braue | 31 Jul | Read more
Focus on technology instead of people has left SOC staff overworked, undersupported, and begging for counselling
David Braue | 31 Jul | Read more
Australian companies are taking longer to detect and address costly breaches
David Braue | 29 Jul | Read more
This month’s successful credential-stuffing attacks against Reddit and DailyMotion may be clear reminders about the growing risk of password reuse, but yet another survey of password habits suggests that we still aren’t getting any better at protecting ourselves.
David Braue | 30 Jan | Read more
According to new research conducted by the Ponemon Institute, Australia and New Zealand have the highest levels of data breaches out of the nine countries investigated. This was linked to heavy investment in security detection and an under-investment in security and vulnerability response capabilities
Experts throw up their hands as impact of mass breaches reaches “epidemic” proportions
David Braue | 09 Oct | Read more
Australian companies are getting better at retaining customers even in the wake of a data breach, an IBM security expert has suggested as study findings suggest Australian businesses bucked global trends by driving down the average cost of a data breach some 6.6 percent over the last year – even as overall global costs surged.
David Braue | 17 Jun | Read more
A harsh reality for the information security sector is that the businesses we are asked to protect are battling businesses that are built to attack.
Kane Lightowler | 06 Jun | Read more
Ask any security expert and they’ll tell you almost every successful hack starts at an end-point. And while much of the focus is given to notebooks, desktops, tablets and smartphones many tend to neglect printers as a potential attack vector.
Anthony Caruana | 11 Apr | Read more
SAP has appointed former Yahoo security chief Justin Somaini as its new CSO as a new study claims to show that firms underestimate the risks SAP security poses to profits.
The average successful hack gains attackers less than $US15,000 ($A20,600), a recent Ponemon Institute study has found. Yet that may still be enough to lure attackers who are proving adept at navigating “confusing” industry messages on endpoint security, believes one security specialist who argues that the result is hampering companies' ability to shore up privileged-account security.
David Braue | 09 Feb | Read more
Directors of U.S. businesses are pretty confident they can understand corporate security risks, but corporate security pros are not so sure their boards really get it, according to a survey of both board members and C-level security executives.
Tim Greene | 24 Jun | Read more
Does a data breach cost an average of 58 cents a record -- or $154?
Maria Korolov | 06 Jun | Read more
Data breaches like the one just disclosed by the IRS aren't something any organization wishes for, but there's now even bigger financial incentive to avoid them than in the past.
Katherine Noyes | 28 May | Read more
According to a report released this morning by IBM and the Ponemon Institute, the per-record cost of a data breach reached $154 this year, up 12 percent from $145 in 2014.
Maria Korolov | 28 May | Read more
Data breaches caused by criminals outnumbered accidental ones for the first time, according to Ponemon's fifth annual benchmark study of privacy and security in the healthcare industry.
Maria Korolov | 08 May | Read more