More than 99% of cyberattacks require humans to click: Study
Cybercriminals continue to use socially-engineered attacks across email, cloud applications, and social media to exploit human instincts and lure people to click, according to Proofpoint’s study. The study is based on an 18-month analysis of data collected across Proofpoint’s global customer base. More than 99% of threats analyzed for the research required human interaction, such as enabling a... By CIO&Leader
Blockchain to have transformational impact across industries in five to ten years: Gartner
The business impact of blockchain will be transformational across most industries within five to 10 years, according to Gartner’s 2019 Hype Cycle for Blockchain Business. “Even though they are still uncertain of the impact blockchain will have on their businesses, 60% of CIOs in the Gartner 2019 CIO Agenda Survey said that they expected some level of adoption of blockchain technologies... By CIO&Leader
Bots tough to deploy for most organizations: Study
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Robotic Desktop Automation (RDA) is highly effective in streamlining work – though achieving and maintaining those results isn’t as simple as it seems, according to Pegasystems’ survey. RPA has become a buzzworthy solution for organizations under pressure to modernize their legacy IT infrastructure and stay competitive. Gartner recently reported that “RPA... By CIO&Leader
Small companies hit with more data breaches: Study
Small companies are being hit with more data breaches, according to cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky. As per its reports, more than a third (36%) of all of such organizations has been victims of data breaches this year. This represents a 6% jump, compared to the same period last year (30%). At the same time, the report says that these small companies often don’t do enough to protect... By CIO&Leader
Organizations and customers opting for passwordless future: Study
More and more organizations and customers are opting for passwordless future and instead going for biometric authentication, Bring Your Own Identity (BYOI), Multi-factor and Risk-based Authentication methods, according to LoginRadius, a leading cloud-based customer identity and access management platform. Issue I - The Easy vs Secure Conundrum Customers want fast, easy access to every site or... By CIO&Leader
Fileless attacks surge in first half of 2019: Study
There is a surge in fileless attacks designed to disguise malicious activity, according to a Trend Micro study. Detections of this threat alone were up 265% compared to the first half of 2018. Out of the 1.8 billion ransomware threats gathered globally from January 2016 to June 2019 by Trend Micro Smart Protection Network (SPN) security infrastructure, Asia saw the highest number of ransomware... By CIO&Leader
Global WLAN market continues moderate growth in Q2, 2019: IDC
The combined consumer and enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments declined 4.4% year over year in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) with worldwide revenues of USD 3.5 billion. According to results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker, the enterprise segment grew 3.1% year over year in 2Q19 to nearly USD 1.6 billion.... By ITNEXT
Cybersecurity a boardroom imperative in almost half of global organizations: Study
Almost half (48%) of corporate boards and 63% of business leaders of surveyed enterprises are actively involved in cybersecurity strategy discussions, according to Infosys Knowledge Institute (IKI)’s market research titled ‘Assuring Digital Trust’. The research is aimed at understanding the current cybersecurity landscape and how enterprises are gearing up to safeguard themselves from evolving... By CIO&Leader
More than one in ten organizations losing over USD 10 million due to cyberattacks: Study
Annual losses from cyberattacks averaged USD 4.7 million in the last fiscal year—with more than one in 10 firms losing over USD 10 million — according to a new report from The Cybersecurity Imperative, a global thought leadership program produced by independent researcher ESI ThoughtLab in conjunction with Willis Towers Watson and other organizations specialized in cybersecurity and risk... By CIO&Leader
Effective security performance management need of the hour: Study
Nearly two in five (38%) of enterprises admit that they have lost business due to either a real or perceived lack of security performance within their organization, according to a BitSight study. Based on a survey of 207 security decision makers with responsibility for risk, compliance, and/or communications with boards of directors, the study explores the organizational misalignment and... By CIO&Leader
Healthcare - A vulnerable sector for cybercrimes
The healthcare industry is a prime target of hackers. According to Radware’s 2018-2019 Global Application and Network Security Report, healthcare was the second-most attacked industry after the government sector in 2018. In fact, about 39% of healthcare organizations were hit daily or weekly by hackers and only 6% said they’d never experienced a cyber-attack. Increased digitization in healthcare... By Nikhil Taneja