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The Netizen team sharing expertise, insights and useful information in cybersecurity, compliance, and software assurance.
Category: CyberSecurity
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All companies connected to the internet are vulnerable to cyber attacks. And the potential losses are significant. Retail giant Target, for example, estimated its losses from a 2013 data breach at more than $250 million. What’s more, according to a recent survey conducted for BAE Systems of 300 managers in the financial services, insurance, and…
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In a large ballroom inside the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas earlier this month, the next leap forward in the digital revolution took place in front of a crowd of hundreds of hackers in town for theDef Con security conference. There wasn’t a charismatic CEO on stage who would demonstrate a revolutionary new smartphone, nor was there an…
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The explosive growth of mobile apps and the shift to cloud computing are increasing security risks at the application level, a problem that organizations can overcome by hiring skilled developers and lessening the “rush to release,” according to a new report. That report — Application Security in the Changing Risk Landscape — was released yesterday…
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81 percent of Feds say their agency is using big data analytics for cybersecurity in some capacity – 53 percent are using it as a part of their overall cybersecurity strategy and 28 percent are using it in a limited capacity. However, breaches continue to afflict agencies with 59 percent of Feds reporting their agency…
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New research found a number of troubling issues with hospital cybersecurity, including transmitting unencrypted health records and failing to deploy cybersecurity measures. A new cybersecurity study of hospitals and other provider care sites uncovered bad habits, such as transmitting unencrypted health records and issues with a lack of adoption of many security products. The survey,…
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Last year, private sector companies globally spent more than $75 billion on security software to safeguard their systems and data. That number is expected to grow about 7% annually, according to Gartner and other analyst firms. It doesn’t include all the massive amounts spent on fraud prevention by banks, a number that is widely underreported…
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Due to a lack of adequate resources, many health care providers are falling far behind in their cybersecurity practices, according to data in the 2016 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey. “It looks like something I might’ve read about 10 years ago,” said John Worrall, CMO at CyberArk. In particular, he found the percentages of providers that use…
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Last year nearly half of businesses were attacked with ransomware, which caused 34% of enterprises to lose revenue and 20% to cease operations immediately. This discovery comes from a new report called “State of Ransomware” (registration required) published by Malwarebytes. The anti-malware software vendor partnered with Osterman Research to learn more about the severity of…
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Cybersecurity or as we know it is actually an integral part of your business strategy. While it mainly caters to every business module, smaller firms are usually affected the most in both ways. These organizations are prone to cyber attacks as an occasional breach isn’t that uncommon. Then again, it is imperative to look into…
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New draft guidance addresses postmarket management of cybersecurity vulnerabilities The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a draft guidance outlining important steps medical device manufacturers should take to continually address cybersecurity risks to keep patients safe and better protect the public health. The draft guidance details the agency’s recommendations for monitoring, identifying and addressing…
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