Employees causing security threats

Nearly 30% of employees are using personal cloud services to store work-related documents, according to a survey conducted at recent technology trade shows in which 5% of respondents also admitted to uploading confidential data to their personal cloud accounts. The severity of this threat to their employers is the subject of a new report from Varonis Systems, Inc., the leading provider of access, governance and retention solutions for human-generated data, which conducted the survey.

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ICO carries resolution encouraging greater co-ordination of global data protection enforcement

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has won a resolution in Warsaw which is set to see improved co-ordination between global data protection and privacy authorities.

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Security best practice guidelines

McAfee and the Digital Government Security Forum (DGSF) release a new report which explores the cyber risks confronting government and offers recommendations to mitigate these risks, entitled ‘Operating Securely in the Digital World’. The report provides the outlines of two tools, a suggested Review Process and proposed Development Framework to help boards, senior managers and information teams in organisations that would like to review their information security strategies and...

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Commercial data security getting tougher as cyber attacks get super-smart

Cyber criminals are systematically testing businesses digital defences in order to steal financial and commercial information in greater numbers than ever using super-sophisticated software.

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Secureworks has published the findings of a research report which analysed more than a thousand...
2021 BYOD Security Report reveals security teams continue to lack visibility and technology needed...
2020 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study chronicles the resiliency, outlook and perseverance of...
Node4 has released its Mid-Market IT Priorities Report 2021. The independent report reveals that...
38% of the 2019 Fortune 500 do not have a chief information security officer (CISO).
Half of IT leaders say that future remote or hybrid work will make it harder to prevent phishing...
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The powers of identity and privilege

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