Human Error the Leading Cause of Cloud Data Breaches
Around two in five (39%) businesses experienced a data breach in their cloud environment in 2022, a rise of 4% compared with 2021, a new report has found. The 2023 Thales Global Cloud Security Study, which surveyed nearly 3000 IT and security professionals across 18 countries, also revealed a dramatic increase in sensitive data stored in the […]
How Cyber Threat Intelligence Practitioners Should Leverage Automation and AI
Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) practitioners have to deal with an increasing volume of cyber events and incidents, making it hard to keep track of threats. For example, in its latest Data Breach Investigation Report (2023 DBIR), Verizon found more than 16,000 security incidents and roughly 5200 breaches over the past year. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]
AI-Enhanced Phishing Driving Ransomware Surge
Government agencies alongside education and healthcare organizations have become prime targets for ransomware operators over the past three years. According to a new report published on August 2, 2023, by data protection provider Barracuda Networks, the number of reported attacks against municipalities, education and healthcare has doubled since last year and more than quadrupled since 2021. Attacks […]
Humans Unable to Reliably Detect Deepfake Speech
Humans cannot detect deepfake speech 27% the time, researchers from University College London (UCL) have found during a recent study. The study presented 529 individuals with genuine and deepfake audio samples and asked them to identify the deepfakes. Participants could only identify the fake audio 73% of the time, although detection accuracy improved by 3.84% on average […]
Know Your Cyber Threats – Key Countermeasures All Businesses Should Deploy
As mentioned in our previous article, cyber criminality is increasing, making it vital that you explore all options to defend your business’s digital data. We’ve covered two common user-based cyber-attacks and now, in this article, we will explore the controls and measures all managers should establish to protect the integrity of IT systems. Firewalls A […]
Know Your Cyber Threats: Ransomware
In today’s fast-paced business landscape, technology is integral, cyber security holds a strong significance that cannot be overlooked. Unfortunately, some small business owners assume they are less attractive targets for cybercriminals, but the reality is quite the opposite. In truth, cyber criminals are opportunistic and driven by potential gains. Size or lower turnover does not […]
How to maximize cloud efficiency, security and scalability
Businesses must learn to harnesses the power of the cloud. Despite a turbulent world economy, the global cloud market is booming, with a nearly £500 billion market in 2022 that is estimated to grow to £1.8 trillion by 2027. The cloud is everywhere we look and migration to it and away from on-premise data centers will continue to be […]
Managing cloud cyber security
As cloud computing continues to reshape the business world, the need to ensure the security of this complex new environment is more important than ever. This comes with its own significant challenges. Increased cloud adoption is bringing increased exposure to cyber threats, leaving businesses vulnerable to ever-evolving forms of attack. With cyber threats showing no sign of […]
Steps of a cyber security Risk Assessment
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes various resources, including cyber security best practices. Among these are a six-step process for performing a cyber security risk assessment. The six steps in the NIST process are as follows: #1. Identify and Document Network Asset Vulnerabilities The first step in a cyber security risk assessment process is […]
How a protection-first approach could close the cyber security gap
Making cybersecurity in the ecommerce sector enforceable Cyber attacks and and online data breaches are unfortunately regular topics of discussion across a wide range of industries. In fact, ecommerce losses to online payment fraud alone were estimated at $41bn globally in 2022, up from the previous year. The figure is expected to grow further to $48bn by […]