The changing face of the digital workspace
One of the effects of the pandemic was a rapid and massive shift to remote working and it's becoming increasingly clear that we're not going to be returning to quite the way things were before.
The Digital Workspace Ecosystem Alliance (DWEA) has produced a State of the Digital Workspace 2023 report, based on the responses from 2,660 enterprise IT survey respondents worldwide, looking at the current work landscape.
Companies caught off guard by holiday and weekend ransomware attacks
Ransomware attackers are exploiting the fact that organizations have fewer security staff available at weekends and holiday times in order to launch more devastating attacks.
A new report from Cybereason shows 44 percent of companies reduce security staffing over holidays and weekends by as much as 70 percent compared to weekday levels. 21 percent reduce staff by as much as 90 percent.
How gamification can help solve the skills shortage [Q&A]
Almost all areas of the IT industry are suffering from a shortage of skilled staff. In order to prevent the skilled people you do have being poached by other companies it's important to keep them happy.
One of the methods of doing that is to improve their level of engagement. Martin Browne, customer experience chief technologist of communications provider DigitalWell, believes that the way to achieve better engagement is by using gamification, we spoke to him to find out more.
New data security alliance aims to help enterprises beat cyberattacks
Cybersecurity issues are increasingly complex and that means that they are unlikely to be addressed by just a single vendor. And when an attack does happen it needs to be stopped fast, which needs close collaboration.
A new Data Security Alliance announced today by Cohesity aims to combine best-in-class solutions from industry leading cybersecurity and services companies with exceptional data security and management expertise.
59 percent of DevOps teams struggle with complex deployments
A new study of 400 software engineering and operations professionals by continuous deployment specialist Armory shows that 80 percent rate ensuring reliable deployments as their top priority.
However, 59 percent say that overly complex deployment to multi-cloud environments is the top app development and deployment issue their engineering team needs to address.
ForgeRock launches cloud-native identity solution for enterprises
The change to hybrid work and increased adoption of cloud-based services has led to greater pressure on enterprises to get a grasp on their identity management.
Digital identity company ForgeRock is launching a new identity governance solution designed to address identity and compliance issues for large organizations.
It is bigger and it is cleverer -- Firewalla Gold Plus [Review]
Two years ago when we reviewed the Firewalla Blue we remarked on how tiny it was relative to the level of protection it offers.
The recently launched Gold Plus version is a much bigger and more serious piece of kit aimed at small businesses and professional home users. It offers the same simple, plug-in protection as the Blue but can be used in a number of other ways too.
How AI can help access collective memory within the enterprise [Q&A]
Many industries rely on the accumulated knowledge and experience of both middle and upper management. However, this can lead to jobs being done in a certain way simply because, 'they always have been', which in turn can lead to repeated mistakes.
Relying on this collective memory can also make it hard to access information, particularly in the new era of hybrid work.
Cryptojacking malware sees a 230 percent increase in 2022
Crypto mining has become incredibly popular with cybercriminals over the past year, growing by 230 percent. It's not hard to see why as it's expensive in terms of machinery and energy consumption, so if you can cryptojack someone else's machine to do it there are healthy profits to be made.
New research from Kaspersky shows that despite the 'crypto winter' which has seen the value of cryptocurrencies drop significantly and the cryptocurrency industry facing a liquidity crisis, criminal activity targeting the crypto industry doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
How fake data can help to combat breaches [Q&A]
September this year marked five years since the notorious Equifax data breach which exposed the social security numbers, birthdates, credit card details, and more of millions of customers.
But how much has the industry learned from this breach? And what measures can be used to help avoid similar issues in the future? We spoke to Ian Coe, co-founder at Tonic.ai to find out why fake data might be the answer.
SMB's security spending is not keeping up with threats
A survey of over 1,200 cybersecurity decision-makers from small and medium-sized businesses in Europe and North America shows 74 percent believe that they are more vulnerable to cyberattacks than enterprises.
The study from ESET also reveals that 70 percent of businesses surveyed admit that their investment in cybersecurity hasn't kept pace with recent changes to their operational models such as hybrid working.
Cyber threat activity continues to grow in Q3
New data from managed security service provider Nuspire reveals large increases in overall threat activity in the second quarter of this year continued throughout Q3, with additional growth in both exploits and botnets.
There's been a 236.22 percent jump in Kryptik variants -- a type of trojan malware distributed to victims through phishing campaigns, the goal being to steal information, including cryptocurrency wallets, files and SSH keys.
Threat intelligence adoption grows but skills lag behind
A new study from Vulcan Cyber shows 75 percent of organizations have dedicated threat intelligence teams and two-thirds have dedicated threat intelligence budgets.
However, 73 percent of respondents say a lack of skills is their biggest threat intelligence challenge and is keeping organizations from making the most of their investments in threat intelligence resources.
Email is the top vector for cyberattacks
Hot on the heels of a report showing that 40 percent of business emails have unwelcome content, comes another report revealing that email is now the top way of delivering cyberattacks.
The report from Tessian shows that 94 percent of organizations experienced a spear phishing or impersonation attack, and 92 percent suffered ransomware attacks over email this year.
Four out of 10 work emails are unwanted
Analysis of over 25 billion emails from Hornetsecurity reveals that 40.5 percent of work emails are unwanted.
We're tempted to say, "only four out of 10?" but it all depends how you define unwanted. The report looks specifically at the use of email to deliver malicious payloads -- so those emails from your boss that you'd rather not receive don't count!
Ian's Bio
Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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