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Edge platform cybersecurity enhancements are intended to increase responsiveness and augment decision-making, the company said. Image: Teera Konakan/Moment/Getty Images Content delivery platform provider Akamai announced Wednesday platform security enhancements intended to increase cybersecurity protections for web applications, APIs and user accounts. Akamai said its machine learning algorithms leverage insights from a dataset of over 1.3 billion daily client interactions to automate threat detections, time-consuming tasks and security logic to help cybersecurity analysts make better decisions…

A new IBM global report examining consumer behaviors finds an average of 15 new online accounts were created and 82% are reusing the same credentials some of the time. Screenshot of IBM’s report on Pandemic Security Side Effects. Image: IBM Not surprisingly, consumers shifted further into digital interactions during COVID-19 and are likely to continue a digital-first mindset post-pandemic, a new IBM report finds.  Based on a survey of more than 20,000 people around the…

For Stanley Black & Decker, digital technologies are transforming every aspect of the company, from internal operations to customer experience to the products and services themselves. Recently, I spoke with Rhonda Gass, CIO, about her approach to strategy, architecture, and change management as well how her CIO role is evolving now and into the future. What follows is an edited version of our interview. Martha Heller: How is Stanley Black & Decker currently deploying digital…

Loss of revenue, brand and reputation damage, employee layoffs and business closures were some of the effects of a ransomware attack, according to Cybereason. vchal, Getty Images/iStockphoto Ransomware attacks can devastate an organization in obvious ways, most notably by preventing it and its customers or users from accessing critical data and resources. But such an attack can also have longer lasting and far wider consequences. A report released Wednesday by cybersecurity firm Cybereason looks at…

NHS Test and Trace has announced that an early-stage UK company will be in charge of managing its supply chain cybersecurity risks. Risk Ledger, which was part of the fourth cohort of the government-backed London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (LORCA) program to promote cyber scaleups, will allow NHS Test and Trace to utilize its ‘social network’ platform. The platform will enable organizations to connect and share risk data securely, quickly and easily. This move is particularly…