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Financial institutions in the US and UK cut security budgets by a quarter last year and saw cybercrime and fraud activity rise by about the same amount during the pandemic, according to new research from BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. The British cybersecurity and risk management firm engaged Atomik Research to poll nearly 1000 banks and insurers and 2000 consumers in the US and UK back in March, in order to better understand the impact of…

There’s a common misconception that cloud providers handle security, a relic leftover from hosting providers of previous decades. The truth is, cloud providers use a shared responsibility model, leaving a lot of security up to the customer. Stories of AWS compromise are widespread, with attackers often costing organizations many thousands of dollars in damages. Luckily, The Center for Internet Security has created the CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations benchmark policy, which provides guidance on best practice security configuration…

Welcome to our first quarterly review of cyber attacks and data breaches. For several years, we’ve produced a monthly list of security incidents, comprised of publicly disclosed breaches from mainstream publications. At the start of 2021, we decided to expand our research to learn more about the organisations that are being breached and how they were falling victim. We’ll present our findings at the end of each quarter, providing key statistics and observations. This includes…

Now that the ongoing worldwide trend toward “going digital” has been accelerated by COVID-19, taking extra precautions to protect your organization’s data, communications and information assets is more important than ever. Of course, there are many traditional and emerging ways to protect and secure your business:  Employing cybersecurity analysts, auditors or specialists  Implementing a comprehensive communications archiving system  Considering cyber liability insurance    Building a culture of awareness and educating employees on common social engineering…

Sen. Mark Warner was on a panel at a webinar sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. He said he is optimistic that new legislation will pass making breach notification mandatory. Image: iStock/Greg Meland The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) said he is “very optimistic” that national cybersecurity legislation can pass that will be “broadly bipartisan with broad industry support” during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce-sponsored webinar…

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (« Tenable ») (Nasdaq : TENB), la société à l’origine du concept de Cyber Exposure, annonce aujourd’hui avoir finalisé l’acquisition d’Alsid SAS («Alsid»), leader du marché de la sécurité Active Directory, le 26 avril 2021. Cette acquisition combine les atouts complémentaires de deux innovateurs en matière de cybersécurité et marque une étape importante dans la vision de Tenable, qui consiste à aider les entreprises à comprendre et à réduire les cyber-risques sur…

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (“Tenable”) (Nasdaq: TENB), the Cyber Exposure company, today announced that it completed the acquisition of Alsid SAS (“Alsid”), a leader in securing Active Directory, on April 26, 2021. The acquisition combines the complementary strengths of two cybersecurity innovators and marks an important milestone in Tenable’s vision to help organizations understand and reduce cyber risk across the entire attack surface. Today, Tenable also announced the availability of Tenable.ad, a new solution leveraging Alsid…