As networks continue to grow in complexity and become more prone to damaging attacks, overstretched IT teams need more time, effort, and expertise than ever before to keep them up-and-running and meet user needs. It is becoming increasingly challenging to prevent service degradation, remediate attacks, and deliver consistent, high-quality digital experiences to a hybrid workforce. That’s especially true as organizations face a shortage of skilled networking talent. To simplify and streamline network operations and reduce…

When Brightspeed launched in 2022, the fiber broadband internet service had ambitious goals, acquiring a service territory encompassing more than 6.5 million locations in mainly rural and suburban communities in 20 U.S. states. As the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company planned its fiber build plan across its footprint, the company’s IT specialists realized that, with artificial intelligence (AI) emerging as the consummate transformative technology, Brightspeed needed to embrace adoption or fall behind. In particular, the company had to…

Evaluate your needs and prioritize solutions that offer open integration and independence from the single-vendor trend, ensuring robust IGA that aligns with evolving security demands and regulatory requirements By Thomas Müller-Martin, Global Partner Lead, Omada Let’s say you cherished your music collection, arranged in racks of CDs on your wall – and then you woke up one day and realized that digital downloads and streaming services have made your collection obsolete. For many enterprises today,…

Nearly one in five (18%) ransomware incidents in the US led to a lawsuit in 2023, with 123 filed so far, according to new figures from Comparitech. The number for lawsuits for 2023 is likely to increase, with many data breach notifications still being issued for incidents last year. The analysis showed a growth in the number of lawsuits filed following ransomware attacks in the period from 2018-2023. Across just over 3000 confirmed ransomware incidents…

A new report has laid bare the significant financial and reputational costs stemming from serious cyber-attacks, including what are often unplanned expenses. Netwrix’s 2024 Hybrid Security Trends Report is based on a global survey of 1309 IT and security professionals. It found that 79% of responding organizations detected a serious cyber-attack in the previous 12 months, versus 68% a year ago. Of those: A fifth (20%) lost competitive advantage due to these attacks (up from…

The exploitation of vulnerabilities as an initial access step for a breach increased by a staggering 180% between 2022 and 2023. According to Verizon’s 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), published on May 1, this method of gaining unauthorized access leading to a breach accounted for 14% of malicious actors’ way into a network. It is the third most used after credential theft and phishing. This growth is partly due to the exploitation of the…