One in four online shoppers surveyed by Beyond Identity said they’d abandon a shopping cart of $100 or more if they had to reset their password to check out. Image: Daniel Chetroni/Shutterstock Grappling with passwords is one of the most frustrating aspects of online shopping. That’s true not just for consumers but for businesses. Beyond trying to deal with password guidelines and enforcement, online companies face a loss of sales as people become frustrated by…

India Cloud Day; a debrief by Jaison Augustin, Director, NetNex Global Private Limited NetNex Global just drew the curtains on their debut edition of India Cloud Day 2021 to an overwhelming response from the attendees and the speakers in association. The event successful achieved the objective it set out to meet about The shift in Cloud from Infra Solution to Business Strategy, thorough this initiative. India Cloud Day deftly covered aspects of Strategy, Security &…

By Cody Sanford, former CIO, T-Mobile You’ve heard it said over and over: Data is an enterprise’s crown jewel. That’s why it’s frustrating to see so many companies struggle to get real value out of their data. For the overwhelming majority of companies, data is the single most under-leveraged revenue growth asset. Here, I’ll discuss what I’ve seen happening, and some ideas to help enterprises get the most out of their data. Data: The final…

Fraudsters are leveraging the latest Spider-Man movie to spread malicious files and phishing pages, researchers from Kaspersky have warned. The latest installment of the super-hero franchise, No Way Home, was released in cinemas earlier this week to much fanfare. The new study has highlighted how scammers are trying to take advantage of the excitement surrounding the new film, with intensified activity observed ahead of its premiere. Kaspersky said they discovered numerous phishing websites pop up ahead of the…

Written by Deborah Watson Dec 17, 2021 | FEDSCOOP Deborah Watson is the Resident CISO at Proofpoint with over 20 years’ experience in security. Federal agencies continue to evolve their IT infrastructure to include more cloud capabilities, mobile devices and remote connections. But in the push toward improving the hybrid IT environment, organizations may be falling behind in their ability to mitigate security risks from inside their networks, especially to understand how employees and contractors…

Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) these days must worry about what horrors await them each day as they log into their networks. Unfortunately, hackers are targeting the basic applications that many SMBs rely on, making third-party risk, ransomware and the latest bugs like Apache Log4j all risks that small businesses have had to become a lot more familiar with. “At the beginning of 2020, office documents accounted for only 20% of all malware downloads and…

When only the utmost privacy will do for the messages you exchange by e-mail, you need a service that protects them entirely, but many additional privacy and security features are a big help. Image: maxkabakov, Getty Images/iStockphoto Hackers just keep becoming more and more successful. If you cherish your privacy and security and are looking for an alternative to something like ProtonMail, then the CTemplar End-to-End Encrypted Email Prime Plan: Lifetime Subscription should be exactly…

You don’t need to go back to school or have any tech background whatsoever. You can switch to a tech career after just one of these self-paced courses. Image: Virgiliu Obada/Shutterstock Make 2022 the year you switch to a highly-paid tech career. The 2022 Masters in Cyber Security Certification Bundle has everything a total beginner needs, not only the skills but also how to pass certification exams and ace job interviews. And it’s available right…