Last year, Verizon’s data breaches report showed that “human error” was the only factor with year-over-year increases in reported incidents. The average cost of data breaches from human error stands at $3.33 million, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2020. Even big companies and government entities have fallen victim to data breaches caused by human error. Then COVID-19 came along and forced much of the world to work remotely, making the human…

Register for our Free eBook:  The Secrets of Hardening Active Directory eBook Your Active Directory servers have now become a major target for exploiters.  It is not if it will happen to you, it’s when will it happen and how will you respond. Globally, over 90% of Businesses, Run Active Directory (AD) AD Mismanagement Exposes 90% of Businesses to Breaches Cyber Attack Targets 95 Million AD Accounts Daily Penetration Testers Breach AD Nearly 100% of…

Supporting the Women Hit Hardest by the Pandemic Only 57% of women in the U.S. are working or looking for work right now—the lowest rate since 1988. That telling data point is just one of several that illustrate a stark contrast in these stark times: of the millions who’ve seen their employment affected by the pandemic, women have been hardest hit. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), some 2.3 million women left…

Ranking the best schools in the world with cybersecurity programs is a difficult feat. You can’t really say that one school is better than another because one school may have better features than another doesn’t. In this article, we will talk about the top 100 cybersecurity universities in UK, USA, and Canada and leave you the choice to choose one.  In no particular order, they are: 1.      California State University, San Bernardino Programs: California State…

6 Steps to Help Your Family Restore Digital Balance in Stressful Times Editor’s Note: This is part II in a series on helping families protect their mental and digital health in times of chronic stress. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or treatment. Over the past year of remote life, technology has become both a lifeline and a life sucker. We’ve witnessed technology author amazing moments of human connection…

The benefits of working remotely are numerous, but studies are finding there are significant hidden costs that need to be factored in. Image: iStock/BartekSzewczyk Data is being lost from companies at an alarming rate and, so far, there does not seem to be a solution. A recent survey conducted by Arlington Research for Egress Software seems to suggest one of the causes wasn’t on anyone’s radar a year ago. Arlington Research interviewed 500 IT leaders…

Every new presidential administration brings change, one way or another. Learn what President Joseph Biden is facing on the cybersecurity front, along with some tips for government and businesses. Image: iStock/remotevfx The past year has been one like no other, and during the pandemic cybersecurity threats have been on the rise with the ubiquity of remote work. United States President Joseph Biden has a lot on his plate, and cybersecurity concerns should be high on…

Gartner research finds that only 11% of companies have resumed travel or plan to within the next six months. Image: CharlieAJA/istock Even as more and more people get vaccinated against COVID-19 despite a slow rollout, most companies have business travel plans on hold at least for now. Brian Kropp, chief of research in the Gartner HR research, said that executives are still very early in their planning process around starting normal business travel. Gartner research…