IBM has released findings of a study that indicates the average cost of data breach in 2015 has totaled $3.8 million, up 23 percent from 2013 figures. Ponemon Institute conducted the study over 10 months through interviews of more than 1,500 information technology, compliance and information security professionals from 350 organizations in 11 countries, IBM said. The […] More

A Neustar-sponsored study revealed that 79 percent of over 1,000 surveyed security professionals see threat data feeds as an essential tool to strengthen the cybersecurity posture of their organizations. Neustar said Monday it sponsored Ponemon Institute's study that aims to determine the effectiveness of threat feeds in strengthening cybersecurity.

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Tenable has released a new global study highlighting the areas public sector cybersecurity leaders must prioritize in 2019 to protect their networks amid the changing cyber threats.

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A new report by the Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance says cyber attacks on businesses rose from 82,000 in 2016 to 159,700 in 2017 driven by the increase in ransomware-related incidents. OTA said Thursday its Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report found that ransomware attacks on companies reached 134,000 in 2017, a figure that reflects […] More

A new Splunk study has found that at least 60 percent of information technology executives in the public sector said they are less confident in executing tasks in various areas of IT operations than they did in the past year. Those areas include management of complexity and scale of IT operations, immediate identification of root […] More

A report from CounterTack|MCSI has shown that 49 percent of 639 U.S. information technology professionals surveyed by the Ponemon Institute have adopted a “wait-and-see” stance on enterprise cyber defense. Nearly 30 percent of respondents said they consider nation-state attacks as a form of cyber warfare, CounterTack | MCSI said Wednesday. The security firm observed state-sponsored hackers targeting personal identifiable […] More

A new Accenture report predicts that cyber attacks on U.S. health systems over the next five years will cost the healthcare sector $305 billion in cumulative lifetime revenue. The company said Wednesday data breaches that result in the theft of personal information will impact one in 13 patients from 2015 to 2019, with approximately 6 million […] More

A Raytheon-commissioned global survey has found that organizations differ in their cybersecurity posture outlooks and face different challenges in terms of cyber readiness and governance. Ashok Sankar, senior director of cyber product strategy and management at Raytheon, writes the 2015 Global Megatrends in Cybersecurity study says more than half of information technology leaders from the government […] More

A Raytheon|Websense-commissioned study has revealed that unintentional human mistakes are the primary cause of many information technology security incidents at U.S. and German companies. Seventy-percent of U.S. security professionals surveyed by Ponemon Institute attributed employee negligence to insider threat cases and 64 percent of German security personnel acknowledged the problem during the survey, Raytheon|Websense said […] More

A survey commissioned by Lockheed Martin indicates that businesses are looking toward other metrics beyond return on investment and total cost of ownership when making investment decisions on cybersecurity technologies. The company said Monday respondents to the “Risk & Innovation in Cybersecurity Investments” survey identified cost, performance and vendor support as chief considerations for investing. “As cyber threats […] More

Many enterprise organizations will shift to a posture that sees them operate under the assumption that they have already suffered a computer security breach and cloud computing will be a factor in that approach, two cybersecurity executives from Microsoft have told ExecutiveBiz. Scott Price, general manager of the software giant’s national security group, identified that […] More

Lockheed Martin has released survey findings that highlight the challenges and gap facing organizations’ strategy to predict and counter cyber attacks. The survey, conducted by Ponemon Institute, finds that information technology practitioners believe their companies lack the budget (64%) or experts (65%) to address cyber threats, Lockheed said Thursday. “This survey illuminates areas of concern about cyber […] More