Why Manufacturing Supply Chains Need Zero Trust
According to the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report, manufacturing has been experiencing an increase in financially motivated breaches in the past couple of years, whereby most breaches involve Phishing and the use of stolen credentials. 50% of manufacturers report experiencing a breach over the last 12 months, 11% of which were severe according to Sikich’s […]
Mobile Identity Is The New Security Perimeter
86% of enterprise executives say that mobile threats are growing faster than any other according to Verizon’s Mobile Security Index 2019 and 67% of enterprise execs are less confident about the security of their mobile devices compared to other IT assets. Mobile devices are hackers’ favorite platform to target, with over 905,000 malware packages installed in Q1 […]
The Truth About Privileged Access Security On AWS And Other Public Clouds
Bottom Line: Amazon’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) centralizes identity roles, policies and Config Rules yet doesn’t go far enough to provide a Zero Trust-based approach to Privileged Access Management (PAM) that enterprises need today. AWS provides a baseline level of support for Identity and Access Management at no charge as part of their AWS instances, as do […]
Your Mobile Phone Is Your Identity. How Do You Protect It?
The average cost of a data breach has risen 12% over the past 5 years and is now $3.92M. U.S.-based breaches average $8.19M in losses, leading all nations. Not integrating mobile phone platforms and protecting them with a Zero Trust Security framework can add up to $240K to the cost of a breach. Companies that […]
How To Deal With Ransomware In A Zero Trust World
Lake City, Florida’s city government paid ransomware attackers about $530,000 or 42 Bitcoins, to restore access to systems and data last month. The City of Riviera Beach, Florida, paid ransomware attackers about $600,000 to regain access to their systems last month. Earlier this month, LaPorte County, Indiana paid over $130,000 worth of Bitcoins to ransomware […]
AI Is Predicting The Future Of Online Fraud Detection
Bottom Line: Combining supervised and unsupervised machine learning as part of a broader Artificial Intelligence (AI) fraud detection strategy enables digital businesses to quickly and accurately detect automated and increasingly complex fraud attempts. Recent research from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), KPMG, PwC, and others reflects how organized crime and state-sponsored fraudsters are increasing the sophistication, scale, […]
Roadmap To Zero Trust For Small Businesses
Bottom Line: Small businesses don’t need to sacrifice security due to budget constraints or productivity requirements – a Zero Trust roadmap can help them keep growing and stop breaches. Having worked my way through college in a series of small businesses and having neighbors and friends who operate several today, I see how cloud, databases, and […]
Why AI Is The Future Of Cybersecurity
61% of enterprises say they cannot detect breach attempts today without the use of AI technologies. 48% say their budgets for AI in cybersecurity will increase by an average of 29% in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. Breach attempts are proliferating with Cisco reporting that in 2018, they blocked seven trillion threats on behalf of their customers. […]
Passwords Are The Weakest Defense In A Zero Trust World
90% of security professionals have witnessed security incidents stemming from the theft of credentials, according to a recent MobileIron study conducted by IDG. 86% of CIO, CISO and Security VPs would abandon password authentication if they could. Another survey by EMA found that mobile devices secured by biometric authentication methods present the best option for […]
Top 10 Cybersecurity Companies To Watch In 2019
Gartner predicts worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $124B in 2019, growing 8.7% over the $114B invested in 2018. Cloud Security platform and application sales are projected to grow at a 35.3% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) between 2017 to 2019, becoming a $459M market this year. Security Services is projected to be […]
