Sharing personal data online has become so commonplace, we often don’t even recognize when it’s happening. Much of our private info is swimming around somewhere, waiting to be picked up by virtual snoopers or stolen in a corporate breach. That could be our name and address, financial info, shopping habits, photos, travel plans, medical history,
Category: Security
Don’t Leave Data Security at Home When Traveling for the Holidays
Enjoy more cybersecurity cheer for the season with this checklist The holidays are a strange mix of stress and rest—packed schedules and end-of-year projects being wrapped up so people can take a vacation and enjoy the presents wrapped under the tree. It’s a time of parties and amazing treats. It’s a time for travel and
‘Tis the Season for Online Shopping Scams
Learn how to recognize common attacks and shop safer this holiday season The biggest online shopping days of the year are almost here, but hidden amidst the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are cybercriminals hoping to make a profit. Cyber Monday was the busiest online shopping day of 2021 with $10.7B in sales,1 and
Proven Practices for Proficient VM Protection Policy
Virtual machines (VMs) can be pivotal for helping your business develop and test products, solutions, and processes, modernizing its technology stack, and migrating systems and infrastructure to the cloud. If your organization’s virtualized environment is fully cloud-native, then the protection capabilities provided by the VM vendor should most likely suffice. However, recent analysis regarding cloud
It’s Coming From Inside the House
One of the biggest security risks is inside your organization As Cybersecurity Awareness Month draws to a close, it’s time for something a little scary just in time for Halloween. The title of this post draws from a popular horror movie trope—the calls are coming from inside the house—that originated in the 1974 film Black
Protect Information with Mobile Security Best Practices
Proven strategies can save hundreds of thousands of dollars With the ever-increasing prevalence of work-from-home and hybrid working models, employees are more apt and even encouraged to handle potentially sensitive corporate information while working on mobile devices. With the continued rise in cyberattacks and material breaches, increasing 15.1% and 24.5%, respectively, YoY from 2020 to
The See-Saw of Cybersecurity Business Motivators
Proven strategies can save hundreds of thousands of dollars As noted in our kick-off post, the theme for this year’s cybersecurity awareness month campaign in the U.S. is “See Yourself in Cyber.” This is an excellent place to start. But we mustn’t forget about the other side of the equation. Your business objectives should define
SBOM: The Starting Point for Software Supply Chain Security
As concerns grow over how cybersecurity attacks on any single software supply chain component can impact the entire application and business ecosystem, it’s time to take a close look at your own enterprise applications. This activity starts by examining all your Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs). The term SBOM emerged from the Bill of Materials
Celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month with Exact Market!
While there’s a whole month dedicated to cybersecurity, it is definitely a 24/7/365 effort for any company out there. Most days, it seems like new threats are popping up for full frontal assaults on your data while plenty more lurk in the shadows just waiting to catch your organization off-guard. The current cyber threat landscape
Three Ways to Reduce the Cost of a Data Breach
Proven strategies can save hundreds of thousands of dollars The average cost of a data breach in 2022 is $4.35 million USD, according to the 2022 Cost of a Data Breach report published by IBM Security and Ponemon Institute.1 That’s an all-time high. The report also looks at factors that impact the total cost of