What do we want? Data! What shall we do with it? Ermmm...
A new global survey of nearly 10,000 business leaders shows 80 percent say data is crucial to decision making in their organization.
However, the study from Salesforce also shows that a third lack the ability to generate insights from data, only 29 percent are using data to inform their strategy when launching in new markets, and 67 percent are not using data to decide on pricing in line with economic conditions, such as inflation.
84 percent of codebases contain known open source vulnerabilities
A new study, based on the results of more than 1,700 audits of commercial and proprietary codebases involved in merger and acquisition transactions, finds 84 percent contain at least one known open source vulnerability, an increase of almost four percent from last year.
The Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report, produced by the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC), shows growing use of open source. In the education technology sector it's grown by 163 percent, with educational courses and instructor/student interactions increasingly pushed online.
CISOs in smaller businesses suffer stress that puts the company at risk
A new study from extended detection and response platform Cynet finds 94 percent of CISOs in small to mid-sized companies report being stressed at work.
What's more 65 percent admit work-related stress issues are compromising their ability to protect their organization. Among the CISOs surveyed, 100 percent say they need additional resources to adequately cope with current IT security challenges.
Ransomware detection improves but attacks persist
Defenders have become more successful at detecting and preventing ransomware, but even so its share of incidents declined only four percentage points from 2021 to 2022.
The latest X-Force Threat Intelligence Index from IBM Security also finds that attackers continue to innovate, with the average time to complete a ransomware attack dropping from two months down to less than four days.
Protecting the software supply chain [Q&A]
As developers come under increasing pressure to deliver projects quickly, there's a rising level of conflict between development and security teams. And attackers are taking advantage of this conflict in order to target software supply chains.
So, what kind of threats do enterprises face and what can they do to protect themselves? We spoke to Pete Morgan, co-founder and CSO of supply chain security company Phylum to find out.
Collaboration tools still top the app download charts
Video conferencing and collaboration tools like Zoom catapulted to popularity during the pandemic as organizations made the shift to remote working.
But data published today by Finbold shows that even as we return to more normal working patterns Zoom remains the most downloaded business app in the US, with Teams in second place.
Enterprises plan to spend more on identity verification
A new report shows that 91 percent of organizations in the financial services, technology, telecoms, and aviation sectors worldwide intend to increase their spending on identity verification solutions in the next one to three years.
The report from Regula says 17 percent of businesses intend is to dedicate 11-20 percent of their IT budget annually to IDV solutions, with 15 percent of businesses opting for 21-30 percent.
Over 98 percent of organizations have misconfigured clouds
According to a new report, 98.6 percent of organizations have concerning misconfigurations in their cloud environments that can cause critical risks to their data and infrastructure.
The research from Zscaler finds cloud misconfiguration errors related to public access to storage buckets, account permissions, password storage and management, and more, have led to the exposure of billions of records.
Three out of four people feel unsafe online -- and cybersecurity doesn't help
A new report finds that even as internet users spend around a third of their lives online, most feel risks are increasing, and cybersecurity is too complex.
The report from F-Secure finds three out of four internet users worry about their safety online, while almost seven out of ten (69 percent) of those surveyed said they don't know who to trust online.
Prioritizing privacy and making social media 'social' again [Q&A]
While social media sites like Facebook remain popular, many people have worries about how their data is is being collected and used by the companies behind them.
Bret Cox is founder and CEO of True, a social network which doesn't monetize user information and focuses on people you really know. We talked him to find out more.
Marketing data science -- what is it and where is it headed? [Q&A]
Data science involves analyzing and interpreting large, complex amounts of data and turning it into valuable insight to achieve business goals. Though not exactly a breakthrough field now, it has changed many aspects of how markets conduct business.
In a conversation with Jerry Johnson, founder and president of Marketing Data Science Associates and director of Cascade Strategies, we talk about data science, its applications in marketing, and its future with the emergence of AI.
Automated translation services help deliver BEC attacks
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are a major issue and are reckoned to have accounted for over a third of all financial losses from cyberattacks in 2021.
While not as common as phishing, BEC is a serious threat and it's not just in English-speaking countries. Abnormal Security has identified two groups using executive impersonation to execute BEC attacks on companies worldwide.
2023 Call for Code focuses on sustainability
Call for Code creator, David Clark Cause, founding partner IBM, charitable partner United Nations Human Rights, and program affiliate the Linux Foundation are launching the 2023 Call for Code program to encourage the development of AI-powered technology projects that address sustainability issues.
This year's Call for Code will challenge global developers, students, and startups to build and contribute to solutions that help accelerate sustainability by improving resource management, reducing pollution and protecting biodiversity.
Free tool helps identify firewall misconfigurations
Misconfigurations are often a source of security issues, especially when they relate to an organization's firewalls.
FireMon is launching a new, free firewall assessment tool that provides organizations with a comprehensive diagnostic report outlining the health of a firewall policy, complete with best practices and suggestions to improve their security posture.
2022 breaks records for cyber threat activity
The final quarterly analysis of 2022's threat landscape from Nuspire confirms that last year saw the most threat activity in history.
While Q4 saw dips across all three sectors Nuspire monitors -- malware, botnets and exploits -- the net sum for the year shows a marked increase, especially in the case of exploits, which nearly doubled.
Ian's Bio
Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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