AI expected to be the most important tech in 2025
A new study by the IEEE -- the world's largest technical professional organization -- focuses on on what are likely to be the most important technologies in 2025 along with future technology trends, including expectations for AI's market growth, benefits, uses, and skill sets.
The study surveyed over 350 CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, and other technology leaders in Brazil, China, India, the UK and US at organizations with more than 1,000 employees, it finds that 58 percent believe AI will be the most important tech next year, while 26 percent say cloud computing and 24 percent robotics.
Free dark web reports reveal organizations'exposed information
Most cyberattacks are carried out using compromised credentials, but it can be hard for businesses to know if their information has been leaked.
In order to make it easier to discover leaked data, Quadrant Information Security is launching a free Dark Web Reports service offering insights into compromised credentials and leaked information and actionable advice on how to address them.
Third-party JavaScript tags put security at risk
While businesses understand that third-party JavaScript tags collect information, only 13 percent are confident they understand what information they collect and only 26 percent are aware that tags can leak their private user data to other organizations.
A new report from the Jscrambler platform for client-side protection, with research conducted by Dimensional Research, shows 97 percent of respondents say they know that third-party tags collect sensitive or private information regularly.
Employees lack fundamental security awareness
Many executives are concerned about their employees' level of cyber risk awareness, with a new survey showing that 70 percent believe their employees lack critical cybersecurity knowledge, up from 56 percent in 2023.
The study, of 1,850 executives across 29 countries, from Fortinet also shows that over 60 percent of respondents expect more employees to fall victim to attacks in which cybercriminals use AI.
Majority of SaaS applications and AI tools are unmanaged
A new report reveals that 90 percent of SaaS applications and 91 percent of AI tools within enterprises remain unmanaged, suggesting a widespread vulnerability that continues to grow.
The study from Grip Security highlights the limitations of traditional security strategies in combating 'SaaS risk creep' the number of SaaS applications used in an enterprise increased by 40 percent over the last two years.
The CEO's digital playbook for 2025 [Q&A]
As we head towards the end of the year, the pace of challenges posed by technologies like AI shows no signs of letting up.
So what should CEOs be doing to ensure that their workforces are equipped to deal with the changes and ensure that their business remains competitive? We spoke to Mike Lee, general manager at AND Digital, to find out.
Cloud attacks grow in cost and scale
A new report from Sysdig highlights the growing cost and scale of cloud attacks and the evolution of tactics being used by attackers.
Among the findings are that over $100,000 is lost per day to AI resource jacking. It hasn't taken long for threat actors to leverage stolen cloud access to exploit large language models (LLMs), as illustrated by an LLMjacking attack that left one victim on the hook for $30,000 in just three hours. Left unchecked, an LLMjacking operation can cost more than $100,000 per day.
Google shows its commitment to Secure by Design
In an ever more interconnected world facing growing numbers of cyberattacks, it's critical to ensure that technology systems are resilient in order to keep people safe.
Google has announced that it's signed up to the CISA's Secure by Design pledge, a voluntary commitment to specific security goals.
Good observability drives productivity for developer and ops teams
A new report from Splunk looks at the role of observability within today's increasingly complex IT environments.
Based on a survey of 1,850 ITOps and developer professionals, it finds enterprises with good observability resolve issues faster, boost developer productivity, control costs and improve customer satisfaction. Due to such benefits, 86 percent of all respondents plan to increase their observability investments.
Old credentials never die they just present a cloud security risk
Long-lived credentials on major cloud platforms continue to be a huge risk for organizations, according to a new report from Datadog.
Long-lived cloud credentials never expire and frequently get leaked in source code, container images, build logs and application artifacts, making them a major security risk. The report finds that 46 percent of organizations are still using unmanaged users with long-lived credentials.
Manufacturing businesses most likely to be hit by cyberattacks
The manufacturing industry is the most affected by cyber attacks, accounting for over 25 percent of all incidents, across the top 10 industries, of which 45 percent are malware attacks.
According to a new report from security awareness training company KnowBe4 the industry has become increasingly attractive to cybercriminals in recent years due to its interconnected nature, having a low tolerance for downtime, and valuable intellectual property stored in its databases, which could save competitors millions if obtained.
Why it's critical to secure your APIs [Q&A]
APIs are essential to the smooth running of the internet, allowing the seamless transfer of information between applications and services.
Of course all of this happens behind the scenes but that's not to say that APIs should be ‘out of sight out of mind'. We spoke to Mayur Upadhyaya, CEO at APIContext, to learn more about API Security and the importance of APIs in general.
Are we starting to give up on cyber hygiene?
A new survey of over 7,000 individuals suggests a growing wave of pessimism among workers regarding cybersecurity practices.
The study from CybSafe and the National Cybersecurity Alliance shows 53 percent believe staying safe online is possible, down by five percent from last year, while only 60 percent think online safety is worth the effort, marking a nine percent drop.
Cyberrisk quantification and how to measure it [Q&A]
Enterprises face an increasing range of cybersecurity risk, but quantifying and managing those risks can be a difficult task.
Recent Gartner research shows that more companies are trying to roll out cyber risk quantification (CRQ) in order to get a greater understanding of their risk profile.
Hanging on the telephone set to be replaced by messaging services
It was 175 years ago that Italian inventor Antonio Meucci came up with the technology that would later be improved and popularized by Alexander Graham Bell to become the telephone.
New research from cloud communications company Sinch finds that newer technologies are starting to change how we communicate -- particularly with businesses -- offering richer, more interactive, and personalized experiences.
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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