Microsoft has announced a series of updates to Edge for Business aimed at making the browser a more attractive proposition for enterprises.

Launched at Build yesterday, new features include screenshot prevention in order to block data exfiltration, this also applies to Copilot prompts and responses. There's also improved leak protection for sensitive documents.

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We tend to think of the internet as being something that's the same all over the world, but with nations like China, India and Russia increasingly closing off the wider web to their citizens, is the global nature of the internet under threat?

We spoke to Ruoting Sun, VP of Product at Secureframe about the phenomenon of 'internet fracturing' and what it means for businesses.

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The amount of corporate data workers put into AI tools increased 485 percent from March 2023 to March 2024, and is increasing exponentially. The trend is highest among tech workers with 23.6 percent putting corporate data into an AI tool.

A new report from Cyberhaven looks at AI adoption trends and their link to heightened risk. A worrying finding is that 73.8 percent of ChatGPT usage at work is through non-corporate accounts, that unlike enterprise versions incorporate whatever you share in public models.

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More than half of respondents (53 percent) to a new survey say their existing cybersecurity solutions do not effectively address website impersonation attacks, and 41 percent say their existing solutions only partially protect them and their customers.

The study from Memcyco, based on research from Global Surveyz, finds just six percent of brands claim to have a solution that effectively addresses these attacks despite 87 percent of companies recognizing website impersonation as a major issue and 69 percent admitting to having had these attacks carried out against their own website.

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Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider Rafay Systems is launching new capabilities for its enterprise PaaS for modern infrastructure to support graphics processing unit- (GPU-) based workloads.

This makes compute resources for AI instantly usale by developers and data scientists but still with the enterprise-grade protections.

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The use of sensitive data for business is crucial. The growing amount of sensitive data stored in cloud infrastructure and applications creates an increasing and constantly evolving data risk landscape for organizations.

The main cause of risk is how broadly this data is shared within and outside the organization, and how it is being used by users, services, or other applications. We spoke to Liat Hayun at Eureka Security about how this risk can be addressed while still allowing safe use and storage of data.

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New research shows that 61 percent of CIOs say their investments are often driven by the fear of missing out. What's more, 79 percent say they have to take risks on emerging technologies or they will 'go the way of the dinosaurs'.

The study, from SaaS company Ardoq, of 700 CIOs and other senior IT leaders in enterprises of more than 2,000 employees, finds 91 percent of CIOs say that if successful, emerging technology research can put them at the forefront of their market -- but 99 percent say the success rate tends to be much lower than for established technologies.

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It should be the case that in the business world systems deliver for the customer. But often there can be conflict between what the customer wants -- usability and feeling valued -- and what the developer is looking to provide -- technical mastery, collaboration and self-serve capabilities.

We spoke to Gilad Shriki, co-founder of Descope to discover how enterprises can satisfy the needs of both.

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As enterprises increasingly integrate generative AI into critical applications they, often unwittingly, expose those applications to attacks that exploit the unique characteristics of AI, such as prompt injection, insecure outputs, and sensitive data disclosure.

API security company Traceable AI is announcing an early access program for its new Generative AI API Security capability, aimed at specifically targeting the security risks of integrating Gen AI into applications.

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Enterprise Transformation to AI and the Metaverse provides guidance on how organizations can respond effectively to a rapidly converging collection of advanced technologies, methods, and models often referred to as “the metaverse.”

The arrival of the metaverse will likely lead to one of the most disruptive eras in modern history. We will see our personal, social, professional, and business lives change just as dramatically as we experienced with the arrival of the personal computer, Internet, and smart phone.

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The average organization has roughly 1,400 permissions for every employee, according to a new report from Veza.

The findings also show that identity teams face a daunting number of groups and roles to manage. With organizations averaging nearly 700 groups for every 1,000 users, it is difficult for admins to choose the least-privilege groups and roles that will meet the needs of any given employee, contractor, or service account.

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The cybersecurity world is a fast changing one with a constant arms race between attackers and defenders.

New entrants are always coming to the market with innovative technologies to solve particular problems. We spoke to Justin Somaini, a partner at cybersecurity venture capital firm YL Ventures, to find out more about up and coming security trends and shaping the future of cybersecurity.

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A new report shows that CISOs find it difficult to communicate threats to the C-suite, which is leaving gaps in the organization’s understanding of cyberrisk.

The study from Dynatrace reveals that 87 percent of CISOs say application security is a blind spot at the CEO and board level.

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As numbers and severity of third-party breaches grow, companies are scrutinizing not just how they handle data, but how their vendors do as well. Trust management platform Vanta is launching a new addition to its Trust Center to allow enterprises to automate security questionnaires

Questionnaire Automation in Trust Centers uses Vanta AI to save time by generating suggested responses for security teams to review and approve, rather than starting from scratch each time. This will make it easier for enterprises to proactively and reactively demonstrate their security and compliance.

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A new report from LogRhythm, based on a survey from Dimensional Research, reveals that 95 percent of enterprises have changed their cybersecurity strategies in the last 12 months.

Drivers of this change include keeping pace with the shifting regulatory landscape (98 percent), the need to meet customer expectations for data protection and privacy (89 percent) and the rise of AI-driven threats and solutions (65 percent).

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