Concerted attacks using bogus emails, social engineering and human response exploits has enabled wily cyber scammers to defraud global organisations of €23,613,082,890 since 2016. James Hayes reports.
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‘Bad bots’ will screw up your business operations from several directions at once, so it’s important to know the different types of bots intent on cramping your commerce, reports James Hayes.
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As more office appliances become connected to the Internet of Things (IoT), are we creating potential entry points for future cyber threats to sneak into the workplace? By Corey Nachreiner at WatchGuard Technologies.
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Cyber security’s debt to Alan Turing
The cutting-edge AI-based cyber security systems that will protect business systems and critical national infrastructure in the coming decades has its roots in the pioneering work of Alan Turing. By Professor Mark Briers & Dr Benjamin Sach, The Alan Turing Institute.
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Cyber insurance: policy decisions
If you want to be insured against losses from cyber attacks, ensure that your organisation can pass an insurer’s security ‘fitness tests’.
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Now Artificial Intelligence can be bolted on to cyber security: many businesses believe it will boost resilience – but can it also improve threat insight when it comes to addressing those insider threats?
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Just how safe is cloud security?
Many organisations not only feel more secure about migrating all of their sensitive data into cloud-based services: some, in fact, believe it’s the safest place.
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Models designed to evaluate if cyber security delivers measurable value for money must become more inclusive to be more revealing.
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It’s critical that governance officers properly prepare to engage with IT regulatory compliances and understand their integral value for today’s successful businesses.
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The execs and the techies have to try harder to establish a common language in their fight against common cyber enemies, if key messages are to get through – and defensive strategies stay sound.
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Senior executives must now develop a holistic understanding of the full economic impacts that cyber threats have on their organisations.
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Insiders now pose as much of a cyber security risk as external threats – and it’s not just the hidden hackers: trusted staff can also cause major security problems.