Despite news coverage and social media frustration focusing on perceived shortcomings of credit cards with EMV chip technology, nearly 4 in 5 Americans view chip cards positively.
Concerns about cybersecurity are overtaking those about physical security in the banking sector, although perhaps most front-burner have been issues that cross over into both realms.
IBM Security announced results from a study finding 70 percent of businesses infected with ransomware have paid ransom to regain access to business data and systems.
A majority (95 percent) of U.S. companies want to see their IT security vendors offer a guarantee on their products and services, and 88 percent claimed they would change providers if they could find an alternate IT security vendor that offers a guarantee.
Global retailers can expect a 12 percent growth in online fraudulent activity in the upcoming holiday season, compared with the same period last year—and lower ticket prices on fraudster-targeted gifts and products.
It’s not that fixing Critical and High-Severity vulnerabilities is the problem; it’s that the Medium and Low severity vulnerabilities can pose significant risks as well. For any given vulnerability, we need to distinguish between its severity and the risk that results from it being present on a particular system on our network.