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BSIMM11 study shows fundamental shifts in software security initiatives in response to DevOps & digital transformation

The 11th iteration of the Building Security In Maturity Model reflects how organizations are adapting their software security efforts to support modern software development paradigms
September 17, 2020
Synopsys, Inc. published BSIMM11, the latest version of the Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM), created to help organizations plan, execute, measure, and improve their software security initiatives (SSIs). BSIMM11 reflects the software security practices observed across 130 firms from multiple industry verticals including financial services, FinTech, independent software vendors, cloud, health care, Internet of Things, insurance, and retail.
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Data governance trends in 2020: New risks, new rewards of remote work

September 17, 2020

The Data Governance Trends Report, by Egnyte, highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic has forced CIOs to reimagine data governance plans in the context of remote-first (and remote-only) working conditions. It reveals new and emerging security threats associated with the work-from-everywhere paradigm, and digs into the strategies companies have adopted (and plan to adopt) to keep up.


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Five cybersecurity trends from 2020 – And what the future holds

Julien Bonnay
Julien Bonnay
September 17, 2020
The need for cybersecurity in the financial services industry has never been greater. Financial Institutions (FIs) have been and will continue to be the subject of cyberattacks by adversaries of all varieties. The old adage “why do you rob banks....because that’s where the money is” holds in this domain as well. In 2019, 86 percent of breaches were financially motivated, and the records exposed in all breaches increased by 284 percent. And if that’s not enough for FIs to worry about, consider that the average cost of a breach as disclosed by public firms in 2019 was $116 million. Given the magnitude of this issue, these are the top trends seen in cybersecurity this year.
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C-Suite executives expect changes made in response to COVID-19 to become permanent

September 16, 2020
The vast majority (83%) of C-level executives expect the changes they made in the areas of people, processes, and applications as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to become permanent (whether significant or partial), according to data from a new report published today by Radware, a provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions.
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Outbound emails grow and are causing a rising security breach risk says report

September 16, 2020

An independent study surveying IT security leaders in the U.S. and U.K. found that 93% of those surveyed said that their organisation had suffered data breaches through outbound email in the last 12 months. Rising outbound email volumes due to COVID-19-related remote working and the digitization of manual processes are also contributing to escalating risk. 


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The future of connectivity

Steve Braverman
Steve Braverman
September 16, 2020
Cloud communications and other advanced networking solutions have not only changed the way we connect with the world around us today, but they are also driving the change in future connectivity and are set to transform the way businesses create operating models, collaborate, and more. So, what does the future of connectivity look like in 2021? The near future consists of more robust security, more intuitive and streamlined connectivity, and increased mobility for a global workforce.
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The changing threat landscape in today’s cybersecurity

Dr. Kevin Harris
Dr. Kevin Harris
September 16, 2020
Thoughts around threat landscapes commonly prioritize corporate and governmental networks assets as high priorities, with personal networks and resources as lower-level threats. However, there have been recent changes that have caused the reassessment of prioritization levels at times. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of individuals who work from home has greatly increased. In fact, Stanford researcher Nicholas Bloom places the percentage of people currently working at home at over 40%.
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