Just a couple of weeks ago, fearing a repeat of the Colonial Pipeline-like hack, Japan had announced stringent regulations for critical services in the private sector. It had already tightened the screws in the public sector in 2018 by...
Digital advertising is one of the fastest-growing media. The entire world is hooked to cell phones and hence digital ads are often found on social media and through Google AdWords/keywords. Owing to its growing popularity, adversaries use it as...
Market research institutions and analysts have been predicting the rise of endpoints for years. Analysts project the rise of IoT devices due to 5G networks, which the U.S. and other countries have started deploying. The weak security of IoT-enabled...
Cybersecurity risks are a major concern for most organizations globally. Cyberattacks are often seen as threats from outside, but sometimes inadvertent actions from employees might collapse a company’s security defense. According to the study Psychology of Human Error, nearly...
Organizations globally encountered a series of high-profile ransomware attacks this year. From the U.S. fuel supplier Colonial Pipeline, laptop maker Acer to affecting Irish health services, ransomware attacks continue to loom over cyberspace.
The latest victim of a ransomware-fueled data leak is...
In a recently released audit report, the Office of Inspector General (IG) stated that “attacks on NASA networks are not a new phenomenon.” However, the complexity and severity of these attacks are increasing by the day. But still, NASA’s...
We're not in an information age anymore. We're in the information management age. ~ Chris Hardwick.
Information governance is a corporation's core information policy. The IT Governance Institute (ITGI) defines governance as:
"The set of responsibilities and practices exercised by the...
From phishing attacks, identity theft to brand impersonation attacks, cybercriminals leveraged all kinds of attack vectors during the pandemic. This resulted in a huge number of cyberattacks being reported since last year. According to the “Verizon Business 2021 Data...
From the recent Colonial Pipeline attack to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and numerous small and medium enterprises (SME), the world has witnessed a barrage of high-profile ransomware incidents in the past few months. In the aftermath of these...
The use of the internet differs from person to person. Factors like age and lifestyle define their online behavior. Besides, the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak changed people’s views towards data privacy. According to a survey from the Australian...
