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The Impact of Remote Work and Cloud Migrations on Security Perimeters

Security Affairs

This multi or hybrid cloud strategy can introduce unexpected complexities and challenges, which are exacerbated when different business units and teams adopt cloud solutions without the approval or knowledge of the central IT department. Storing data in the cloud also comes with a heightened risk of data breaches.

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Author Q&A: Former privacy officer urges leaders to prioritize security as part of cloud migration

The Last Watchdog

A good start would be to read Mobilizing the C-Suite: Waging War Against Cyberattacks, written by Frank Riccardi, a former privacy and compliance officer from the healthcare sector. LW: Catastrophic infrastructure and supply chain breaches, not to mention spy balloons and Tik Tok exploits, have grabbed regulators’ attention.

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Ponemon Institute: Cost of Data Breach Hits Record High

SecureWorld News

Ask yourself: if my organization suffers a data breach as the result of a cyberattack, what will it actually cost? New Ponemon Institute research reveals that the average cost of a data breach is higher than ever before. Key findings from Ponemon IBM Cost of a Data Breach report. million), then phishing ($4.65

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The Cost of Data Breach – Calculate the ROI of Backup and Disaster Recovery Software

Spinone

This can include the ever-growing threat of malware such as ransomware and other cybersecurity threats, or it could be the threat posed each and every day from end-users who may mistakenly delete business-critical data. Attackers may infiltrate the perimeter defenses of your infrastructure and gain unauthorized access to your data.

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GUEST ESSAY: Leveraging best practices and an open standard to protect corporate data

The Last Watchdog

At the same time – in fact, as a direct result of data’s central importance – more adversaries are working harder and finding more nefarious ways to steal or otherwise compromise your data. As just one measure, the number of data breaches in the first nine months of 2021 exceeded all those in 2020, a new record.

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The State of Cloud and Cloud Security in 2020

SecureWorld News

Not everyone would describe cloud security as "very exciting," however, the four expert panelists who joined us on our series of SecureWorld Remote Sessions for a Q&A hour all certainly shared this sentiment. The panelists spoke on cloud migration, the state of the cloud during the pandemic, the DevOps pipeline, and more.