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WHITEPAPER: Authentication Does Not Equal Zero Trust

Security Boulevard

Many vendor claims are unclear as to what they’re promising in this space, but they are quite insistent that without Zero Trust network architectures, organizations are at great risk for data breaches and other network sabotage. The post WHITEPAPER: Authentication Does Not Equal Zero Trust appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Top 5 Industries Most Vulnerable to Data Breaches in 2023

Security Boulevard

The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches. 1 in 4 Americans reported that they would stop doing business with a company following a data breach, and 67% of consumers reported a loss of trust in an organization following a breach. What Are Data Breaches?

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Lessons Learned from Data Breaches at Universities

NopSec

In the case of higher educational institutions there is data exposure risk from personally identifiable information, such as social security numbers. It may come as a surprise that a number of these significant data breaches were the result of very simple mistakes.

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The Cost of Doing Nothing

ForAllSecure

A 2019 Ponemon study revealed that the cost of a data breach is $4.88 In recent years, there has been a global imperative for organizations to take better care of protecting customers -- whether it’s their data or their safety. In September 2017, Equifax faced a data breach. less than before its breach.

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Introducing Our 8th Annual State of the Software Supply Chain Report

Security Boulevard

Although the focus is on security concerns, better supply chain management has benefits beyond preventing downtime and data breaches. The software supply chain has definitely been in all corners of the news this year, including finance , government , and technology.

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Dangers of Only Scanning First-Party Code

Veracode Security

In 2017, Equifax suffered a massive data breach from Apache Struts which compromised the data ??? Following the breach, Equifax's stock fell over 13 percent. Equifax had to pay up to $425 million to help people affected by the data breach that the court deemed ???entirely of more than 143 million Americans.

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Q&A: Crypto jackers redirect illicit mining ops to bigger targets — company servers

The Last Watchdog

One key bit of intelligence Bitdefender shares in a whitepaper is a breakdown of how EternalBlue has come into play, once again. However, the fact that cryptojackers infiltrated your infrastructure is an indication of a data breach. This will help minimize any potential fallout caused by a data breach.