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The Digital Trust Factor. Have We Got It All Wrong?

Jane Frankland

And as a technologist, this makes me want to ask: how can we make people feel as comfortable and sure about digital interactions as they do in real-life situations where trust is built over time? As technology weaves deeper into our lives, the swift exchange of information has become our reality.

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SHARED INTEL: How attacks on web, mobile apps are being fueled by rising API vulnerabilities

The Last Watchdog

It’s the glue holding digital transformation together. Related: A primer on ‘credential stuffing’ APIs are the conduits for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world. APIs are literally everywhere in the digital landscape, and more are being created every minute. We spoke at RSA 2020.

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RSAC insights: How IABs — initial access brokers — help sustain, accelerate the ransomware plague

The Last Watchdog

Related: How cybercriminals leverage digital transformation. They’ve even got an escrow system to assure that one criminal is not scamming the other criminals.”. Understanding digital assets. This is the flip side of digital transformation. Things are steadily moving in that direction.

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Is the Future of Digital Identity Safe?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Is the Future of Digital Identity Safe? The pandemic has not only significantly accelerated digital transformation in all industries. It has further established digital services as one of the foundational pillars of the transformation of economies worldwide. It is not only technology that is evolving.

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Cybersecurity CEO: 5 Cybercrime Trends to Watch for in 2021

Herjavec Group

At the onset of the year, we predicted that the top priority for any CISO or CIO will be to manage the risk associated with digital transformation and enhance their security programs in order to keep up with new technological complexity. Looking back, that was an understatement! . Increased Spending on Compliance .

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Building Trust in Finance: Challenges & Solutions

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In the financial industry, this effect has been accentuated by rapid digital transformation, which has seen a huge number of new players enter the financial ecosystem. These threats include sophisticated phishing scams, complex cyber-attacks aimed at stealing sensitive customer information and ID fraud.

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Healthcare Organizations Need to Adapt Their Data Protection Policies to the New Threat Environment

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

While the pandemic accelerated their digital transformation initiatives, it also expanded their threat surface and opened up opportunities for cybercriminals. In addition, telemedicine has generated a larger pool for potential phishing scams as well as other socially-engineered, and technically based, attacks (e.g., ransomware).