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Study: More Than Half of SMBs Experienced Cyberattacks Last Year

Devolutions survey finds 72% of SMBs are more concerned about cybersecurity than they were a year ago, but they still have a long way to go.

November 17, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Although the pandemic forced many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to scale back their operations—and in some cases close all together—those businesses saw an increase in cyberattacks, according to a new study from remote access and enterprise password management solutions provider Devolutions. The company’s survey of 440 IT professionals and tech decision makers at organizations […]

Senators Propose New Cyberattack Reporting Rules

Four senators have introduced an amendment to a defense spending bill that imposes new cyberattack, ransom payment reporting rules.

November 8, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A bipartisan group of four senators have introduced an amendment into a defense spending bill that, among other things, would require critical infrastructure owners and operators to report a cyberattack within three days. According to Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Susan Collins (R-ME), the amendment is based on the […]

More than Half of Organizations Not Effectively Defending Against Cyberattacks, According to Accenture Study

November 3, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

State of Cyber Resilience report reveals key traits of leaders in cyber resilience NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–More than half (55%) of large companies are not effectively stopping cyberattacks, finding and fixing breaches quickly, or reducing the impact of breaches, according to a new research study from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). Based on a survey of more than […]

Microsoft: Russia Dominates Nation-State Cyberattacks

Microsoft’s 2021 Digital Defense Report finds that 58% of nation-state cyberattacks are coming from Russia.

October 8, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The constant barrage of ransomware attacks and notable IT supply chain compromises are largely attributed to Russia-based threat actors, and Microsoft’s 2021 Digital Defense Report confirms that the vast majority of cyberattacks are coming from Russia. Specifically, 58% of cyberattacks observed by Microsoft from nation-states have come from Russia from July 2020 to June 2021. […]

Study: Remote Work Directly Linked To Cyberattacks

Eighty percent of security and business leaders say their organizations are more exposed to risk as a result of remote work.

September 24, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Reports and research on the habits of organizations embracing remote or hybrid work continue to shed light on the inherent cybersecurity risks, including a recent Tenable study that found 74% of organizations attribute recent business-impacting cyberattacks to remote work tech vulnerabilities. According to the report, conducted with Forrester, cloud services and apps, personal devices and […]

Retrofitting CNC Systems to Safeguard Against Cyberattacks

September 23, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

FANUC’s Panel i Replacement Program upgrades out-of-date industrial PCs for faster, more reliable and more secure operations. HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#FANUC–FANUC America, a leading supplier of CNCs, robotics and ROBOMACHINES, introduces an upgrade solution for legacy CNC machines running on operating systems older than Windows 10. The Panel i Replacement Program retrofits FANUC CNCs with […]

How to Mitigate Cyberattacks Against School Districts

Cybercriminals may have their sights set on school districts in 2021-22 academic year; parents fear leak of student data.

August 18, 2021 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Cybercriminals may have their sights set on school districts in 2021-22 academic year; parents fear leak of student data.

How To Harden Your Kubernetes Infrastructure From Cyberattacks

A new guide from the NSA and CISA can help organizations harden their Kubernetes infrastructure as hackers increase attacks.

August 4, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The U.S. National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a guide that can help IT administrators and cybersecurity professionals minimize risk in Kubernetes environments as attacks targeting the open-source system are increasing. The guide comes as threat actors are looking for new ways into IT networks, including Kubernetes via supply chain […]

Rochester Institute of Technology Eaton Cybersecurity SAFE Lab Testing Shows CloudCover’s® CC/B1 CyberSafety PlatformTM Provides “Significant Security Protection” Against Cyberattacks

August 3, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Assessment from the industry-leading lab shows the platform offers “many security gains” and instantaneous blocking of adversarial actions MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CloudCover®, an automated intelligence (AI)-driven cybersecurity platform, today announces the results of the recent testing of its CC/B1 CyberSafety PlatformTM, conducted by the Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) Eaton Cybersecurity SAFE (Security Assessment and Forensic Examination) […]

1 in 3 Organizations Experiencing More Cyberattacks This Year, Says New ISACA Study

July 27, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ransomware attacks have been increasingly in the headlines—and reaching historic levels of impact with the recent Colonial Pipeline and Kaseya attacks. Findings from the State of Cybersecurity 2021, Part 2 survey report from ISACA in partnership with HCL Technologies show that 35 percent of respondents report that their enterprises are experiencing more cyberattacks, […]