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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 […]

Actiphy Inc., Releases ActiveImage Protector 2022 Backup and Recovery Solution Featuring Direct-To-Cloud Backup and In-Cloud Recovery

November 12, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

WILDOMAR, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Actiphy Inc., a leading publisher of backup, disaster recovery, and virtualization software, announces the release of ActiveImage Protector 2022 featuring direct-to-cloud backup, in-cloud recovery, and a new agentless and agent-based hybrid licensing option. This new version can now backup and restore directly to and from public cloud services and SFTP servers. With new […]

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 […]

Cyble Launches Defense Threat Intelligence Solution for Law Enforcement and Government Agencies

November 4, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

ALPHARETTA, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cyble, an AI-powered, Y Combinator-backed, cyber threat intelligence company that empowers organizations with darkweb & cybercrime monitoring, today announced the availability of its Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) and defense threat intelligence solution. This is aimed at specifically helping law enforcement and government agencies gather, analyze, and respond to the exposure of extremely sensitive […]

Check Point Survey: CISOs’ Confidence In Security Dwindles As Cyber Attacks Increase

Check Point's global survey of CISOs indicates confidence in security goes down as the number of cyber attacks increases.

November 3, 2021 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

CISOs are starting to express dwindling confidence in protecting all attack vectors, according to research by Check Point. Check Point’s global survey of CISOs indicated “CISOs’ confidence in security goes down as the number of cyber attacks, assets to secure, and the number of vendors’ solutions used in their environment increases.” At least 92% of […]

 A Look Ahead to 2022: McAfee Enterprise & FireEye Predict Top Cyber Threats

October 27, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

  SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–McAfee Enterprise and FireEye today released its 2022 Threat Predictions, examining the top cybersecurity threats they predict enterprises will face in 2022. Bad actors have taken note of successful tactics from 2021, including those making headlines tied to ransomware, nation states, social media and the shifting reliance on a remote workforce. […]

InQuest Releases Data Demonstrating the Security Gap in the Major Cloud Email Providers

October 26, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#cybersecurity–InQuest (www.inquest.net), a leading provider of email security and emerging threat prevention services and solutions, announced today the general availability of the ongoing test data leveraged by InQuest Labs to assess and evaluate the security efficacy of the leading cloud-based email providers, Google Workspace (GSuite) and Microsoft Office 365 (O365). InQuest has published […]

Hobart and William Smith Colleges Rely on SecureAuth Adaptive Authentication to Protect Its Employees, Students and Research

October 26, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Higher Education is Under Siege by Attackers Forcing IT Teams to Strengthen Frontlines IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#IAM–SecureAuth, an identity security leader, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS), a leading liberal arts and sciences institution, announce their continued committed partnership to secure the research data, employees and students. The Hobart and William Smith Colleges IT security […]

Cohesity Research Reveals U.S. Consumers’ Distrust of Corporate Ransom Payouts

October 25, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Over Half Say Paying Ransom Encourages More Crime and Want Their Data Better Protected SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New research from Cohesity, a leader in next-gen data management, reveals how Americans feel about corporations giving in to the demands of ransomware attackers – and the bottom line is that Americans don’t feel good about it. This […]

Cohesity Announces Disaster Recovery as a Service, Providing Automated Disaster Recovery that Minimizes Application Downtime and Data Loss

October 21, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

New Offering Can Help Businesses Quickly Recover from Ransomware Attacks, Speed Data Recovery, and Advance Business Continuity SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Just months after announcing the availability of its backup as a service offering (BaaS), Cohesity, a leader in next-gen data management, today announced the general availability of its next ‘as a service’ offering – disaster […]