As 2021 reaches its halfway point, many businesses are transitioning back toward more on-premises operations, but some analysts believe that a hybrid workforce will be the new normal. In a hybrid model, the workforce is made up of both on-premises and remote ...
The ever-increasing popularity and use of smartphones dwarfs that of more conventional computing devices, such as desktop, laptops, tablets and so forth. Here are some numbers to put things in perspective: according to Statista the total number of m...
In early April, numerous sources disclosed discovery of a pool of Facebook records including information on more than 530 million of its users. The leaked information included users’ names, dates of birth, and phone numbers as posted to a website for hackers....
We believe that data is the phenomenon of our time. It is the world’s new natural resource. It is the new basis of competitive advantage, and it is transforming every profession and industry. If all of this is true—even inevitable—then cyber crime, by definit...
Many of the software products that everyone uses are open source. The Linux operating system, the Apache Web server, and a large number of software development systems are all open-source software. Their being open source is one of the reasons they’re so wide...
If you’re not paying attention to cybersecurity in your company, then you’re falling behind on one of the most important issues troubling every workplace. Statistics show 2017 was one of the worst years ever in cybersecurity breaches. Everything from DDo...
Working in the open-source community has as much growth as working in healthcare or even the cannabis industry. Many show open-source software as having a very bright future, with 70% of companies already participating or contributing to the movemen...
PCR’s (UK) Top 10 Biggest data breaches of 2020 PCR is a leading information source for IT resellers and distributors in the United Kingdom. It reports its top 10 based on the number of records breached in the incidents selected. They cite the Risk Based...
Healthcare Sector Application Security: Preventing Threats from Becoming Attacks Software security isn’t a state of being, or even a single action; it is a process, and one that requires more than just hardening your software. The year 2020 saw a dramati...
Cybersecurity Trends in Fintech The year 2020 will go down in history as being a year of uncomfortable changes. Just about everyone was forced to approach aspects of personal and professional life differently, from buying groceries to conducting business to m...
The SolarWinds hack was a major security breach that affected over 3,000 SolarWinds customers, including major corporations like Cisco, Intel, Cox Communications, and Belkin. Also impacted were multiple US states and government agencies including the&nbs...
A Timeline of Major Data Breaches in 2019 If there’s no rest for the wicked, there seems to be also no rest for malicious cyber attackers. 2019 has had its fair share of data breaches and many of them have affected the data of millions of people. Let’s ...
