Email and internet scams are just some of the top ways cyber criminals manipulate everyday users to click on a malicious link or visit a hacked website. These scams not only put individuals users at risk, companies are also at risk as these scams often target employees at all types of companies. About.com recently put [...]
Though the exact rate is unclear, studies are showing that global IT security spending market is in a long period of growth. Recent data from research firm Canalys shows that spending on IT security is growing at a compound rate of 7% per year, expected to reach $30.1 billion by 2017. But Gartner estimates that [...]
A new survey completed by Experian and Ponemon reveals that 76% of the companies surveyed put cyber security as their biggest concern. As a result, more and more companies are turning to cyber insurance to protect against expensive data breaches.According to Christopher Matthews at The Wall Street Journal, the study found that “31% of companies [...]
In international news, a report from the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee has caused UK lawmakers to call cyber crime a “bigger threat than nuclear war,” reported ZDNet. The report found that there’s a lack of police enforcement in preventing cyber criminals from conducing low-level fraudulent attacks.The Independent found in the report that “criminals defrauding [...]
The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a study estimating that cyber crime creates a $100 billion loss to the U.S. economy. Additionally, CSIS reports that as many as 508,000 jobs are lost as a result of this economic loss.Earlier reports, according to The Wall Street Journal, have estimated much higher economic loss, “as [...]
The need for trained cyber security personnel has risen in the last five years, according to labor market analytics firm Burning Glass. Listings for cyber security positions rose 73 percent in the last five years, which is 3.5 times faster than postings for computer jobs overall. “Yet, despite the need and the job opportunities (more [...]
Yesterday, in honor of National Small Business Week, we hosted this quarter’s cyberSAFE webinar, featuring a panel of experts who dove into why and how small businesses should tackle cyber security. We also published a white paper with findings from our recent survey of small business owners and their feelings toward cyber security, as well [...]
When it comes to small business cyber security, it is a different world today than in years past when a company only had to worry about protecting their desktop computers and locally stored files. Cyber security for small businesses has become incredibly complex causing small businesses to be increasingly targeted for cyber attacks.According to Symantec’s [...]
The Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing about cybersecurity and workforce training this week during which Gen. Keith Alexander, chief of both the National Security Agency (NSA) and the U.S. Cyber Command, testified. Recent scrutiny on the NSA’s surveillance government programs – which has collected millions of telephone records and monitored Internet activity – were [...]
We were happy to co-host a live Twitter chat (#IDTheftChat ) with the Identity Theft Resource Center this past Thursday. The chat covered cybersecurity in small businesses, exploring how small businesses are currently protecting their businesses, customers and employees from threatening cyber criminals, data breaches, malware and data loss.We had a great turnout, with highly [...]
