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The research also found that 35% of the breaches recorded by Tenable were caused by ransomware attacks, while 14% of breaches stemmed from email compromises.More

Zero trust and SASE work together by converging a least-privilege access strategy with an architecture that simplifies how highly distributed users, BYOD, and cloud resources are secured.More

2021 will see several themes develop into full blown security threats, many of them borne from the struggles of pandemic-stricken 2020, writes Wontok head of technology Mick Esber.More

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in what is effectively the largest work-from-home experiment ever conducted in human history. For many organisations, this has brought forward plans they had for digital transformation.More

Discoveries made by analysts at Sophos have unearthed a new development: ransomware code appears to have been shared across ‘families’, and some of the ransomware groups seemed to work in collaboration more than in competition with one another. More

"These new advancements to the ThousandEyes platform will give customers a comprehensive view of the dependencies that make up today's applications, services, and networks."More

A perfect SASE triangle includes security for managed SaaS and IaaS, and the next essential piece: a secure web gateway (SWG), that secures the web and shadow IT. More

The platform offers integrated transport and web proxies, distributed firewalls, network access control (NAC), zero trust network access (ZTNA) or software-defined perimeters (SDP), a VPN highly optimised for mobile access, and AI-driven policy and risk analysis.More

Enterprises’ heightened threats from criminal entities and state-sponsored actors are strongly encouraging them to adopt network security solutions.More

81.4 million users who downloaded free VPNs could be putting themselves at risk.More

When there is less code in a VPN, it is less susceptible to security vulnerabilities due to easier configuration and management, according to Surfshark.More

Resilience sits at the heart of security, and there is a need for organisations’ architecture, processes and strategies to be more impervious in order to continue to ensure protection, writes Gigamon A/NZ manager George Tsoukas.More

Of these respondents, 40% admitted that the devices either had no password protection or no up-to-date security installed.More

With many staff still working from home and customer interactions occurring online, being able to reliably identify people is critical for maintaining the security of applications and data stores, writes Ping Identity country manager for A/NZ Ashley Diffey.More

The VTI Principles offer a comprehensive set of best practices for VPNs providers to bolster consumer confidence and provider accountability and ultimately increase VPN adoption and access to the technology's benefits.More

It’s essential to adopt a secure SD-WAN solution to avoid the risks that an unsecured SD-WAN solution can introduce, writes Wavelink managing director Ilan Rubin.More

“The business environment will never be the same again and it’s important for organisations to seize this opportunity to modernise their workforce and deliver flexible, agile ways of working."More

Each individual represents an access point into the network, and one compromised user can result in a cascade of ramifications with long-lasting consequences.More

"The things people search for on engines like Google, Bing, or Baidu can tell a lot about how they live," the study says.More

Rapid7 has released a report detailing the changing internet risk landscapes of 2020, and other issues facing cybersecurity teams.More

The vulnerabilities affect three industrial VPN servers and clients.More

"The report calls into question the providers’ security practices and dismisses their claims of being no-log VPN services."More

The increase in reliance on home networks presents an opportunity for people to review their online security and privacy. How to stay safe online has become part of the new normal discussion."More

There are pressures to stay trading, but it is imperative to ensure that actions taken now don’t encourage security disasters in the future.More