https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/rss en-us The increases in sophisticated, targeted security threats by both external attackers and malicious insiders have made it extremely difficult for organizations to properly protect critical and sensitive information. The task of protecting these assets has only grown harder as... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5234 Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:58:24 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/5234-seven-ways-to-protect-your-organization-s-privileged-accounts The U.S. Postal Services received some frustrating news in early October from the Office of the Inspector General on the effectiveness of its security awareness training program. An internal USPS phishing simulation campaign found that... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/2867 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:25:37 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/2867-how-long-does-it-take-for-employees-to-be-security-conscious Computer incidents today are a far cry from those of the past. Computer incidents involving data breaches today can take down businesses and leadership, in much the same way or greater than an earthquake or fire can destroy a company through a physical business outage. Data breaches such as... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/2800 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:15:00 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/2800-the-incident-response-plan-you-never-knew-you-had Gartner researchers predict that by 2020 we will have 25 billion connected devices. Meanwhile, PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global State of Information Security Survey 2015 says that more than 70 percent of connected IoT devices, such as... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/2799 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:09:27 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/2799-how-to-secure-the-internet-of-things-and-who-should-be-liable-for-it On Tuesday, Microsoft issued an advisory warning of a new Zero-Day vulnerability that impacts all supported versions of their Windows operating system except, Windows Server 2003. The software giant also confirmed targeted attacks looking to exploit this flaw. The advisory says that... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/1747 Fri, 24 Oct 2014 07:26:13 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/1747-microsoft-warns-of-new-zero-day-attack Microsoft Sign Closeup In today's threatscape, antivirus software provides little piece of mind. In fact, antimalware scanners on the whole are horrifically inaccurate, especially with exploits less than 24 hours old. After all, malicious hackers and malware can change their tactics at will. Swap a few bytes around, and a previously recognized malware program becomes unrecognizable. To combat this,... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/1206 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 06:40:04 -0500 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/1206-11-sure-signs-you-ve-been-hacked 7 service requests that make IT support folks cry. Every day, in organizations around the globe, the IT team supports requests that range from common usage requirements to the downright bizarre. When you work in IT, you move from one fire, to putting out to the next. But sometimes, those requests and emergencies just make one want to scream. CSO reached out to a few sources for stories about support incidents that made security managers and IT folks cry. http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/946 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:04:46 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/946-slideshow-7-ways-users-drive-it-support-crazy Hackers exploiting lack of security basics, finds IBM X-Force analysis. Social media has become a top target of hackers and mobile devices are expanding that target, IBM reported on Tuesday in its X-Force 2013 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report. Attacks on enterprises are getting increasingly sophisticated, the report said. Some attacks studied by IBM researchers were opportunistic -- exploiting unpatched and untested web applications vulnerable to basic SQL injection or cross-site scripting. Others were successful, the report continued, because... http://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/945 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:03:55 -0400 https://www.businesswatchnetwork.com/articles/945-social-media-mobile-phones-top-attack-targets