eWEEK EDITORS

The surge of ransomware, malware, and other cybercrime has reached crisis proportions. This summer has already seen the following ransomware attacks: Colonial Pipeline and on JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer. Joint warning by U.S. and U.K. intelligence agencies of global campaign of brute-force attacks by the Fancy Bear unit of the Russian military. […]

One of the most curious elements of this year’s cybersecurity Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) was the inclusion of the new attack pattern, “system intrusions.” Representatives from Verizon identified the category as a broad one that tends to include attacks with many steps, indicating significant lateral movement within the network. Research shows that many […]

New customer logos may be the lifeblood of top-line revenue growth and the focus of sales and marketing teams. But renewals have emerged in the last few years as a key growth driver for SaaS companies. A recent McKinsey study indicated that existing customers can drive between a third and a half of new revenue […]

Ever since the serious talks of re-opening began, it’s became abundantly clear that in this new post-pandemic era, workplaces will demand a higher level of physical security. Companies have gotten the memo (at least, most of them did). Business leaders have been adopting the best practices to protect their business and workforce, while landlords have […]

If you thought that your current IT security practices were robust enough to fully support the transition to hybrid work, it’s time to think again. According to data from Statista, 68.5% of businesses have been victimized by ransomware in 2021—the highest percentage reported to date and a 24% increase compared to just three years prior. […]

There is a glaring need in the business world for a simpler way to unlock the value of data. The speed, velocity and unrelenting proliferation of all types of data from an ever-increasing number of sources is increasing. Enterprises struggle with harnessing data to realize value and achieve the ultimate goal of monetizing their business […]

Expanded adoption of the public cloud has resulted in unanticipated security challenges, one of which has been the explosion of non-human identities. In traditional network settings, user identities in the form of individual accounts are the primary security focus. However, the public cloud provides access to applications, databases, data stores, and other identities, necessitating a […]

For businesses of all shapes and sizes, the inherent value in moving enterprise applications into the cloud is beyond question. The ability to control computing capability at a more granular level can lead to significant cost savings, not to mention the speed at which new applications can be provisioned. Having a modern cloud-based infrastructure makes […]

Decisions, decisions…we all want to make the right ones. So, in an era of artificial intelligence, how can technology help employees make challenging choices that can delight customers while improving efficiency and ultimately the bottom line? According to Gartner research, poor operational decision-making by mid-level finance managers costs upwards of 3% of profits annually – […]

Recently, the U.S. Justice Department officially accused Chinese cybercriminals of launching ransomware attacks against U.S. businesses. Specifically, the charges alleged that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities (since patched) in Microsoft Exchange Server over two months, linking those exploits to a number of ransomware activities, including DearCry. The DearCry ransomware itself was very much “ransomware […]