Bite Size Security Blog
Keep your business secure with the latest cybersecurity and information security news from NCX Group. Our team of experts provides you with analysis and insights on potential threats to help protect your enterprise.
Get informed and stay safe with NCX Group.
Bite Size Security Blog
Keep your business secure with the latest cybersecurity and information security news from NCX Group. Our team of experts provides you with analysis and insights on potential threats to help protect your enterprise.
Get informed and stay safe with NCX Group.
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The grim truth about data breaches every CEO needs to know
The ITRC’s Data Breach List has disclosed that so far in 2016, the number of compromised records has reached 6.2 million; adding to the more than 851 million records exposed over the last decade…
Executive overconfidence in cybersecurity puts everyone at risk
A recent Tripwire study, conducted by Dimensional Research, in the energy sector revealed the recurring theme of overconfidence, which is pretty scary when you look at what else the study reveals about the energy sector and cyberattacks…
Study shows businesses the ROI behind a strong security program
The big problem with the CEO and CIO disconnect isn’t only that it weakens security, but also that it negatively impacts business growth. A recent study showed just how influential an organization’s security impacts business dealings…
Security and the Mushroom Principle
A recent Ponemon study sheds light on part of the challenges for CEOs and their organizations in taking the right security steps to protect their enterprise. It starts with CEOs being left in the dark…
What healthcare organization executives can learn from a $3.9 million HIPAA settlement
Recently, Feinstein Institute, a research institution, agreed to pay $3.9 million for a HIPAA settlement; after a 2012 OCR health data breach investigation. A costly expense that could have been avoided if the institution had set up a holistic information security posture to cover all their bases.
Healthcare continues to struggle with good security
Every business has cybersecurity concerns, but one industry that has been seeing the worst of it and that seems to be the least prepared with data security is healthcare. Recent industry studies and cyberattacks to healthcare organizations, only three months into a new year, raise even more concerns…
Study finds businesses continue to struggle with the importance of security
A recent study by industry experts reveal that 82% of cybersecurity and information security pros report that their board of directors is concerned or very concerned about cybersecurity, but only one in seven (14%) CISOs reports to the CEO…
4 cybersecurity areas CIOs and the C-Suite can improve on to reduce risks
When you think about the recent ransomware incident at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where they had to pay hackers over $17,000 to regain access to patients’ medical records and control over their systems; you get a really good look at what it means to think of security as secondary to your organization’s operations. A proactive and holistic information security posture is fundamental to protect your data, but also to avoid disruption in your day to day operations…
3 things every security executive should be doing to get ahead of cyber threats
In 2014 the cost of breach increased by 15%, in 2015 by 23%, which means we can expect it to increase in 2016; also, let’s not forget Gartner’s expectations of 5.5 million new devices being connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) every day by 2016. It’s safe to say that security executives have a lot on their plate. Some helpful tips on what to do and what to avoid doing is a good place to start to manage risks effectively and keep security posture up to par.
It’s not just payment data security practices that need improvement
A recent study by the Ponemon Institute shows that payment data security practices need improvement. This doesn’t come as a surprise, but it does raise some concerns when you break down why improvement is still needed…
Organizations need to prepare for evolving cyber threats
Kaspersky Lab security experts have listed some of the cyber threats they expect to see in 2016. Knowledge of these potential threats helps the CIO and C-Suite make important decisions like what the new year security budget will look like, but also what risks businesses need to prepare for.
6 cyber threats besides breach that can create havoc for organizations
A breach is one of the biggest nightmares for any business executive and their IT security leaders, but they are not the only cyber threat organizations get to worry about. There are quite a few more that have undesirable repercussions that need preparing for. Let’s take a look…
7 ways organizations can get ahead of holiday security risks
Even though information security is an ongoing process, the holidays always come with their additional set of risks. Here are seven risk management areas to watch out for and improve on, if you’re going to prepare your security for the cyber threats ahead…
The grim truth about the state of government cybersecurity readiness
A recent study by the Pell Center found that state governments are nowhere near being sufficiently prepared for cybersecurity threats…
Employee cybersecurity habits require immediate attention
A recent study on the state of employee cybersecurity shows why employees are still such a risk for organizations. One of the biggest problems: employees have yet to acquire a behavior that protects the enterprise network from vulnerabilities and security risks…
Half of security pros need a reality check
If half of IT security pros don’t believe they are targets for attack, it’s no wonder that risk management isn’t a priority for organizations. A recent report from the Ponemon Institute reveals the disconnect that IT pros have between the perception and reality of cyber-threats…
Why BYOD security programs aren’t working
Mobile devices continue to grow in use within the workplace, as do the vulnerabilities they bring with them, and it seems CIOs continue to have a challenge with the security implementation…
Organizations could be forced to hire a CIO to get on top of security and privacy
Information security is so important for the safety and privacy of sensitive data that some States are going so far as to enforce organizations to implement the necessary measures…
Healthcare providers win the award for most vulnerable
A recent study shows just how vulnerable the healthcare industry is to data breaches; more so than any other sector for the past decade…
Officials announce the continuation of security theater
Today’s CIO has a lot more headaches when it comes to maintaining an effective security posture across the enterprise. It’s not only because of the move to everything digital, but it’s also because of the way the enterprise works. Instead of adapting to new ways, they are stuck in the old…
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