The purpose of the research, in this report, is to understand how organizations qualify and quantify the financial risk to their tangible and intangible assets in the event of a network privacy or security incident.

In last year’s survey, Harvey Nash and KPMG reported how CIOs were holding a steady line in the face of global uncertainty, cutting costs and refining business processes. Whilst much of this geopolitical instability remains, this year’s report shows how CIOs are benefiting from bigger budgets and headcount growth. Indeed, more IT leaders are enjoying budget increases than we have seen in the last thirteen years of reporting.

This report takes a look at how strong cyber security and business decision-making inspire growth and innovation.

This report contains observations from DDoS attack attempts in Q4 2016 and Q1 2017, as well as comparisons against previous quarters. The data represents the frequency and sophistication of DDoS attacks that organizations face today.

This is an eBook that discusses securing ata on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

From the report, “The state and local government sectors often find themselves understaffed and underfunded to utilize technology to its fullest potential. Recent data breaches and ransomware attacks in the newspaper highlight that governments of all sizes are indeed being targeted and have fallen victim to hackers. State and local governments must be prepared to stop internal and external threats alike. The mix of legacy equipment and small IT and security staffs relative to private industry can create a pressure- filled situation.”

From the report, “We found the paradox of illicit, malicious activity juxtaposed with helpful customer service so interesting that we decided to evaluate the customer journeys of fi ve current ransomware families. From the fi rst ransom message to communicating with the criminals via their support channels, we wanted to see just how these gangs are doing with their customer journey – and whose is the best (or rather, least loathsome).”

This report from the U.S. Department of Health And Human Services, offers insight into how the FDA has taken steps to address emerging cybersecurity concerns in networked medical devices by issuing guidance, reviewing cybersecurity information in submissions, and—when needed—obtaining additional information from manufacturers. It also discusses how the FDA could take additional steps to more fully integrate cybersecurity into its premarket review process.

In this report, they examine the results of a survey that attempted to provide a deeper understanding of the views of the likelihood and impact of a systemic cyber-attack.

This special report takes a specific look at Ransomware.

This project sought to draw lessons from the efforts of others (both nation-state and nonstate actors) in and through the IE for future U.S. Army force planning and investment. These case studies of other forces can help the Army (1) identify capabilities and practices that it should consider adopting and (2) identify adversary capabilities and practices that it must be prepared to counter in future operations in and through the IE.

This is a well written exclusive look at Ransomware.

In this edition of Risk and Regulatory Outlook a Deloitte subject matter expert outlines the situation, specifies existing or prescient change, and suggests practical steps in each of the nine key areas of regulatory change we focus on.

In this paper, they explore the differences between legitimate mining and cryptojacking; how cryptojacking works; the costs of cryptojacking to today’s organizations; and practical steps you can take to avoid being a victim of cryptojacking.

This is Akamai’s State of The Internet Security report from the third quarter of 2017

This eBook provides information based on a 2017 survey that reveals the power of identity governance and privileged access security.

Before slowing down development and causing customers to revolt, security and risk pros should read this report to understand the current state of application security and how emerging techniques support the speed your business needs.

This book takes a look at “whaling” scams. Or largescale phishing attacks. It offers some analysis and insight into how these scams can be avoided.

This paper set out to study the inner workings of a bankbot because they predict we will see more bankbots in the future.

Some statistics that jump out from this report, 76% of respondents see ransomware as significant business threat, 52% rate their organizations at above average or superior when it comes to detecting or blocking ransomware before it locks or encrypts data in their systems, 57% say they are more likely to be a ransomware target in 2017.

Subtitled, “Threat Intelligence, Industry Analysis, and Cybersecurity Guidance, for the Global Cyber Arms Race,” this report seeks to fully disclose the research done by the authors, in order to aid all of those involved in the cybersecurity realm.