In this report, we explore the state of OT security from the perspective of IT security practitioners, and provide practical recommendations on how to bridge the IT and OT cybersecurity gap. This report also examines the to OT security.

The number of companies purchasing cyber insurance continued to increase in 2019, driven by growing recognition of cyber threats as a critical business risk and appreciation for cyber insurance’s role in mitigating its economic impact.

This report encourages market participants to review their practices, policies and procedures with respect to cybersecurity and operational resiliency. It states that assessing your level of preparedness and implementing some or all of the above measures will make your organization more secure. OCIE will continue to focus on working with organizations to identify and address cybersecurity risks and encourages market participants to actively engage regulators and law enforcement in this effort.

In our 3rd annual Global Password Security Report, we strive to share interestingand helpful insights into employee password behavior at businesses around theworld. We want to help IT and security professionals understand the greatestobstacles employees face when it comes to passwords, learn how to addresschallenges of managing and securing data in today’s digital workplace and enablethem to see how their businesses’ password security practices measure up. Thisyear, we’re bringing even more data points to the table.

Ponemon Institute is pleased to present the findings of the 2020 Cost of Insider Threats: Global study. Sponsored by ObserveIT and IBM, this is the third benchmark study conducted to understand the direct and indirect costs that result from insider threats.

Ponemon Institute is pleased to present the findings on the economics of today’s Security Operations Centers (SOC). Sponsored by Respond Software, Ponemon Institute surveyed 637 IT and IT security practitioners in organizations that have a SOC and are knowledgeable about cybersecurity practices in their organizations. Respondents supervise or are responsible for such activities as information security, threat detection and remediation and security operations management and more.

If there’s one thing this year’s Global Threat Report really brings home, it’s that there’s never been a better time to get involved in cybersecurity. The stakes are high, and rising every day. Those that read and share this report are helping to educate themselves and others to better protect themselves and their communities, both at work and at home.

This report by Cisco contains 20 predictions for the future of cybersecurity.

FireEye has been detecting and responding to cyber attacks every day for over 15 years. The release of M-Trends® 2020 marks 11 years of providing the cyber security community with insights gained from the frontlines of those attacks.

The 2019 Dark Reading State of IT Operations and Security Operations survey uncovered some important developments in the way enterprises are managing security in the data center – and in the boardroom. Here are some key takeaways: • 57% of respondents said IT and security staff communicate well, up from 47% last year. • 20% of organizations involve the security team at the start of every major IT project. • 69% of respondents say that the security team holds primary responsibility for compliance and privacy; this figure rose significantly – more than 12% – from our 2018 survey. • 90% of organizations expect the security team to take charge of developing and setting security policy. • 80% said the IT operations team is primarily responsible for patch management. • 20% of organizations have a distinct security department that operates separately from the IT team. • 18% of organizations have a fully-staffed security function. • 37% said the security operations team is most likely to be the first to detect and alert others about security incidents in the organization.

Gemalto outlines changes to threats in 2017, including data from incidents in the year.

In early 2017, SolarWinds MSP investigated the cybersecurity preparedness, experiences, and failings of 400 SMBs and enterprises, split equally across the UK and the US. While 87% of organizations have complete trust in their security techniques and technology—and 59% believe they are less vulnerable than they were 12 months previously—71% of those same organizations have been breached in the past 12 months. The belief that “it will never happen to us” simply doesn’t hold true.

Using survey data from 2,500 security professionals who indicated they have some measure of privacy responsibilities, this report provides analysis on the ROI for privacy efforts, maturity of privacy programs, vendor selection, and other topics.

Ponemon Institute is pleased to present the findings of the second study on vulnerabilityand patch management. As shown inthis research, the severity and volume ofcyberattacks is increasing. However, mostorganizations are not comparably enhancingtheir abilities to prevent hackers fromexploiting attack vectors. In fact, it’s takinglonger to detect and longer to patch criticalvulnerabilities than last year. The cost andconsequences of this failure are myriad.

The Worldwide Security Spending Guide examines the security opportunity from a technology, industry, company size, and geography perspective. This comprehensive database delivered via IDC’s Customer Insights query tool allows the user to easily extract meaningful information about the security technology market by viewing data trends and relationships and making data comparisons.

In our 25-criterion evaluation of data security portfolio providers, we identified the 13 most significant ones — Dell, Digital Guardian, Forcepoint, Google, GTB Technologies, IBM, Imperva, McAfee, Micro Focus, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, and Varonis — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps security and risk (S&R) professionals understand the respective strengths of each vendor’s portfolio.

A survey-based review of how and why organizations are adopting cloud technologies, specifically from a business growth perspective. Makes some specific recommendations and has discussion on CASB solutions.

This report covers penetration prevention in the last year. It covers changes in penetration prevention such as the levels of risk incurred by applications, the way the shift to the cloud affects risk, and how the size of the business affects risk.

This is a survey conducted by Cisco, mainly talking about their findings that people care about privacy, and a surprisingly large number have already taken actions to protect it.

The 2020 Insider Threat Report reveals the latest trends and challenges facing organizations, how IT and security professionals are dealing with risky insiders, and how organizations are preparing to better protect their critical data and IT infrastructure.

This report goes in-depth into trends in healthcare data security, surveying 26,000 companies and analyzing terabytes of information.