This report shares findings from a survey conducted of more than 3,100 IT, security and other non-technical professionals. It explores their learning habits, levels of personal and organizational preparedness, and factors that improve their confidence and defensive capabilities. If the key findings below resonate with challenges facing your organization, then you will definitely want to add this to the top of your reading list.

From the report, “To generate this report, Coronet analyzed an enormous set of data comprised of both access and service threats. The data originated from Wi-Fi and cellular networks, devices spanning all operating systems and public network connectivity infrastructure. The data was aggregated and evaluated based on potential damage that could be caused by attackers and existing vulnerabilities in the 55 most populated DMAs, which together account for almost 70 percent of the entire U.S. population. The ranked results have been aggregated into regions which closely resemble Nielsen DMAs. Coronet ranked each city that was analyzed from most insecure to least vulnerable, with the most insecure cities scoring a 6.5 and above.” Read on to find out more.

From the report, “As 2019 approached, ControlScan and MAC once again partnered to organize and conduct an industry study; however, this time we decided to reach out to the SMB merchants themselves. Measuring successes and concerns from the MSP’s perspective had given us part of the equation, so we wanted to learn how well aligned SMBs are with the efforts being aimed at them.” Read on to find out more.

This report explores Brexit-related Twitter activity occurring between December 4, 2018 and February 13, 2019. Using the standard Twitter API, researchers collected approximately 24 million tweets that matched the word “brexit” published by 1.65 million users.

This infographic provides insight into the cyber security worries of Smart Cities.

This document recommends best practices for endpoint security in industrial applications under the broader scope of industrial internet security.

This case study, focuses on one of Claroty’s power plant installations. It illustrates challenges and solutions that are both unique to the power generation sub-segment, as well those that apply to the broader context of OT cybersecurity.

This report takes an inside look at Industrial Control Systems and the need for them to be updated for the new Cyber Security Threats.

This report offers insight into the impact of AI from both the attackers, and the cybersecurity warriors.

This paper offers insight and direction to election officials seeking to assess the security of their entire election ecosystem.

How is cyber-resilience defined and measured? How are breach risk and cyber resilience related, and what is the best way to improve cyber-resilience for an enterprise? This paper will answer these questions and shed light on steps you can take to improve the cyber-resilience of your enterprise.

From the Report, “In this new world, GRC has tremendous opportunity to add value. For instance, by pushing for higher standards of corporate governance and integrity, GRC can help a business strengthen its reputation, and inspire trust. By providing a clear picture of the regulatory landscape, GRC can help the business expand into new markets faster. And by providing timely risk intelligence on new digital technologies, GRC can help the business capitalize on upside opportunities. In short, the future of GRC lies in being an enabler of business growth and performance.”

From the Report, “This issue of the Rapid7 Quarterly Threat Report takes a deep dive into the threat landscape for 2018 Q4 and looks more broadly at 2018 as a whole. We provide an assessment of threat events by organization size and industry, and examine threat incident patterns identified through guidance from security specialists. We also further explore inbound activity to our honeypot network to identify trends and patterns that reveal rising new threats, such as Android Debug Bridge (ADB) activity, the persistence of old threats such as EternalBlue, and the vulnerability posed by non-novel credentials as revealed to publicly exposed systems. The report concludes with five steps you can take to bolster your organization’s security posture in 2019 and beyond, based on our findings.”

It’s been another headline-grabbing 12 months for cybersecurity. There were many large and damaging compromises affecting retailers, airlines and credit rating companies, to name just a few. Thousands of organizations weren’t prepared and had sensitive data stolen, suffered downtime of key systems or were affected in some other way. Are you ready?

This paper recognizes the growing evolution of compliance programs, and asks the question how can we use those events as a trigger for growth? They offer a few best practices that can help organizations make their compliance program an enabler for growth.

“The future of GRC will not just be about managing known risks or monitoring compliance. It will be about sustaining an organization’s social license to operate.”

This issue of the Rapid7 Quarterly Threat Report takes a deep dive into the threat landscape for 2018 Q4 and looks more broadly at 2018 as a whole. We provide an assessment of threat events by organization size and industry, and examine threat incident patterns identified through guidance from security specialists. We also further explore inbound activity to our honeypot network to identify trends and patterns that reveal rising new threats, such as Android Debug Bridge (ADB) activity, the persistence of old threats such as EternalBlue, and the vulnerability posed by non-novel credentials as revealed to publicly exposed systems. The report concludes with five steps you can take to bolster your organization’s security posture in 2019 and beyond, based on our findings.

This year’s Global Threat Report: “Adversary Tradecraft and the Importance of Speed,” addresses the quickening pace and increasing sophistication in adversary tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) over the past year — and in particular, highlights the critical importance of speed in staying ahead of rapidly evolving threats.

Phishing domains pose a significant cyber risk for major airlines. Learn how many phishing domains for major airlines there are and how to find them.

From the report, “All three of our stories in this issue of the State of the Internet / Security report are about things most organizations aren’t examining. Whether the cause is that organizations don’t perceive some issues as important to their environment, if they don’t have tooling to monitor these issues, or if the resources to monitor this traffic are not available, this traffic is often being overlooked.”

From The Report, “What you’re reading are insights culled from a year of security data analysis and hands-on lessons learned. Data analyzed includes the 6.5 trillion threat signals that go through the Microsoft cloud every day and the research and realworld experiences from our thousands of security researchers and responders around the world. In 2018, attackers used a variety of dirty tricks, both new (coin mining) and old (phishing), in their ongoing quest to steal data and resources from customers and organizations. Hybrid attacks, like the Ursnif campaign, blended social and technical approaches. As defenders got smarter against ransomware, a loud and disruptive form of attack, criminals pivoted to the more “stealth”, but still profitable, coin-miners.”