The 2021 BYOD Security Report reveals these security challenges and offers fresh insights on the state of securing mobility, the technology choices organizations are making, and their response to the growing security risks associated with remote work and enterprise mobility.

The 17th edition of the Cost of a Data Breach report. Focuses on survey derived information to determine the cost of data breach incidents.

The 2020 update of this survey-based review of the costs of a data breach, as reported by practitioners in the field.

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.

Bitglass’ fifth annual Healthcare Breach Report analyzes the data from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ “Wall of Shame.” The database contains information about breaches of PHI that affected more than 500 individuals.

From the report, “For the State of the Federal IT Landscape report, OneLogin commissioned CITE Research to conduct an online, in-depth survey of 150 federal IT professionals in the United States. The goal of the survey was to understand: The current federal IT landscape, Security concerns and challenges facing federal agencies, IT plans with regard to the cloud, Technologies in use or being considered to address concerns. This survey was conducted in late October of 2018.” Read on to find out more.

A new survey by UBM and Vera Security explores the use of encryption and access controls to understand how organizations currently use these technologies and to identify their top priorities in file security. The results of this research establish the reasons why encryption isn’t more widely used and considers how organizations can use this technology effectively to ensure the protection of their data.

To better understand the mindset and priorities of those who make security decisions for mobile devices in the workplace, Ping Identity conducted a mobility survey in partnership with Gatepoint Research. The results shed light on four main insights into the top challenges and motivations for enterprise mobile initiatives.

This report, answers the questions, “why are hackers now targeting healthcare data?” and, “how did they conduct large scale attacks that affected millions?” It also details how healthcare organizations can use a Cloud Access Security Broker to protect data in the cloud, enable secure BYOD and remain HIPAA compliant.

IBM Security and Ponemon Institute are pleased to release the 2018 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Overview1. They conducted interviews with more than 2,200 IT, data protection, and compliance professionals from 477 companies that have experienced a data breach over the past 12 months. According to the findings, data breaches continue to be costlier and result in more consumer records being lost or stolen, year after year.

This guide provides some thoughts about implementing a Vulnerability Disclosure Program.

This global study examines 383 companies in 12 countries. It finds that $4 million is the average total cost of a data breach. It sees a 29% increase in total costs of data breaches since 2013. It finds that $158 is the average cost per lost or stolen record. Finally, there has been a 15% increase in per capita cost since 2013.

This year’s study examines the costs incurred by 62 U.S. companies in 16 industry sectors after those companies experienced the loss or theft of protected personal data and then had to notify breach victims as required by various laws. It is important to note the costs presented in this research are not hypothetical, but are from actual data loss incidents. They are based upon cost estimates provided by individuals, interviewed over a ten-month period in the companies that are represented in this research

In this report, they examine two factors that affected the financial consequences of a data breach. The first is executive involvement in their organization’s IT security strategy and response to data breaches. The second is the purchase of cyber insurance to mitigate the cost of a data breach.

This report from the Department Of Education provides insight into good technoglogy infrastructure for educational purposes.

As its title states, this white paper provides five reasons why you need endpoint backup, specifically a centralized backup service.

Health Organizations are increasinly using BYOD to adminster care in their facilities. With this technological advancement comes major security concerns. This paper looks at those issues and discusses what can be done to protect Health Data.

This is a study into organisations’ attitudes towards the cyber threat, the management control processes they have in place, and their understanding and use of cyber insurance as a means of risk transfer.

This “Just in Time” research is in response to recent discussions on the EDUCAUSE Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) discussion list about data breaches in higher education. Using data from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, this research analyzes data breaches attributed to higher education. The results from this review will be used to inform EDUCAUSE research, programs, products, and services.

The Sixth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data reveals that the majority of healthcare organizations represented in this study have experienced multiple data breaches. Despite the increased frequency of breaches, the study found that many organizations lack the money and resources to manage data breaches caused by evolving cyber threats, preventable mistakes, and other dangers.

Device Authority’s Beginners’ Guide to Encryption is designed to help you understand the basics of how encryption works, why it matters, and what challenges are facing encryption in the new landscape of the Internet of Things (IoT).