Banking and capital markets firms have several things to be happy about in Accenture Security‘s comprehensive research study. Compared with the findings from last year’s report, the percentage of successful security breaches has decreased. The number of cybersecurity capabilities in banking increased from 15 to 19. Give this report a read.

It is the intention of this paper to provide you the reader with the essential tools and language that you can use to educate your board members on the importance and necessity of Application Security.

This paper talks about what the next evolution of Data Loss Prevention technology means for business collaboration and productivity.

The executive summary of this report says, “The secret to advanced threat preparedness may actually lie within your organization — your current people, processes and technologies…Enterprises are coming to the realist that a fragmented or compartmentalized security operations design is ineffective against today’s advanced security threats.”

Insurance 2020 and beyond: Reaping the dividends of cyber resilience is the latest viewpoint in PwC’s Insurance 2020 and beyond series, which explores the megatrends that are reshaping the competitive environment for insurers, reinsurers, brokers and the markets in which they operate.

Security is a key consideration and challenge both for hybrid cloud/multicloud adoption and in taking advantage of the IoT. This Paper takes a look at the details of that consideration.

Too often, security and risk (S&R) leaders create data policies without a clear understanding of feasibility and purpose within their business because they themselves are in the dark about their data — from what data they have to where it resides. As a result, many policies are ineffective and can even hinder business processes. In today’s evolving data economy, data identity is the missing link that S&R leaders must define to create actionable policy. This report was designed to help S&R leaders develop effective policies using their Data Security And Control Framework as a guideline.

The research reported here was conducted in the RAND Justice Policy Program, which spans both criminal and civil justice system issues with such topics as public safety, effective policing, police–community relations, drug policy and enforcement, corrections policy, use of technology in law enforcement, tort reform, catastrophe and mass-injury compensation, court resourcing, and insurance regulation. Program research is supported by government agencies, foundations, and the private sector.

This report analyzes non-profit organizations in Australia and in particular, sought to understand how important cybersecurity issues were to those organizations.

This is a guide that is especially designed to help colleges and universities comply with new federal regulations.

This report details how IT reports are not effectively communicating the dangers of cyber threats so that the boards of organizations can make good decisions.

IBM Resilient and Ponemon Institute are pleased to release the findings of the study on the importance of cyber resilience for a strong security posture. We surveyed more than 413 IT and IT security professionals in the UK1, Only 25 percent of respondents say their organisation has a high level of cyber resilience. According to the findings, 71 percent of respondents believe their organisation is not prepared to recover from cyber attacks.

The present trend study “The State of Industrial Cybersecurity 2018” seeks to answer the questions, what do use companies really want? What Are their priorities, and what concerns and challenges do they face? What external and internal factors are impacting industrial cybersecurity? What strategies and measures are being employed, now and in the future?

This report provides helpful insight into why board executives don’t understand Cybersecurity issues. It also adds helpful advice for how to convince the board of the importance of these issues.

This paper provides interviews with a variety of well known individuals in the cyber security industry.

This study prepared by the Cyentia Institute breaks down walls between cybersecurity leaders and Boards of Direc- tors. Data is often said to be the lifeblood of the company; yet, there is immense frustration at how risks to that information are measured, mitigated, and communicated across the enterprise. As the financial, regulatory, and legal stakes of data breaches and disruptions rise, leaders at all levels must come together to protect and further the business.

Sponsored by Valimail, Email Impersonation Attacks: A Clear & Present Danger, was conducted by Ponemon Institute to understand the challenges organizations face to protect end-users from email threats, such as impersonation attacks.

This report provides the executive summary from the Global Blockchain Survey conducted in 2018.

This paper sets out to reveal if IT data reported to boards of directors, enables them to make good decisions.

The decision to deploy code to containers versus virtual machines or dedicated servers has some unique characteristics. Amalgam Insights has identified seven key decision points that should be considered when choosing to deploy to containers. These seven decision points can act as guideposts that will help point to or from using containers.

This paper examines the life of those in the cybersecurity profession, and seeks to provide answers to the high turnover rate in the field.