In this paper, a depp look into existing cybersecurity practices, their shortcomings, and the urgent need to avoid breaches altogether and not just mitigate them after the fact.

The data in this survey suggests that the role of the firewall in network security remains critical even as the network security landscape undergoes significant evolution and expansion. Within the enterprise, organizational and departmental roles and responsibilities with respect to network security in the new technology landscape remain in flux. At the same time, parameters that bound traditional definitions of ‘firewall’ are subject to change as emerging platforms and devices acquire characteristics that were previously in the domain of traditional firewalls. The totality of this complexity overlays and exacerbates pre-existing challenges in managing firewalls rules and protocols and points to the need for innovative solutions to reign in complexity and ease the burdens on overextended network security professionals.

FireMon is proud to present its 3rd Annual State of the Firewall Report based on 437 survey responses collected between November 16, 2016 and December 6, 2016. Respondents included IT security practitioners representing a range of professional roles, organization sizes and industry verticals. Survey participants were asked 26 questions about their current firewall infrastructure and management challenges as well as questions about adoption and impact of emerging technologies such as SDN, cloud, microsegmentation and Internet of Things (IoT).

This report offers insights and guides into the new Help America Vote Act.

From the report, “Demisto recently sponsored an independent, third-party survey conducted with security professionals around the world working for companies ranging from less than 500 employees to greater than 20,000 employees. More than 200 responses were analyzed. The purpose of the survey was to discover challenges faced by incident response teams and how they are addressing them (or not) currently. This is the first industry study to span and cover all aspects of incident response, including SOC location, training issues, tools utilization, and what metrics are being tracked.” Read on to find out more.

From the report, “This report compares the budgets of global security decision makers at firms spending up to 10%, 11% to 20%, and 21% to 30% of their IT budget on information security. Security leaders can use these budget ranges as a starting point to evaluate their own programs, then compare their product, service, staffing, and other allocations with those of similar firms.” Read on to find out more.

This report is based on a global IDC Web-based survey of 1,200 executives with responsibility for or influence over IT and data security. Respondents were from nine countries: Australia, Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK, and the U.S., and represented a range of industries, with a primary emphasis on healthcare, financial services, retail, and federal government organizations. Job titles ranged from C-level executives including CEO, CFO, Chief Data Officer, CISO, Chief Data Scientist, and Chief Risk Officer, to SVP/VP, IT Administrator, Security Analyst, Security Engineer, and Systems Administrator. Respondents represented a broad range of organizational sizes, with the majority ranging from 500 to 10,000 employees

This report offers the following taglines - IoT device breaches undetectable by nearly half of companies, and use of blockchain technology to help secure IoT data, devices and services doubles in a year.

This research was conducted to understand the challenges and issues facing UK businesses right now in their fight against cybercrime including hacking, malicious attacks, and breaches, and to scope how organisations are using threat hunting to strengthen their defences.

This report offers insight into the Cylance methodology of endpoint protection.

This paper navigates decision-makers through the issues surrounding a specific technology or business case, explores the business value of adoption, and recommends the range of considerations and concrete next steps in the decision-making process.

For 20 years, leaders have turned to PwC’s Global State of Information Security® Survey (GSISS) as a trusted resource to navigate the cyber risk landscape. Over time, that landscape has evolved to be less about “information security” and more about managing digital risk. As cybersecurity, privacy and data ethics become increasingly intertwined, organizations need a central place to turn for authoritative data and actionable advice. That is why we are rebooting GSISS to create Digital Trust Insights. This new platform will explore how to build confidence in the readiness of people, processes and technologies to meet tomorrow’s challenges.

This report outlines key findings from the 2017 KPMG/Forbes Insights CyberSecurity Survey of 100 senior executives from the healthcare field. [One-hundred senior life sciences executives were surveyed as well.] The findings indicate that companies are elevating cyber security to a strategic imperative but at a pace that lags behind their desire to adopt digital technologies to drive innovation. To illustrate, we take a look at the current and desired states of cyber security in healthcare through the lenses of data sharing, vendor management, and medical device implementation. We conclude with our guidance on where organizations should be focusing their efforts.

In late 2017 and early 2018, the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) completed a research survey of 413 IT and cybersecurity professionals with knowledge of, or responsibility for, the planning, implementation, and/or operations of their organization’s security policies, processes, or technical safeguards. Survey respondents were in the United States, U.K., and Australia and worked at enterprise organizations (i.e., more than 1,000 employees). Respondents represented numerous industry and government segments, with the largest participation coming from financial services (i.e., banking, securities, insurance, 18%), manufacturing (16%), retail/wholesale (13%), health care (12%), and information technology (10%).

“For the (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study (formerly the Global Information Security Workforce Study), we talked to cybersecurity pros as well as IT pros who spend at least 25% of their time working on cybersecurity activities. This report explores the findings of that research, illuminating the cybersecurity skills gap by revealing the trends, elements, and impact, all of which can be used to inform the steps organizations and individual cybersecurity pros can take to address this troubling progression.”

This report is the results of a survey conducted among security professionals to analyze their experiences with phishing.

This report is based on a survey that revealed new data that companies are struggling to keep up with the demands of their security needs due lack of resources, both on the security tools sid and personnel side.

This paper is based on the findings of a worldwide study.

This report concludes that, security operations is fraught with people, process, and technology challenges, that improvement is a high priority, organizations are embracing security orchestration, and orchestration is becoming a centralized platform.

Here is a report based on collaboration from a variety of cybersecurity insiders.

This Infographic lays out details of the State of Security Operations. It reveals data that discusses how much time and budget are being spent on cybersecurity issues.