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Security: Bad Bots Use Increasingly Sophisticated Techniques to Impersonate Humans

By Dick Weisinger

Malicious bots are on the prowl on the internet. A report from Distil estimates that more than one-fifth of internet traffic is from “bad bots.”  Up nearly 10 percent over last year.  “Good bots” also account for another fifth of

Internet of Things (IoT) Security Spending: Revenues up as Worries about Security Abound

By Dick Weisinger

Spending globally on IoT security is expected to reach $1.5 billion this year as organization worry about the vulnerability of their IoT connected devices, an increase of 28 percent over 2017, says Gartner. The Garner report found that about one-fifth

Email Security: Google and Microsoft try to Simplify Email Security in Upcoming Releases

By Dick Weisinger

Sending unencrypted confidential information via email isn’t a good idea, but a survey from the American Bar Association (ABA) found that 64 percent of lawyers don’t use any method to encrypt or secure the confidential or privileged information that they

Security: Legacy On-Premise Security Tools Themselves Become Source of Security Issues

By Dick Weisinger

Despite the fact that businesses are moving to the cloud, 70 percent of security tools that are still being used are legacy ones that were developed specifically for on-premise systems, according to a study by Dimensional Research and sponsored by

Cybersecurity and SEC Guidelines: Updating Guidelines for Security Best Practices

By Dick Weisinger

In November 2017, following a string of huge data breaches from companies like Equifax and Yahoo, affecting the data and privacy of millions of people, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will revise its guidance to