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Security: Financial Cost of Data Breaches Continues to Soar

By Dick Weisinger

Data breaches continue to confound businesses.  A new survey by Ponemon and sponsored by IBM finds that the cost of breaches continues to soar, up 29 percent from last year.  Other findings from the report include: On average it takes

Corporate Espionage: Cyber Attacks in the Manufacturing Industry

By Dick Weisinger

Security and cyber attacks have got manufacturers worried.  92 percent of manufacturers surveyed said that they are worried about cyber attacks, nearly double the number of businesses who cited security as a high concern just three years ago, according to a

Software Licensing and Security: Nearly 40 Percent of Business Software is Unlicensed

By Dick Weisinger

Today’s world runs on software, but a study by BSA finds that nearly 40 percent of software running on business servers in the US isn’t properly licensed.  In Vietnam the number is as high as 78 percent with many other

Shadow IT Risk: 30x Increase in Third-Party Apps Used on Enterprise Networks

By Dick Weisinger

The risks associated with shadow IT have exploded in size over the last couple of years.  A survey of ten million users with personal devices connected to enterprise systems found nearly 160,000 different apps being used, a 30 times increase

Security: Technology Makes Safeguarding Confidential Information Difficult

By Dick Weisinger

In this age of sharing and frequently used technologies like social collaboration and file sharing, we’ve managed to achieve greater openness and transparency, but we’ve also eroded our ability to secure information that is considered confidential.  Managing secure information in organizations is