Tag: Security risks

As cybersecurity threats evolve, companies must adapt and rethink their security strategies. This means moving away from traditional technologies and towards new cybersecurity frameworks. One such framework is the NIST cybersecurity framework, which comprises five major functions: Identify ...

The year 2020 has shown us that cloud computing is among the most powerful capabilities humanity has, enabling people around the globe continue their everyday business and education uninterrupted. We continue gathering the most interesting findings from industry research. If you’re interested in...

Risk assessment is an essential component of risk management. It enables you to determine potential hazards that may negatively affect specific projects or result from certain decisions. There are two types of risk analysis — quantitative and qualitative: Quantitative risk analysis is an...

Cloud Usage The cloud had become mainstream during the last couple of years, but the year of 2020 has pushed companies to adapt to remote working, which immediately led to a rapid adoption of cloud services. Research indicates that overall use of cloud services across industries has already...

According to the national Common Vulnerabilities and Exploits (CVE) database, there are more than 11,000 known vulnerabilities in commonly used software and systems. IBM has calculated that breaches of these vulnerabilities cost large enterprises $3.92 million on average; for 60% of those breaches,...

The battle for information security has been escalating for a long time, but the recent explosion in remote work has taken the struggle to a whole new level. IT and security teams already overwhelmed by a constant flood of incoming data, cloud technologies and stringent compliance regulations are...

Organizations are struggling with risks on multiple fronts, including cybersecurity, liability, investment and more. Risk analysis, or risk assessment, is the first step in the risk management process. IT risk analysis focuses on the risks that both internal and external threats pose to the...

Managing risk is at the heart of every enterprise. Decisions about finance, marketing, expansion and human resources all include some level of risk. When enterprises evaluate their IT-related risks, factors that come into play include security, access, data handling and regulatory compliance...

In late January, we learned that millions of financial records were leaked from Texas-based data firm Ascension because its contractor, a New York-based document management startup, had misconfigured several Elasticsearch and Amazon S3 storage servers, leaving them with no password...

In this blog post, which is based on the results of Netwrix’s 2018 IT Risks Report, we will dive deeper into the problems that face schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations. The survey covers the six most common types of IT risks: physical damage, intellectual property...