Many businesses have experienced rapid digitization amid the pandemic. Several enterprises shifted to remote working and cloud-based platforms. For the past 22 months, the world was placed on alert as several countries experienced multiple surges of Covid-19...
Understanding their differences is not just a matter of semantic clarification. One Pew Research survey characterizes Americans as “concerned, confused, and feeling lack of control” over their perception of data privacy and security. Majority of the respondents say...
These days people turn to VPN services for various reasons, such as unblocking entertainment content on streaming platforms such as Netflix, accessing networks and websites that are restricted by governments, and more importantly, ensuring safety and privacy when...
The year 2020 has solidified our reliance on internet technologies. And while the entire world may have come to a standstill due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world of cybercrime has only discovered new avenues to strengthen its hold. From the Bitcoin outbreak on...
As the internet becomes an increasingly integral part of day to day life and commerce, it’s easy to forget the ever present threat of hackers and cyberattacks. However, hackers have refused to forget how easy it is for the average person to make a costly mistake when...
Throughout the course of this recent pandemic year, we have come to appreciate more and more the tech innovations that make our lives easier. From gadgets that keep you safe in the face of holiday-at-home mishaps to smart tech tools that prepare your home for winter,...
As we experience the second wave of the COVID-19 infections, it’s going to take some time before we go back to the office. Therefore, we have to accept working from home as the new norm. By now, you’ve experienced challenges that make you wish you could go back to the...
Online security has always been a major concern for individuals on the internet. Whether the general population knows it or not, there are issues here which destroy the goodwill of those who decided to give major online industries the benefit of the doubt. Hot off of...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. The regulation was created in order to protect the procedure of processing EU citizens’ personal information. All organizations must ensure that they are compliant with GDPR if they process...
Right now, the need for a wholesale upgrade of the way businesses handle data security has never been more obvious. With each passing day, the threats to that data will grow and become an even bigger source of risk. One need only look at the companies who've fallen...
In the wake of several high-profile data breaches, companies, governments, and cybersecurity experts are calling for a more proactive approach to data protection. Using machine learning and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity experts are detecting identity theft...
In the past few years alone, the world has seen a rise in historic hacks. The Equifax data breach, for example, saw hundreds of millions of Americans have their information exposed. Events like these highlight the need for data security. In today's world, all of us...
When we talk about data, it seems like we most often talk about the data that businesses use and store. Big Data amasses all this data and produces a coherent narrative for businesses, who can leverage this information to make better products, better marketing...
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), cyberattacks and threats are now among the top global risks alongside natural disasters and climate change. The ways hackers can attack infrastructures have also increased as business processes become more digitized....
We live in an era driven by data. Inventory management, business intelligence, analytics, SEO, machine learning, artificial intelligence — countless aspects of modern life rely on a steady stream of information. The quantity alone is stunning. For instance, experts...
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Cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated all the time, with cyber hackers coming up with new and determined methods of threat that are increasingly difficult to detect, making attacks more dangerous than ever before. Statistics show that cybercrime is on the rise...
To the layperson, data analytics security can sound intimidating and overly technical. However, we all have an obligation to protect our data. As data analysts and information security professionals, we have a duty to not only understand the latest trends in this...
We live in a developing world where things are always going to change, and change can happen at any time. Over the last decade, a lot of significant developments have come to our attention. In fact, technology is one area that is constantly growing. In a way, you...
With the constant innovation and increase in online shopping, so too come insidious cyber criminals with more fervor and creativity. They can send you and your employees shady messages or worm their way through the tiniest security discrepancies that can result in...
The security industry is rife with data protection challenges. It faces catastrophic cyberattacks. And the troubles continue to mount with the rise of web-connected devices. Adding salt to the injury, is the shortage of skilled cyber talent, which fail to avert the...
Phishing attacks use social engineering to manipulate a target into giving away their personal information. The cybercriminal poses as someone you trust (or can trust) and convinces you to share information such as bank account details, addresses or phone numbers. It...
Artificial intelligence is a great way to help you develop your business online. Most online companies use chatbots for communication. Chatbots play a crucial role in your daily business communication. They open up opportunities for businesses to communicate with...
The proliferation of cloud storage platforms has transformed the way in which many of us work. This is not surprising, considering that 73 percent of companies questioned for a survey, depend on at least one cloud-based application. This figure is expected to keep...
It seems that every so often, we are reading news headlines about massive data breaches and the impact they have on businesses and customers alike. Marriott, Yahoo, Experian, and so many other industry giants have fallen prey to these issues. In the age of big data...
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Safety online is becoming a greater concern by the day. As technology assumes a more central role in our lives, from entertainment to education, from socializing to buying basic goods, our digital footprint acquires greater weight and importance. The same goes for our...
I had a chance to interview renowned risk and cybersecurity expert, technology visionary and business leader Sai Huda. He is the author of ground-breaking book "Next Level Cybersecurity: Detect The Signals, Stop The Hack". Huda shared his views on some of the pressing...
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We trust our cars to get us where we want to go safely, but what information does our car have on us that could be collected and then used by other sources? Due to GPS location devices and in dash software, your car can gather data about many aspects of your life,...
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With the rise of cybersecurity threats and the costly repercussions of a breach – averaged $3.86 million in 2018 – preventative measures must be taken. Although thwarting all attacks may seem like an impossible task, there are small steps you can take to make your...
Think of all the ways you could be a victim of a crime. Do you register any of those as inevitable? In nearly every case, it’s not even close with one major exception… Identity theft. Although, there is a lot of information online and accessible to everyone on the...
Forbes recently argued that the Internet of Things (IoT) was actually fostering an age of the "Internet of Threats", with the accessibility of connected devices putting user security very much at risk. This got us thinking. Will the dawn of IoT result in there being...
Identity Analytics is all about the use of an emerging set of big data and advanced analytics solutions to detect and reduce identity-related risks across an organization's IT infrastructures and enhance Identity and Access Management (IAM) processes, such as access...
Cyber 2.0, a cybersecurity firm headquartered in Israel, has launched the first open hacker's challenge in the United States. Open to everyone, the Cyber 2.0 Hacker's Challenge is being held at Georgia Tech Research Institute in Atlanta on February 14, 2019, from 8:30...
I had a chance to interview Kazim Rizvi, a public policy entrepreneur and founder of an emerging policy think-think, The Dialogue. Kazim has delivered multiple research projects and public discourses around technology policy at The Dialogue. A prominent speaker at...
There's an ever-growing need for online security in the 21st century, especially amongst modern data centers. As these facilities are prime targets for hackers and identity thieves, it's critical to protect your digital assets with multiple layers of security –...
Cybercrime is a significant threat to businesses of all sizes. And not just larger corporations. It especially affects businesses that depend on computerized technology to conduct their daily business. So, investing in cybersecurity to protect your business and data...
The rapidly evolving current age of business affords many opportunities unavailable in the past, but it is not without its caveats. Chief among these is that those not heavily interested in keeping up to date with the most recent developments can miss some of the most...
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With today’s modern technology, everything is within reach. The world is connected by an ‘invisible string’ ̶ the internet, which has dramatically transformed access to information. In just one click, you can have all the answers to your questions. One can also store...
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When companies decide to start securing all internal file sharing, it may seem like a confusing and even daunting task. How can something be shareable and public while also staying secure and private? It is quite a paradox. There are various kinds of platforms when it...
A cyber attack is a strike against a computer system, network, or internet-enabled application or device. These attacks happen daily and are constantly evolving. In the past 50 years, cyber attacks have evolved from tiny hacks created by high-school students to...
As people are leaning more and more towards the digital world, cybercrime is becoming an issue that cannot be ignored. Although many individuals and businesses are doing all they can to prevent such attacks, a big risk of them still persists. There are various types...
Do you know the biggest threat to your business does not need to come from outside, but from within? Internal security threats do not necessarily mean spies being sent in by your competitors to crash your business, just as we see in the movies; rather it can be your...
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In cyber security circles they say, just because someone might bash down your door, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t lock it. The truth is, it’s practically impossible to prevent all data breaches. Hackers have shockingly effective techniques, including reading heat...
It seems that now more than ever, credit agencies, financial institutions and businesses both big and small are reporting more and more breaches of cyber security. There is also a shortage of skilled cyber security experts needed to mount sufficient defenses against...
Like it or not - artificial intelligence is here, and it is going to stay. Researchers predict that by 2020, artificial intelligence technologies will be implemented in the majority of new software products and services, which will inevitably change the way we live,...
The blockchain is disrupting various areas of society and it is poised to provide solutions to challenges that we face today. From maintaining health records to real estate, the technology is making a social impact. International brands already investing in this...
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No doubt you’ve heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) act introduced by the European Union by now. Some companies – such as Facebook and Google – have already been accused of breathing the legislation; which protects EU citizens from having their...
Social media giant Facebook has been in the news quite a bit recently and in fact, it's gotten to the point where it turns out the old saying of "there's no such thing as bad press" may not be as true as we'd assumed. For the sake of discussion (and because we really...
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have proved to be the most secure virtual currency, but it has not been spared of its share of cyber-attacks. In January 2018, panic spread across Bitcoin investors when were unable to withdraw their cash following a cyber-attack which...
People often choose to keep same id and passwords for all the websites, this is because they don’t want to afford the forgetting problem, but do you know? If you are using same id and password for multiple websites and sharing many posts on social media, then you...
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How is your information protected on social media? Is it protected? These are the questions we’re asking ourselves more and more, especially in the light of high-profile privacy scandals that demonstrate how vulnerable our data really is. In fact, recent research from...