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Security trends in 2021
Security trends

Ready for change: four security trends that companies will have to prepare for in 2021, such as quantum computers, IIoT or cryptographic security solutions. 2020 will be marked by a global pandemic, but cyber security experts will not rest. Rather, companies have further expanded their security controls. Gartner forecasts that cybersecurity spending will rise by the end of 2020 by $ 123,8 billion. For 2021 and beyond, Admir Abdurahmanovic, VP Strategy & Partners and Co-Founder of PrimeKey, identifies four trends that will affect the security industry, the economy and society as a whole ...

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98% for sustainable cybersecurity
Cybersecurity sustainability

According to a Kaspersky survey, 98 percent of industrial companies consider sustainability to be important. Almost half plan to hire a chief sustainability officer. Cyber ​​security is part of a general sustainability trend in companies. These are results from the survey “The State of Industrial Cybersecurity in the Era of Digitalization”. Protection against cyber threats that affect the health of employees and third parties is one of the most pressing challenges facing industrial companies, according to a recent global survey by Kaspersky. Almost all companies (98 percent) believe that having a sustainable development strategy and having a Chief Sustainability Officer…

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Germany extremely attractive for hackers 
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Cyber ​​attacks are one of the greatest threats to the economy. In the course of this, IronHack took an interest in which countries are particularly attractive for hackers and cyber criminals and carried out the following analysis. The result shows that, after the United States, Germany is the country most threatened by cyber criminals. A finding that corresponds with the risk assessments of proven experts. "Almost half of all companies in Germany (46 percent) reported cyber attacks on their company in the past few months," reported the Alliance of Germany in the course of the publication of the DsiN-Praxisreport Mittelstand 2020 in ...

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Hospital Future Act for more data protection in the healthcare sector
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

The new Hospital Future Act offers an opportunity for more data protection in the healthcare sector. This is how the consequences of the ECJ ruling on the EU-US Privacy Shield can be cushioned. A statement from Ralf Koenzen, founder and managing director of LANCOM Systems. When the European Court of Justice overturned the Privacy Shield data protection agreement between the EU and the USA on July 16, the concrete consequences were initially difficult to foresee. In the meantime, however, it has been established that the ECJ has not only put a far-reaching stop to the legal transfer of personal data to the USA, but has now also made the use of many US cloud solutions illegal ...

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BKA Federal Situation Report reveals health care problems
BKA Federal Situation Report on Cyber ​​Attacks

The BKA has just presented its federal situation report, also in connection with the corona pandemic. ESET calls for stronger IT security for the health care sector. Cyber ​​and ransomware attacks can affect security of supply in times of Covid-19. The Federal Criminal Police Office today presented its “Cybercrime Situation Report” as well as a special evaluation on the subject of “Cybercrime in times of the Covid-19 pandemic”. The results coincide with those of ESET, which recently examined these problem areas in various studies: The number of cyber attacks has risen to a new high, and ransomware is the most dangerous weapon used by cyber criminals. The results of ESET's own Covid-19 economic study ...

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Deep learning for cybersecurity
Trend Micro News

The cybersecurity industry is one of the many areas that have benefited significantly from AI and deep learning. When used effectively, artificial intelligence improves the ability of cybersecurity solutions to detect a wide range of threats, including brand new or unclassified threats. The process of using AI efficiently, among other things, usually includes cutting-edge models, an iterative method to improve the accuracy of the model, and accurately labeled data. In many cybersecurity companies that use AI, the requirements mentioned - in particular the process of accurately labeling data - ...

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