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Report 2024: Phishing and genAI are increasing
Report 2024: Phishing and genAI are increasing

The 2024 Cloud & Threat Report shows that employees clicked on phishing links three times more often than in 2023. It reveals growing security risks associated with the continued use of personal cloud apps and the continued adoption of genAI tools in the workplace. Netskope released its latest research report. It is based on data collected by Netskope from companies worldwide and is published as part of Netskope's annual Cloud & Threat Report. The findings highlight the need to adopt modern data security to manage this risk. Phishing lure success rate triples Despite the…

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2025: Who wants to be responsible for IT security?
Who wants to be responsible for IT security? Image: Bing - AI

As they do every year, the IT security specialists at WatchGuard Technologies have taken a look into the future at the end of 2024 and made their predictions about which trends will shape the industry in the coming months. It is obvious that things will not get any easier for IT security managers in companies - quite the opposite. One of the six theses put forward is: "The role of CISO (Chief Information Security Office) is not desirable." Typical problems that have to be overcome in this role are less of a technical nature, but mainly concern dealing with human sensitivities...

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Identity security: Many companies are still at the beginning
Identity security: Many companies are still at the beginning

A provider of identity security for companies has presented its latest study "Horizons of Identity Security". Companies with advanced identity security are more open to AI-based solutions, have a lower cyber risk and pay lower cyber insurance premiums. The current 2024-2025 report from SailPoint Technologies shows that most companies are still at the beginning of their identity security journey, while those that have already reached a certain level of maturity achieve an above-average return on investment. Currently, the added value that identity security offers remains largely unused. Of the companies surveyed, around 41 percent are at the beginning of identity development, only...

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