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Multi-cloud and cybersecurity dominate e-commerce
Multi-cloud and cybersecurity dominate e-commerce

E-commerce study by A10 Networks: Multi-cloud and cybersecurity dominate IT in e-commerce, polynimbus approach becomes essential. Rising business volumes, complex multi-cloud architectures and increasing cyber threats mean a multitude of challenges for IT organizations in e-commerce. A recent study by A10 Networks and Gatepoint Research examined the latest trends in e-commerce IT. The current survey is particularly relevant due to the simultaneous focus of executives on digital business growth and overcoming essential challenges in the areas of cybersecurity and multi-cloud management. The results illustrate the existence of an increasingly complex and diverse e-commerce technology landscape. In addition, a growing awareness can ...

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Access data misuse doubles

F5 study: Incidents with login data doubled since 2016. Credential Stuffing Report extensively investigates credential abuse. The number of annual credential-related incidents nearly doubled from 2016 to 2020. This is shown by the current Credential Stuffing Report from F5. The largest study of its kind found a 46 percent decrease in the number of stolen credentials over the same period. The average amount of data fell from 63 million records in 2016 to 17 million last year. The mean size increased in 2020 (2 million records) to 234 percent compared to 2019 and was ...

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SME investments in IT security 
SME investments in IT security

SMEs are currently investing in IT security. This is reported by a new ESET study. The willingness of companies to invest in IT security and digitization is picking up speed despite the pandemic in 2021. The digitization of the economy is in full swing, investments are being made more heavily than ever before. But what role does IT security play in this: Are companies sticking to the status quo or are they sustainably accepting the challenge of the changing market situation caused by Corona? The IT security manufacturer ESET pursued this question in a representative survey in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. And the results show that company leaders ...

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Data quality for machine learning and artificial intelligence
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

IDC study: Ensuring data quality as well as recording and classification of relevant data slows down data-driven business models in Germany - also for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Extensively growing amounts of data in companies, enormous computing power and powerful analysis tools offer companies and organizations of all industries and sizes excellent framework conditions for the successful use of comprehensive analytics approaches of machine learning and artificial intelligence. This means that, in theory at least, they have very good prerequisites for using their data to optimize internal processes and to develop new business models in order to remain competitive. That the reality in this country ...

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41% see cyber risks as the greatest business risk
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

McAfee publishes a survey by IDG Research Services: 41% of companies in Germany consider cyber risks the greatest business risk IDG Research Services published its cyber security study at the end of 2020 and describes, among other things, current threats, business risks and challenges, the trend towards AI and the desire for open solutions in IT security. Results of the study 6 out of 10 companies are insured against cyber crime - almost one in five does not know what exactly is insured 5% of the large (but “only” 54% of the small) companies have already suffered damage from cyber crime 38 ...

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CISO study: passwords are unsuitable
Survey CISO passwords

Ivanti study among CISOs: passwords for protecting corporate data are increasingly unsuitable. Remote working has accelerated the erosion of the traditional network perimeter, creating new IT security challenges for CISOs. The Corona-related “Everywhere Enterprise” has shifted the priorities of the CISOs: reducing mobile security risks has replaced combating network security threats as a top priority. This is the result of a current survey by Ivanti among those responsible for information security in companies. Almost nine in ten (87%) of the Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) surveyed agreed that mobile devices have become the focus of their cybersecurity strategies. Four of ...

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Technical terms: IT managers don't know them

Language problems: According to the Bitdefender study, 30% of IT managers in Germany barely understand new technical terms. But everyone has to be able to have a say, because cyber security is everyone's job. Last but not least, IT security is a question of intelligible communication. And there is some catching up to do here. This is shown in a special analysis of the 513 responses from German participants in the Bitdefender study “10 in 10”. Almost one in two (47%) thinks that just talking about cyber security has to change dramatically. According to 27% of those surveyed, it has been "relatively difficult" for CISOs and security and IT decision-makers to deal with new ...

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Web applications vulnerable to cyber attacks
Web applications are susceptible to cyber attacks

A Radware study shows: Web applications are unnecessarily vulnerable to cyber attacks. Global enterprises struggle to maintain consistent application security across multiple platforms. They also lose transparency with the emergence of new architectures and the introduction of Application Program Interfaces (APIs). These are the key findings of Radware's 2020-2021 State of Web Application Security Report study. The background to this development is the need to quickly adapt to a new model for remote work and customer contact that resulted from the pandemic. In this transition, many decision makers have had little or no time for proper security planning….

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Study: CIOs & Digital Transformation

Study: CIOs need cross-team collaboration for digital transformation. 93 percent see challenges, for example because IT and business teams work in silos. Dynatrace, the "Software Intelligence Company", has published the results of an independent global survey of 700 CIOs. Accordingly, IT executives are increasingly concerned about whether they can keep up with the digital transformation. Traditional IT operating models with isolated teams and multiple monitoring and management solutions are proving ineffective for keeping up with cloud-native architectures. Teams waste time manually combining data from different solutions in order to overcome challenges instead of driving innovations ...

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Study: digital transformation accelerates 
Digital transformation study

Digital transformation is on the rise, but it can be unsafe for many. According to a Trend Micro survey, 82 percent of German companies have intensified their cloud migration, but almost none of them understand their responsibility for security. Trend Micro's new survey results confirm that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for 82 percent of companies in Germany (88 percent worldwide). However, the proliferation of the cloud can make business data insecure. Serious security consequences threaten The survey of IT decision-makers confirms that a simple misunderstanding can lead to serious security consequences. While the cloud infrastructure is ...

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