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19 security solutions for companies put to the test
AV TEST News

In January and February 2021, the AV-TEST Institute tested 19 security solutions - and thus almost all important programs on the market - for companies running Windows 10. The detailed results show how well the products performed in the areas of 'Protection', 'System load' (Performance) and 'Usability'. 100.000+ Real Malware Attacks Each and every program had to repel over 100.000 real malware attacks, taking into account all protection features such as URL/Web filtering, behavior-based detection and heuristics in the test against zero-day threats and common malware. In the counter-check, over a million benign websites and files...

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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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O&O DiskImage 16 for companies
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

O&O DiskImage 16 for companies: Now with its own recovery partition! Data protection is vital for every company. If data is lost, not only are customer or business data lost, but business relationships are also permanently disrupted. And even fines can threaten. The demands on today's IT employees are immense in order to guarantee the company can run as smoothly as possible. The new O&O DiskImage 16 is here now. It protects your company against data loss and downtime, is extremely scalable and thus actively helps you to save costs. Security software in your company What is the most important asset in ...

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Identity Fraud: How AI Will Help in 2021
Identity theft deepfake

Identity Fraud: What companies should prepare for in 2021 and how they can benefit from artificial intelligence in the process. One of the downsides businesses face after a major digital transformation is the dramatic increase in attempted fraud. Deepfakes continue to serve as a form of entertainment at the amateur level, for example on social media. More sophisticated forms of deepfakes are still rare, as they are very complex, expensive and time-consuming to produce. However, the few professionals in the business could use open source to make their files accessible to others. As more and more refined ...

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Corporations: 75% victims of cyber attacks
Cyber ​​attack RDP attack ransomware

Three quarters of all German companies were victims of cyber attacks in the past year. Trend Micro's Cyber ​​Risk Index indicates an increased risk of cyber attacks worldwide - German companies are better positioned in an international comparison. Trend Micro publishes new study results, according to which 75 percent of companies in Germany experienced cyber attacks that infiltrated their networks or systems in the past twelve months. The majority (64 percent) of the companies surveyed in Germany expect that such attacks will likely occur again in the next twelve months "somewhat" to "very". The findings come from the latest version of the Cyber ​​...

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Smishing - the new cybercrime trend
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Phishing is known to almost everyone today. Data theft by email has already made life difficult for many private individuals and companies. But now comes Smishing. In the course of digitization and with the pandemic as a driver, mobile devices are becoming more important in every company, be it the office cell phone in the home office or mobile devices in production. Cyber ​​criminals know this too, so they are looking for new ways to dupe users with false information. The new scam: smishing. What exactly is smishing? From home or on the go ...

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Study: Pandemic Changes
Office planning study

A new Radware study shows: Pandemic-related changes in companies in the areas of people, processes and applications are permanent. The vast majority (83%) of C-level executives expect that the changes they have made to people, processes and applications in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will survive the pandemic. This is the main result of the study "C-Suite Perspectives: Accelerated Cloud Migration but Lagging Security" that the security specialist Radware conducted with top managers worldwide. In the survey, 44% of the executives surveyed reported negative impacts of the crisis on budgets,…

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Trend study "Quo Vadis, company?"
Study interviewing ideas

ESET publishes its new major trend study “Quo Vadis, company?”. It shows the working world in the change of the corona pandemic: productivity, investments, outsourcing and digitization. For more than six months, the working and business world has changed completely for many companies and their employees, with serious consequences. Almost 80 percent of companies and authorities in Germany plan to work from home as a permanent work model, but data protection and IT security are often neglected. But what else has changed? What impact does the corona pandemic have on companies' willingness to invest? Which IT segments will the digitization and home office boost ...

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Cloud security checklist
Cloud terms cloud

Companies should take advantage of the (first) calm after the pandemic storm and work through their checklist for cloud security in companies. There are always areas that can be better protected. The pandemic has caused quite a bit in the world. As far as IT is concerned, a catchphrase from Silicon Valley would probably best describe what IT teams around the world had to achieve: "Build the aircraft while it flies." Without any delay, in the lockdown situation, it was suddenly necessary to enable countless new remote workplaces in order to guarantee business continuities. A key tool in all of this: the cloud….

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Blockchain strategies for businesses
News B2B Cyber ​​Security

Blockchain technology is set to revolutionize business processes. Experts attest it has great potential. Politicians have also pricked up their ears. Right? In 2008, the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, whose true identity is still unclear, proposed a system that would enable financial transactions between two parties without going through a bank or a service provider such as PayPal. Security and Zero Outage trust should be ensured by a peer-to-peer network that allows forgery-proof transactions by generating a continuous chain of hash-based proof of work consisting of the computationally intensive solving of cryptographic puzzles. com! professional has ...

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