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Network security is both the top challenge and the top investment priority for enterprise IT leaders, according to ISG. Network security challenges. 60% of respondents to the ISG survey on network modernization ranked network security among their top five challenges, with 21% ranking it highest.

Organizations, regardless of size, face ever-increasing information technology and data security threats. A security risk assessment should be performed annually, if not quarterly.

The vast majority of consumers are concerned that cyberattacks will increase or remain consistent over the coming year and become more sophisticated, outpacing the ability of cyber defenses to protect against these threats, according to ThreatX. In fact, only 13% reported feeling that they are going to be protected entirely from cyberattacks in the year ahead. 94% of consumers predict that cyberattack methods will become more difficult to defend against in 2024; at the same time, only 6% believe new cybersecurity defenses will be able to defend against these new and rising threats to ensure data remains protected and secure. "Every year, analysts, security, and technology experts put out their predictions on where the cybersecurity industry is going, the biggest threats likely to arise, and up and coming themes and technologies to watch out for, but we hardly ever gauge consumer sentiment on this topic," said Gene Fay, CEO at ThreatX. "What we've found is that consumers are keeping a pulse on cybersecurity trends and have serious concerns around how their sensitive information is protected. As they look at the companies that they do business with, it's clear they'll be expecting more robust cybersecurity measures be put in place to meet the evolving threats of tomorrow," added Fay.

Now Microsoft plans to extend Kerberos in the versions of Windows and Windows Server that will ship in the next two years to help organizations move off NTLM. Here's what will change and how to prepare. How can I get ready to move off NTLM? Just over half of NTLM usage is for applications that hardcode in using NTLM. If you've done that in your own applications, you'll need to update the application: There aren't any shims or workarounds that Microsoft can do in Windows.

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CISOs should also look at the business strategy and where the business intends to go and find ways to turn cybersecurity into a competitive advantage. While businesses aim for different outcomes, one goal that the business typically prescribes for cybersecurity is business continuity.

Compromised AWS account led to fears that user info could have been exposed to cybercriminals Sumo Logic has confirmed that no customer data was compromised as a result of the potential security...

Google's Threat Analysis Group announced a zero-day against the Zimbra Collaboration email server that has been used against governments around the world. TAG has observed four different groups exploiting the same bug to steal email data, user credentials, and authentication tokens.

PolarDNS is a specialized authoritative DNS server that allows the operator to produce custom DNS responses suitable for DNS protocol testing purposes. DNS header malformations Injection of unsolicited records Injection of arbitrary bytes of arbitrary lengths.

In this Help Net Security video, Steve Winterfeld, Advisory CISO at Akamai, discusses the recent surge of ransomware attacks in the U.S. and how it relates to microsegmentation. Recovery after a security breach happens 11 hours faster with segmentation.