Analyst Reports & Industry Surveys

Mass injection web hacks yield to targeted attacks

February 08, 2010

Malware authors targeting websites have begun trading quantity for quality, according to web security firm Websense.
 

Web attacks are financial boon for crooks, Cisco finds

December 09, 2009

Cybercriminals are still making large sums of money by pushing spyware and pharmaceutical spam, but internet fraudsters will leverage banking Trojans and other web exploits, particularly on social networking sites, for far greater returns in the future, according to a new report from Cisco.
 

2008: A year of cybercriminal innovation

Angela Moscaritolo December 05, 2008

With the emergence of new attack techniques and the reinvention of old ones, 2008 has been a year of cybercriminal innovation.
 

Poynter review: HMRC has radically reduced security risks

June 26, 2008

PwC chairman Kieran Poynter, the man tasked to investigate what happened in the catastrophic HMRC data breach, has revealed that significant progress has been made since the disastrous information leakage last October
 

Security spending bucks economic downturn

June 18, 2008

Organisations are substantially increasing their expenditure on security products, especially tools which help compliance and privacy and help prevent data leakage
 

Securing businesses is "extremely challenging", claim UK bosses

June 10, 2008

British businesses are finding that protecting their organisations from hackers, social networking threats and browser vulnerabilities is an increasing struggle, according to research
 

Second tier vendors to challenge McAfee, Symantec on endpoint security

June 05, 2008

AVG, BitDefender, Kaspersky and Sophos are making inroads into the market share of the endpoint industry leaders, largely on the grounds of using less processing power, a leading analyst argued today
 

Voice biometrics wins cautious early acceptance

June 03, 2008

Consumers are warming to the idea of using their voice to gain access to their private information, but widespread concerns persist
 

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Employee file sharing: the good, the bad and the ugly

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Security beyond the (fire)wall

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2013's invisible network threats: Identify and respond

Streaming live on 11th June at 3pm BST

In a recent SC survey, when asked 'Do you think your current network is secure?' 43 per cent of IS professionals said they were not sure. Technology developments such as multi-point cloud solutions, consumerisation, BYOD uptake and even Windows 8 are a major headache in network security for IT leaders. So what can be done? SC's latest webcast shares practical advice from leading industry experts with examples of proven results in overcoming invisible threats. To secure your free place, please click here.

SC Whitepapers

DDoS and downtime: Considerations for risk management

The purpose of this paper is to start a conversation about the often overlooked risk of downtime caused by DDoS attacks and to provide sufficient content for risk managers to account for the DDoS threat as they evaluate risks to their day-to-day operations and long-term mission. To read the paper in full, please download it for free here.


Ponemon 2012 Global Encryption Trends Study

In Ponemon's recent Global Encryption Study, the organisation surveyed 4,205 information security professionals across seven countries to examine how encryption has evolved over the last eight years. The study focused on data protection priorities, budgeted expenditures for encryption and the types of encryption technologies involved, with the findings revealing some interesting insight into the relationship between encryption and its impact on the security position of organisations. To read the full report for free, please download it here.


Advanced spear phishing: The rise of industrial phishing attacks

With phishing still the most common form of attack, hackers are now engaging in industrial-scale phishing attacks that leverage sophisticated customisation and delivery techniques. Borrowing tactics from cloud computing and database marketing, this study looks at longline phishing - an advanced form of spear phishing, which has higher clickthrough and penetration rates than traditional attacks, potentially causing a higher risk to IT security departments across the world. To read the study for free, please click here.


SC Survey

Data on the move - How do you share your information?

Securing confidential information sent electronically can be a huge headache. With remote working on a sharp upward curve as cloud platforms and mobile devices rewrite the way in which people do business; do you know what's happening to your data amidst all this commotion? Take part now to be in with a chance of winning the latest Microsoft Surface Tablet, plus the full list of the survey responses.

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