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The best enterprise antivirus: Kaspersky leads in latest tests

CSO, IT News

Ransomware and other threats often get through signature-based antivirus protection, giving it a bad rap. However, anti-virus tools still play an important role in the enterprise security strategy. Traditional signature-based anti-virus is notoriously bad at stopping newer threats such as zero-day malware and ransomware, but it still has a place in the enterprise, experts say, […]

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What is a fileless attack? How hackers invade systems without installing software

CIO Asia, CSO, IT News, ITworld

“We see it every day,” says Steven Lentz, CSO at Samsung Research America. “Something coming through, some exploit type, unknown ransomware. We’ve stopped several things with our defenses, either network-wise or at the end point.” The attacks that Lentz is worried about are fileless attacks, also known as zero-footprint attacks, macro, or non-malware attacks. These

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Is universal end-to-end encrypted email possible (or even desirable)?

CIO Asia, CSO

People expect their email to be private between them and the recipient, but in reality, the contents of your email are exposed during transmission. Full end-to-end encryption would  mean that only the receiver of the email can decrypt their messages, but sharing public keys and agreeing on a common encryption standard can be tricky for

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Two years after the OPM data breach: What government agencies must do now

CIO Asia, CSO

The Office of Personnel Management breach in June 2015 was a big wake up call to our federal government, and, in its wake, a number of initiatives were launched to improve the government’s cybersecurity posture. Despite several concrete improvements, progress has stalled in some areas, as demonstrated by a series of assessments conducted since the

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With new dynamic capabilities, will whitelisting finally catch on?

CIO Asia, CSO, IT News

Everybody knows and hates whitelisting. Employees are only allowed to install approved software on their desktops and laptops, so they’re always complaining and asking for exceptions. Management eventually gets fed up with it and stops the experiment. For mobile devices, enterprises have a number of tools at their disposal, including mobile device management. In addition,

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Few firms will be ready for new European breach disclosure rules, fines

CIO Asia, CSO, IT News

The new European General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect next May, with onerous notification requirements and high penalties, but a year might not be enough for firms to get ready.Recent surveys show that most companies are not prepared for the regulations. According to a recent SailPoint survey, 80 percent see GDPR as a priority,

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