Merchants prioritize fraud prevention as fraud costs, impact to businesses rise

Merchants are grappling with which tools to use, which are most effective and how to balance rising fraud attacks on a limited budget without hampering CX.   

April 25, 2022

Behind the push to finally eliminate passwords

The FIDO Alliance is pushing for smartphones to become the authentication standard as the tech industry presses for new methods. 

By Lance Whitney • April 20, 2022

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Risk Management

An esclation of cyber risks facing businesses and government has made cyber resilience a major priority. 

By Cybersecurity Dive staff

How to advocate for your security, compliance and risk management program

Feel like your compliance and security team could be better supported? Follow these five best practices to ensure your team gets the resources they need from leadership.

April 18, 2022

2 years later: What's next in security for the pandemic-era workforce

Organizations can expect the return-to-work model to stress a corporate infrastructure that has languished in recent years. 

By Sue Poremba • April 13, 2022

Datto, SailPoint acquired for more than $6B each amid growing cyber consolidation

Buyers Kaseya and Thoma Bravo join the feeding frenzy a month after Google’s $5.4 billion deal to buy Mandiant.

By David Jones • April 11, 2022

Midsize enterprises: Strengthen security for today's threat landscape

Midsize enterprises must protect against the same security threats as larger organizations, but with smaller budgets and fewer IT resources.

By Paul Furtado • April 4, 2022

The Kronos outage disrupted one employer's payroll for more than a month. Here's how it moved forward.

UMass Memorial Health had to quickly improvise to run payroll for more than 16,000 employees without hours-worked data, CFO Sergio Melgar said. 

By Ryan Golden • March 24, 2022

Microsoft rolls out security red carpet for competitors' cloud customers

With a cloud-agnostic security tool in hand, Microsoft is vying to support customers' multicloud strategies. 

By Barbara DeLollis • March 23, 2022

Cyberthreats grow as US, NATO countries press Russia sanctions

The FBI and CISA warned of potential new threats against satellite communications providers.

By David Jones • March 18, 2022

Dinner is served: Cyber M&A feeding frenzy shows hunger for trust

Google's $5.4 billion bid for Mandiant was just one of 200-plus cybersecurity deals last year.

By Naomi Eide • March 17, 2022

CrowdStrike shares surge on strong Q4 earnings and robust annual forecast

The cybersecurity firm reported a blockbuster Q4 a day after rival Mandiant was acquired by Google.  

By David Jones • March 10, 2022

Google swoops in to buy Mandiant for $5.4B after weeks of market speculation

The deal follows reported negotiations between Microsoft and the incident response specialist, which sold off its FireEye products business last year.

By David Jones • Updated March 8, 2022

How HR can prepare for a cyberattack

Incurring some risk is the nature of business, but backup plans and cybersecurity training are key.

By Caroline Colvin • March 4, 2022

Security hampers enterprise cloud adoption: report

Multicloud adoption adds complexity as IT security teams struggle with alert fatigue.

By David Jones • Feb. 22, 2022

Cyber insurance premiums soar for energy companies

Global politics and ransomware are driving insurance cost increases, more than doubling rates for some independent power producers. 

By Robert Walton • Feb. 18, 2022

Cybersecurity outlook for 2022

Nation-state cyberthreats and Log4j have the security community on high alert; organizations need to master response and remediation.  

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 14, 2022

Mandiant stock jumps on takeover report as incident responder swings to Q4 profit

After divesting FireEye Products, Mandiant has a streamlined portfolio, but expansion will be expensive. 

By Naomi Eide • Feb. 9, 2022

Security strategies evolve while spending flatlines

Organizations want more bang for their buck, which can mean eschewing single-use products. 

By Brian Eastwood • Feb. 8, 2022

Smart cybersecurity budgeting in the age of ransomware

Cut through the noise and learn how organizations can optimize their cybersecurity spend.

Feb. 7, 2022

Cybersecurity tool trends to watch in 2022

For enterprises, the security priority remains doing more with less and finding tools that offer greater areas of coverage and integration.

By Sue Poremba • Jan. 27, 2022

Biden gives defense, intel agencies 180 days to apply MFA, encryption

The White House's memorandum builds on past requirements to bolster U.S. cyber standards. This time, the administration is targeting agencies that handle classified intelligence. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 20, 2022

Extracting portions of open source in software development threatens app security

While companies employ safeguards to detect flaws in applications, the likelihood of organizations running a complete database of all the places a vulnerability lives is slim.

By Samantha Schwartz • Jan. 19, 2022

Can SOAR technology help SOCs regain the advantage in threat detection?

Google's acquisition of Siemplify has placed a focus on whether automation can help restore balance in the fight against sophisticated attackers.

By David Jones • Jan. 7, 2022

Congressional cyber commission expires but work to continue with 'Solarium 2.0'

Despite the commission's success, unfinished business includes setting up a joint collaborative environment, institutionalizing the Cyber Diplomacy Act, creating a bureau of cyber statistics, and codifying critical infrastructure.

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 23, 2021

Security teams prepare for the yearslong threat Log4j poses

Industry is still investigating the full extent of the vulnerability, which limits the actions security teams can immediately take. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Dec. 16, 2021