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The financial services industry experiences 35% of all data breaches, earning it the unflattering title of the most-breached sector. It’s easy to understand why. The industry is known for its wide array of interconnected systems and the processing of millions of transactions — factors that render it particularly vulnerable to attack. As the threat, frequency and impact […]

Your organization likely spends resources in preventing external breaches and taking the necessary measures to ensure that your company’s data is protected. However, did you consider if you’re having coffee with a hacker every morning? Organizations tend to forget that more than one out of four breaches involve internal actors. According to the 2018 Verizon

The primary reason most organisations look at classifying the data they create and handle is to control access to sensitive information, driven by the need to manage security risk and comply with regulations, such as GDPR. However, this scope is too narrow. By focusing solely on these objectives, they’re missing an opportunity to embrace data

The new version of Sophos Home brings business-grade cybersecurity to your home. New features added to Sophos Home which bring powerful, business-grade cybersecurity straight to your home. Cybercrime is big business, but it doesn’t just target big businesses. Individuals are just as vulnerable to malware and other threats as hospitals, banks, retailers, and other organizations. With Sophos

Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced that it has acquired endpoint security platform company, DarkBytes. DarkBytes offers a unified platform to deliver security operations center services to organizations of all sizes. Founded with the mission to deliver enterprise-grade endpoint security through lightweight sensors, asset inventorying, managed threat hunting, and automation

Protecting sensitive customer data is a huge priority for today’s organizations, which face intensifying regulatory and compliance pressures and unwavering customer expectations. A single data breach can take a tremendous toll on customer loyalty; 70 percent of consumers report they would cease doing business with an organization in the event it experienced one. Great strides have been

The US Department for Homeland Security considers Emotet to be one of the most costly and destructive threats to US business right now. Here’s how Sophos deals with it. Emotet is truly a threat to be reckoned with. In fact, the US Department for Homeland Security considers Emotet to be among the most costly and

CyberArk, the global leader in privileged access security, today issued a new research report, “The CISO View: Protecting Privileged Access in DevOps and Cloud Environments.” Based on the direct experiences of a panel of Global 1000 CISOs, the report provides advice for security teams to help effectively assess risk, drive developer collaboration, and prioritize steps to

Sophos XG Firewall and Synchronized Security continue to innovate and push the envelope of what’s possible with cybersecurity. If you’ve had a chance to review our latest 2019 Threat Report, you know that threats and attacks are changing, and so is the role your firewall plays in providing a defense. For most of the past

Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced that it has acquired next-generation cloud infrastructure security company, Avid Secure. Avid Secure offers an artificial intelligence-based cloud security analytics, compliance, and DevSecOps platform to provide effective end-to-end protection in public cloud services such as AWS, Azure, and Google. Founded in 2017 by a