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October 13, 2020

Acronis research reveals security gaps and the need for new solutions

The Acronis Cyber Readiness Report reveals that as hackers target remote workers, phishing, distributed denial of service (DDoS), and videoconferencing attacks are the most common tactics used.
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October 9, 2020

From botnets to phishing: A discussion on the 2020 threat landscape

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on organizations and individuals around the globe, we are now dealing with a threat landscape that’s become more intense, complex, and saturated than ever before. And many organizations are finding it challenging to allot sufficient resources towards managing and mitigating these growing and evolving threats.
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September 14, 2020

Acronis survey reveals global cyberprotection needs upgradation

The challenge for organizations is that managing the protection of data across the company network and all of those new devices using a stack of different solutions is expensive, time-consuming, and complicated.
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July 30, 2020

Cybercrime in Education – Institutes should make cybersecurity a priority

Education venues are subject to a very diverse array of cyber-attacks. As these institutions vary in size; thus, the cyber threats vary too. Institutions need to evaluate the risk and understand the risks completely to be able to address them. Data theft is the most common type of attack affecting the education sector at all levels.
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July 25, 2020

New F5 Solution protects websites from fake internet traffic

Silverline Shape Defense uses artificial intelligence to accurately determine in real-time if an application request is from a human or a bot, and further differentiate between a bad actor and authorized individual.
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June 11, 2020

Security in the cloud remains challenged by complexity and shadow IT

According to IBM survey data and case-study analysis, basic security oversight issues, including governance, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations, remain the top risk factors organizations should address to help secure increasingly cloud-based operations.
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June 1, 2020

Sans Institute introduces Flexi-Pass to facilitate security education

As classroom-based trainings are currently on hold until after September 1st, SANS has put together a package to support the growing demand for cybersecurity education and to encourage technology experts on the frontlines at customer organisations to sharpen their skills and keep abreast of the times.
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May 19, 2020

82% of organizations faced at least one cyber attack in 2019

While organizations in the UAE are aware of the risks, many are not fully prepared. In fact, only 21% of respondents strongly agreed their organization was prepared for a cyber attack, with 43% somewhat agreeing.
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