Cybersecurity is important because cyberattacks and cybercrime have the power to disrupt, damage or destroy businesses, communities and lives. Successful cyberattacks lead to identity theft, personal and corporate extortion, loss of sensitive information and business-critical data, temporary business outage...
Explore IBM's cyber resilience solutionSign up for security topic updates Cyber resilience is an organization's ability to prevent, withstand and recover from cybersecurity incidents. Cyber resilience is a concept that brings business continuity, information systems security and organizational resilience to...
Cybersecurity is continually challengedby hackers, data loss, privacy,risk managementand changing cybersecurity strategies. And the number of cyberattacks isn't expected to decrease anytime soon. Moreover, increased entry points for attacks, such as the internet of things and the growing attack surf...
Aside from the technology involved, the scope ofcyber securityalso constitutes smartness in taking the right cyber-defense decisions. Typically, strong cyber security implies multiple layers of protection to data with encryption. It is essential to be aware of the different types of cyber security pa...
Here are a few common threats that organisations should consider when defining their cybersecurity plan: Phishing:Email is the most common form of attack, but attackers also use text messages and voice calls to trick users into divulging sensitive information. A successfulphishing attackcan be avoide...
enterprises should follow establisheddata security best practices. According to Charles Kolodgy, principal at cybersecurity advisory firm Security Mindsets, organizations must start with an inventory of what data they have, where it is and how their applications use it. Only once they understand what...
A cyber or cybersecurity threat is a malicious act that seeks to damage data, steal data, or disrupt digital life in general. Cyber threats include computer viruses, data breaches, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, and other attack vectors. Cyber threats also refer to the possibility of a su...
A research byIBMfound that 95% of cyber security vulnerabilities are due to human error. In other words, 19 out of 20 cyberattacks might not have happened at all if human error could be completely eradicated. The region is experiencing an increase in cyberattacks, which calls for a stronge...
Security information and event management tools There are a number of security information and event management solutions on the market. Arcsight ESM, IBM QRadar and Splunk are among the most popular. ArcSight ArcSightcollects and analyzes log data from an enterprise’s security technologies, operat...
CVE is restricted to publicly known vulnerabilities and exposures. It improves the shareability of vulnerabilities and exposures within the cybersecurity community. Organizations need to protect themselves and their networks by fixing all potential vulnerabilities and exposures while an attacker only needs to...