There are a few common misconceptions that prevent small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) from pursuing a strong security posture. It is important for both the businesses and the security industry to understand the reality of the situation. Megan Roddie, security analyst with Recon InfoSec, explains how to avoid the most common mistakes of SMB security.

Regularly measuring the effectiveness of cybersecurity efforts is challenging but essential to avoid security incidents. The ROI of security investments should be based on how much loss the organization could avoid due to the investment. In this article, Netwrix CEO Steve Dickson covers a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate the return on security investments (ROSI).

Some of the most popular DDoS mitigation tools are also the least effective. Many enterprise organizations have been lulled into a false sense of security, literally, and are ill-prepared to defend against modern DDoS attacks, primarily because they don’t fully understand the extent of the risk. Tom Bienkowski of NETSCOUT Arbor explains those risks and suggests defenses.

Every business falls victim to cyberattacks sooner or later. Are you prepared for when the inevitable breach happens? If not, your business and your career could be in jeopardy. This article highlights nine key criteria that should be part of every cyber-breach preparation plan.

Decentralized systems based on technologies such as Blockchain must take into consideration the safety of the security researcher and provide the means to report vulnerabilities anonymously. And because flaws are inevitable, companies working in this space must have a mature, responsible disclosure policy.

As information and network security tools become more advanced, many bad actors find that it’s easier to trick humans than to keep modifying their exploit kits so they can bypass or undermine cybersecurity software. President of TeamViewer Americas Finn Faldi provides tips and insights on how to avoid common phishing and phone scams.

As new players are welcomed into the sports betting ring with the recent law changes, fraudsters will attempt to take advantage. New entrants to the online sports betting world in the U.S. must come to terms with a core challenge facing nearly every digital business: how to ensure an exceptional user experience while also preventing fraudulent activity.

In today’s digital business landscape, cyberattacks and devastating breaches occur almost daily, and no organization, big or small, can rest easy. CyberPolicy analyzed data from insurance carrier partners and small business customers, and deduced the following five trends that demonstrate the significant momentum of cyber insurance.

The most successful incident response programs excel in five areas: visibility, incident management, workflows, threat intelligence, and collaboration/information-sharing. DFLabs Senior Product Manager John Moran explains what’s required to achieve excellence in each of these components from a systems level perspective.

99% of successful attacks involve vulnerabilities that have been known to cybersecurity professionals for at least one year. Nollaig Heffernan describes the issues that exist today with applying software patches, primarily at the application layer, and advises on how to mange the patching effort and where priorities should lie for organizations.

We kicked off 2017 with a lot of excitement around a nasty set of SMB vulnerabilities which led to the devastatingly successful WannaCry and NotPetya attacks, and 2018 started off with a similar level of excitement concerning the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Ivanti’s Chris Goettl discusses which trends have surfaced and what to watch for during the rest of the year.

It is every parent’s nightmare: their child is being bullied. Except it’s even more insidious if the bullying is happening online where it’s hard to see and even harder to stop. How can you prevent, spot and address cyberbullying, how can you get your child to talk about what might be happening to them, and how can you help them overcome it? Here are a few tips to get you started.

How can companies be better at training employees to prevent phishing and improve security? Inky founder Dave Baggett provides a quick history of antivirus software, how antivirus worked then and now, and the flaws in security software.

The most effective first level of physical defense in your network architecture’s security infrastructure is the firewall. Yoram Ehrlich, VP Products at Niagara Networks, explains how there is now a clear shift toward next-generation firewall (NGFW) technology incorporating advanced know-how.