[Webinar] How to Close Identity Gaps in 2026 Before AI Exploits Enterprise Risk

In the rapid evolution of the 2026 threat landscape, a frustrating paradox has emerged for CISOs and security leaders: Identity programs are maturing, yet the risk is actually increasing. According to new research from the Ponemon Institute , hundreds of applications within the typical enterprise...

Benchmarking Linux Security – Latest Research Findings

How well do your Linux security practices stack up in today's challenging operating environment? Are you following the correct processes to keep systems up-to-date and protected against the latest threats? Now you can find out thanks to research independently conducted by the Ponemon Institute. T...

New research shows IoT and OT innovation is critical to business but comes with significant risks

The need for much improved IoT and operational technology OT cybersecurity became clearer this year with recent attacks on network devices,1 surveillance systems,2 an oil pipeline,3 and a water treatment facility,4 to name a few examples. To better understand the challenges customers are facing,...

New research shows IoT and OT innovation is critical to business but comes with significant risks

The need for much improved IoT and operational technology OT cybersecurity became clearer this year with recent attacks on network devices,1 surveillance systems,2 an oil pipeline,3 and a water treatment facility,4 to name a few examples. To better understand the challenges customers are facing,...

Phishing Costs Nearly Quadrupled Over 6 Years

Research shows that the cost of phishing attacks has nearly quadrupled over the past six years: Large U.S. companies are now losing, on average, $14.8 million annually, or $1,500 per employee. That’s up sharply from 2015’s figure of $3.8 million, according to a new study from Ponemon Institute th...

LinkedIn Faux Pas Shines Light on Certificate Management

Visibility and control of digital certificates remains a challenge for even the largest enterprises, as evidenced by a high profile incident this week affecting Microsoft’s LinkedIn. Users accessing LinkedIn on Tuesday got a warning from their browsers alerting them about an insecure connection...

Cyber Risk Index – A Guide for CISOs and IT Security

Trend Micro has partnered with the Ponemon Institute to develop a new Cyber Risk Index CRI, which is intended to help CISOs and their IT Security teams better understand the current cyber risk compared to similar businesses of their size and industry. The CRI is based on a survey conducted by...

Defending Credentials From Automated Attack Tools

By Danny Wasserman The folks on the Akamai Professional Services team are the people who help implement, configure, and tune the cloud security products that protect our customers' web applications from the daily onslaught of bots blasting login attempts against their websites, mobile apps, and...

Rise of Credential Stuffing in Asia Pacific and Japan.

The rise of credential stuffing attacks globally is made possible by the tendency of customers' re-using the same credentials across different websites and attackers' easy access to stolen credential lists. Credential stuffing attacks is the result of attackers using stolen credentials username a...

GDPR 101: Monitoring & Maintaining Compliance After the Deadline

Discussions about the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation GDPR reached a crescendo on May 25, the compliance deadline, but many companies continue seeking guidance. The reason: A majority of companies missed the deadline, according to estimates from various sources, including Gartner, Crowd...

Average Cost of Breach Goes Down, For the First Time Ever

NEW YORK–The global average cost of a data breach last year dropped 11.4 percent from 2015 to $3.6 million. The reduction is attributed mostly to a strong U.S. dollar, with wins also offset by a 1.8 percent increase in the size of breaches in 2016. The numbers come from Peter Allor, senior cyber...

The Ponemon Institute 2013 Cost of Cyber Crime Study is out

Before anyone else conjures up the image of Steve Martin in the Jerk running down the street with the new phone book and declaring the obvious to all around him, lets put this study in perspective. There is nothing new or unexpected in the 2013 study. We have had it confirmed that cybercrime is...

Banking Fraud Now Almost Exclusively Occurring Online

A new study of small to mid-sized businesses shows that 75% of banking fraud is now taking place online according to a report from InformationWeek. The 2011 Business Banking Trust Study, commissioned by Guardian Analytics and conducted by the Ponemon Institute, found that 56% of the companies in...

Data Breaches Cost More in U.S.

A data breach in the United States could cost enterprises twice as much as the same breach costs companies in other countries with less stringent disclosure and notification laws, according to Ponemon Institute research. Read the full article. Dark Reading...

Medical ID Theft Threat Alive and Kicking

An estimated 1.42 million adults in this country may have experienced some type of fraud involving theft of their medical identification information, a report from the Ponemon Institute claims. “The National Study on Medical Identity Theft” is based on findings from 156,000 people who agreed to...

Cost of Data Breaches Rose in 2009

The cost of a data breach increased last year to $204 per compromised customer record, according to the Ponemon Institute’s annual study. The average total cost of a data breach rose from $6.65 million in 2008 to $6.75 million in 2009. Read the full article. IDG News...

Ponemon survey: CEOs underestimate security risks

From Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld – Compared to other key corporate executives, CEOs appear to underestimate the IT security risks faced by their own organizations, according to a survey of C-level executives released today by the Ponemon Institute. The Ponemon survey of 213 CEOs,...

More than 50% of workers stealing data when they leave jobs

Tens of millions of people have lost their jobs in recent months, and a huge number of them are taking proprieatry company data with them when they leave, according to a new study. The study shows that almost 60 percent of people who leave or are fired from a job are swiping information. Brian...