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• Cyber crime costing businesses US$11.7M

  Cyber attacks cost companies an average of US$11.7 million this year, a 23 per cent increase from 2016, according to research.

• Millennials are increasing security risk

  Those pesky Kendall Jenner-watching millennials are the biggest threat to the security of your tech infrastructure, according to a new study.

• Study: Cyber risks overshadow corporate board security confidence

  Directors of U.S. businesses are pretty confident they can understand corporate security risks, but corporate security pros are not so sure their boards really get it, according to a survey of both board members and C-level security executives.

• The cost of a data breach has jumped 23 per cent in two years

  Data breaches like the one just disclosed by the IRS aren't something any organization wishes for, but there's now even bigger financial incentive to avoid them than in the past.

• NIST issues Best Practices on how to best use Secure Shell software

  The Secure Shell (SSH) protocol and software suite is used by millions of system administrators to log into application and service accounts on remote servers using authentication methods that include passwords, tokens, digital certificates and public keys. But when improperly managed, SSH keys can be used by attackers to penetrate the organization's IT infrastructure.

• Is Bring Your Own Identity a security risk or advantage?

  The "Bring Your Own Identity" (BYOID) trend in which websites let users authenticate using identities established through Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, Amazon, Microsoft Live, Yahoo or other means raises some questions in the minds of IT and business managers. And a survey conducted by Ponemon Institute shows a vast difference in how the IT and business sides think about this so-called BYOID method of authentication.

• Survey: Corporate security thwarted by dialog failure between IT dept. and management

  So talk to me!

• Are Digital Retailers Focusing Their Security in the Wrong Place?

  High-profile data breaches have plagued retail this year -- Target, Neiman Marcus, Michael's and other U.S. retailers have seen headlines about their woes splashed across both digital and print media.

• Data breaches 9% more costly in 2013 than year before

  It cost U.S. companies hit by data breaches last year an average of $5.4 million to cope with the after-effects – up 9% from the year before, according to the ninth annual Ponemon Institute study published Monday.

• Poorly managed SSH keys pose serious risks for most companies

  Many companies are dangerously exposed to threats because they don't properly manage the Secure Shell cryptographic keys used to authenticate access to critical internal systems and services.

• IT security chiefs can make big bucks but are they happy?

  The top IT security chiefs make salaries that can run over $1 million per year, but are they happy? Ponemon Institute, which interviewed about 700 security professionals in the top IT security spot at their companies to find out, learned they make big bucks but the job often feels stressful and isolated.

• Advanced persistent threats now hitting mobile devices

  Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices have become the target of malware and are even getting hit by highly targeted attacks known as "advanced persistent threats" that intended to steal sensitive data, according to a survey of 676 IT and security professionals.

• Small Businesses Put Themselves at Risk by Not Taking Security Seriously

  Senior management at small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) are failing to take cyber security seriously and are putting their organizations at risk, according to a recently released study by security research firm Ponemon Institute.

• The toll of enterprise cybercrime: $US11.8 million per year; 122 attacks per week

  A survey of 60 companies in the US about the impact of cybercrime indicates that the annualized cost of dealing with cyberattacks of all kinds is now $US11.6 million per year on average, up from $8.9 million last year.

• Encryption practices vary widely in the Cloud, survey finds

  A survey by Ponemon Institute of 4205 business and IT managers around the world found that more than half now transfer sensitive or confidential data to the cloud, while taking various approaches to encrypting that data.