Anticipating the New Threat Landscape

Imagine you are on a rowboat. It is filling up with water and the waves are getting higher. What do you do? Or at least, what do you wish you had done before? While it was always better to have planned for the journey, sometimes bailing yourself out becomes the…

Women in Cybersecurity: Bridging the Workforce Gap

The International Information System Security Certification Consortium reported the U.S. alone lacks 359,000 qualified cybersecurity specialists, while the global shortage is estimated to be at 3.1 million. The numbers are particularly alarming in the context of the current cyberthreat landscape. IBM’s Cost…

Cybersecurity Failure Among 4 Most Threatening Short-Term Global Risks

Cybersecurity as a facet of growing CSR demands  According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2021 Global Risk Perception Survey, cybersecurity failure ranks as the fourth most threatening short-term global risk, singled out by 39% of the respondents. With personal data becoming a driving force of the fourth industrial…

How Acquirers Can Save SMB Merchants from Cyber Pain

You’d be forgiven for thinking that most cybercrime happens to big organizations. That’s because you rarely see SMBs making headlines when they become victims, compared to their larger counterparts. Albeit, larger organizations have access to more varied data, in abundance too, and in turn may seem more attractive to fraudsters.