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When are major cybersecurity reports published each year?
There’s a whole bunch of insightful annual reports on cybersecurity published each year. They follow a general cadence, as below: SonicWall’s cyber threat report – mid February to mid March Crowdstrike’s global threat report – mid to late February Verizon’s data breach investigations report – mid May to early June IBM Security’s cost of a Continue Reading
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Cengage’s report on Learner Outcomes 2023
Cengage, the parent business unit of Infosec Institute (one of our clients), published its first ever “hold your feet to the fire” report on the outcomes that learner’s achieved by going through its courses. You can get a copy without registering from cengagework.com. The report takes a deep dive into the outcomes that learner’s experienced Continue Reading
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Insurance firms are also seeing AI being used in email attacks against their clients
A cybersecurity expert at Hub International, an insurance broker, recently commented that generative AI is already being used in phishing attempts: “We’re in a world today where I can go to ChatGPT and type in, ‘please craft a request to my vendor asking them to change my wiring instructions’, and it spits out a perfect Continue Reading
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Perhaps the Verizon numbers give another reason why this data point was so perplexing
In late August we published a white paper called The Role of AI in Email Security. You should totally get a copy if you don’t already have one. One of the more perplexing data points from the survey underlying the white paper is this one, on the threats that the respondents were looking to AI Continue Reading
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Verizon’s DBIR 2023 – 74% of breaches include the human element
While we publish multiple research reports every year, we value the insights of other players in our and adjacent market spaces via the reports they publish that we have absolutely nothing to do with. One of those is Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), published this year in June. Get yourself a copy and Continue Reading
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VeriDas allows people to use their real identity for access to digital and physical spaces
We had a briefing earlier this week from VeriDas. Thanks to Miguel from VeriDas for the late evening briefing, and to Sydney and team at Code Red Communications for coordinating the logistics. VeriDas’s key focus is how people can use their real identity in the physical and digital world, not a presumed identity. The latter Continue Reading
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Decoding the 2023 Verizon DBIR: Unveiling Key Insights and Actionable Takeaways – webinar
Discussion between IRONSCALES and Osterman Research on the recently released Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2023. Webinar held early July 2023. Continue Reading
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Does a Microsoft Only Approach to Information Governance Make Sense? – webinar
Discussion between Micro Focus and Osterman Research on best practices for information governance. Webinar hosted by Micro Focus on August 25, 2022. Continue Reading
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State of Cloud Security Maturity 2022 – webinar with Ermetic
Presentation by Osterman Research and Ermetic of the key findings from the state of cloud security maturity research project. Hosted by Ermetic on August 17, 2022. Continue Reading
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The Rush to MDR Services – webinar with LogicHub
Osterman Research presents the findings of a recent survey on the changing dynamics in the managed cybersecurity services market. Hosted by LogicHub on June 24, 2022. Continue Reading