Research & Reports
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Strong Trend Towards Cloud Services Continues
Read moreAccording to Gartner, global spending on public cloud services will see an increase of at least 20 percent this year: rising to just under 495 billion dollars. This is up from around 411 billion in 2021. For 2023, the experts are already expecting end user spending of almost 600 billion dollars.
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News from the nefarious world of phishing
Read moreZscaler’s Threatlabz research team has just released new facts and figures on phishing attacks around the globe. The sheer number is reported to have risen by 29 percent over the past year, while at the same time the “bad guys” have been deploying new, even more cunning approaches against the enhanced bulwarks set up to…
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BSI Alert: The Situation is Critical
Read moreThe German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) recently released its report on “The State of IT Security in Germany 2021”. For the reporting period between June 2020 and May 2021, the BSI characterizes the overall state of IT security as “acute to critical”.
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Gartner tips on how to improve collaboration with your suppliers
Read moreMany companies are seeking to improve their collaboration with suppliers, but are unsure how to go about achieving this. Gartner® has outlined the key steps for a strategic approach.
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What ransomware gangs are looking for in an ideal victim
Read moreSecurity experts recently investigated offers made by ransomware actors to buy network accesses on the darknet, shedding light on the criteria cyber criminals use when selecting target companies to blackmail with their maliciously encrypted data.
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Data breaches costlier than ever for companies
Read moreAlready in its 17th year, IBM Security recently published its latest annual “Cost of a Data Breach Report”. The data referenced in the report was gathered independently by the Ponemon Institute. When compared to the previous year, the average total cost of a data breach rose by almost 10 percent from US$3.86 million to US$4.24…
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Phishing is becoming more frequent and tricky
Read moreThe scale, sophistication and impact of phishing attacks have all reached unprecedented levels due to the work-from-home trend necessitated by the Coronavirus pandemic. Seventy-four percent of all IT professionals surveyed in a recent study responded that their company had fallen victim to a phishing attack over the past year.
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Cloud-delivered Security: Retarus receives top ratings from KuppingerCole
Read moreIn the current “Cloud-delivered Security” Market Compass by analyst firm KuppingerCole, Retarus is the only provider from the EU to be represented, receiving the top rating “Strong Positive” in four of eight categories.
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Phishing Attacks Increasingly Launched using Newly Registered Domains, Shows Retarus’ Analysis
Read moreMore and more internet addresses are created and used exclusively for criminal purposes. Phishing filters need to be capable of considering this factor in their analyses.