A cybersecurity talent shortage and concerns over data breaches has many CISOs delaying cloud migrations.

Virtually all organizations are moving some workflows and assets to the cloud. But concerns over security controls and a talent shortage has many CISOs worried, with 40% of companies slowing migration due to these issues, according to a recent report. 

While 83% of IT professionals said they store sensitive data in the public cloud, only 69% said they trust the public cloud to keep their data secure, the report found. Cloud security issues are rampant: One in four organizations that use Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS) have had their data stolen, according to the report. Meanwhile, one in five said they have experienced an advanced attack against their public cloud infrastructure. 

"We get a lot of inquiries in terms of how to protect your data in the cloud, how to move your identities to the cloud, and how you do network security," said Andras Cser, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester. "A lot of times we see folks even holding off of security projects in this area."

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Yahoo Agrees to $80 Million Settlement with Investors

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Yahoo has agreed to pay $80 million to settle a class action securities litigation brought against it by shareholders who alleged that the company intentionally misled them about its cyber security practices in the wake of massive data breaches in 2013 and 2014 that compromised the personal information of all 3 billion of Yahoo customers.

MIT builds Artificial Intelligence system that can detect 85% of Cyber Attacks .

In Brief What if we could Predict when a cyber attack is going to occur before it actually happens and prevent it? Isn't it revolutionary idea for Internet Security? Security researchers at MIT have developed a new Artificial Intelligence-based [...]

NHS Cyber Security ‘Far Weaker Than Thought.

Remote and mobile working practices putting the NHS at great risk, Sophos survey finds. A new study has discovered that the NHS is lacking thorough security protection against a growing number of online threats. Read more at http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/security/security-management/nhs-cyber-security-sophos-encryption-184224#btqPOPpjpb15GiQs.99

Top 100 Cyber Security Companies: Ones to Watch in 2016

 

Leaders in Cloud, Endpoint, Net, App, Data, Security Operations & Identification Management The latest report from business intelligence provider visiongain offers comprehensive analysis of the top 100 cyber security companies. These are the ones that you need to watch in 2016 as the cyber security market gathers pace. [...]

Top 10 — 2016 New Year's Resolutions for Cyber Security Professionals

Billions of dollars are spent in securing business operations, and yet attackers still find ways to breach a network. With the ever increasing growth in security attacks across all threat vectors, you should consider these New Year’s resolutions to [...]

Venom Vulnerability Exposes Most Data Centers to Cyber Attacks

Just after a new security vulnerability surfaced Wednesday, many tech outlets started comparing it with HeartBleed, the serious security glitch uncovered last year that rendered communications with many well-known web services insecure, potentially exposing Millions of plain-text passwords. But [...] See more at: http://thehackernews.com/#sthash.iQBfGwu8.dpuf

Cybrary Offers Free Online Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security Training

I frequently receive emails and messages on how to hack my friend’s Facebook account, how to become a hacker, how to penetrate networks, how to break into computers, and how to compromise routers? These are some of the most frequent queries I came across, and in this article I’ll attempt to [...]