Tag: cybersecurity

Singapore had the highest rate of ransomware attacks, with 84% of organisations surveyed reporting they were a victim of this ...

Quality of cyber defences directly Impacts insurability, premium costs, and policy terms, said Sophos recently. According to the firm’s new ...

Online threats in Southeast Asia grew alarmingly while Singapore logged the highest year-on-year jump in terms of web threats targeting ...

When it comes to cybersecurity incidents, the most impacted sectors in 2022 were professional services, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and ...

When it comes to the latest trends of fraud, LexisNexis Risk Solutions warned that fraud keeps surging as digital transactions ...

CFOs and CEOs are planning to ramp up actions to address cybersecurity issues in the coming year, said PwC recently ...

The Kroll 2022 Cyber Risk and CFOs report, Over-Confidence is Costly, revealed that 84% of CFOs in Asia Pacific acknowledge ...

CFOs in Asia Pacific are rarely informed by information security teams about cyber security risks despite being confident in their ...

When it comes to ransomware, retail is the second most targeted industry in 2021, said Sophos recently. According to the ...

When it comes to technology budgets, businesses are spending more on cybersecurity, said Sophos recently when releasing results of a ...

The average ransomware payment collected from organisations in Singapore  — that had data encrypted in their most significant ransomware attacks ...

You are right if you think board executives are unaware of cyber threats. There is a broad assumption from executives ...

What will be the major cybersecurity concerns in 2022? As the new year is around the corner, senior executives outside ...

CFOs look to move their financial systems or ERP to the cloud despite the rapid increase in cyberattacks driven by ...

A hybrid workforce is a challenge to organisations as 61% of respondents to a survey said they struggle to provide ...

Phishing attacks on employees have increased in 70% of Singaporean organisations, said Sophos recently when releasing a report. In addition, ...

The financial impact of cyber-physical system attacks resulting in fatal casualties will reach more than US$50 billion by 2023, Gartner predicted ...

Let’s continue with the last five of the top 10 security misperceptions today. To revisit or view the first half ...

There are top 10 security misperceptions, said Sophos. According to the firm, those misperceptions were encountered by its rapid response ...

Cybersecurity requires more effort as the median attacker dwell time before detection was 11 days, said Sophos recently when releasing ...

Cyber attacks and data loss are the top risks facing directors and officers, with COVID-19 and the forced change in working practices ...

While nearly 70% of Asia Pacific organisations suffered a cyberattack in 2020 — an increase of 36% from 2019, 59% ...

Are organisations in Asia Pacific doing what it takes to guard themselves against cybersecurity challenges? According to Cisco’s 2021 Security Outcomes ...

Gartner predicts that 40% of boards of directors will have a dedicated cybersecurity committee overseen by a qualified board member by ...

Microsoft was again the brand most frequently imitated for phishing attempts in Q4, 2020 as it was in the previous ...

A recent FutureCFO C-Engage vRoundtable examined the role of digitalization in addressing these challenges and gaps. Co-hosed by Kyriba, the ...

While cybersecurity is increasingly an issue when employees have to work from home, it's no longer only a responsibility of ...

While the use of VPN is important when employees work from home during the pandemic to ensure privacy and employers’ ...

The average global cost of addressing the impact of a ransomware attack, including business downtime, lost orders, operational costs, and ...

Unit 42, the threat intelligence arm of Palo Alto Networks, said recently that more than 86,600 domains classified as “risky” ...

Malicious activities related to the coronavirus pandemic is also on the rise as user interest in the topic grows, said ...

While working from home is more common after the global coronavirus outbreak, companies need to help employees understand the risks ...

Despite the overall growth in cyberattacks, only one-third of organisations say the cybersecurity function is involved at the planning stage ...

From the steps necessary to think more like a business leader and develop better standards of cyber hygiene, through to ...

The level of transparency and detail provided in corporate cyber risk disclosures varies greatly across sectors facing heightened cyber risk, ...

While enterprises understand the importance of security, many still might lack a dedicated cybersecurity budget and a relevant culture to ...

It takes three to 12 months to respond to security breaches, according to the annual Vendor Risk Management (VRM) Benchmark Study from ...

CFOs: Cyber insurance may create a false sense of security. Here's why. In a study of more than 105 CFOs ...

There will be more M&A deals in the second half of the year in Asia Pacific. According to Intralinks, the ...

The cyber threat is one of the most talked about issues that businesses face today. Yet the level of awareness ...

CFOs and finance leaders are aware of cyber security—almost 60% of those surveyed by ACCA rank it as the most ...