Author: Fawn Wang

Financial cybercrime in Brazil is known as one of the most geospecific panoramas, where local cybercriminals attack local internet users. With close to 210 million residents in the country, criminals are in lavish turf. Some reports cite losses of nearly 70 billion Brazilian reals — which equates to about $18.6…

Consumers flock to opportunities for instant gratification. They want their coffee orders ready when they arrive, their purchases delivered today, their movies to play the instant the mood strikes. So, naturally, they bring these same expectations to day-to-day financial transactions, such as sending money to friends on their smartphones —…

Digital transformation is dominating retailers’ attention — and their IT budgets. As a result, significant gaps in retail cybersecurity are left unfilled just as retail IT faces new challenges, from infrastructure moving to the cloud without clear security policies to an array of new threat vectors focused on personal customer…

With millions of unfilled cybersecurity jobs and security experts in high demand, chief information security officers (CISOs) are starting to think outside the box to bridge the skills gap. Already, initiatives such as outsourced support and systems automation are making inroads to reduce IT stress and improve efficiency — but…