risk - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Cyber risk: The next facet of business insurance

  With cyber security threats on the rise worldwide, companies have begun utilising traditional risk transfer mechanisms, like insurance, to try and mitigate cost impacts if a data breach occurs.

• Cyber security biggest barrier to being digital

  IT quality assurance firm, Qual IT has released the results of a survey of New Zealand organisation saying, perhaps not surprisingly, that cyber security is the biggest concern for IT leaders in these organisations as they strive to become digital.

• Nearly 7% of ANZ PCs face XP-related security exposure: Trend Micro

  Companies in Australia and New Zealand are well ahead of world pace in moving away from Windows XP – which is widely expected to become a security nightmare once Microsoft discontinues updates for the platform next Monday – but hundreds of thousands of regional PCs are still running the operating system, according to new statistics from Trend Micro.

• IT Leaders Share Tips on Managing Security Risks

  Too much security -- or too little -- could bankrupt a company. These IT executives offer advice on finding the right balance.

• Mobiles no risk to planes, automobiles: AMTA

  The mobile industry has reassured travellers that mobile phones don’t interfere with airplanes or ignite fires at automobile petrol stations.

Whitepapers about risk

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  Understanding Privileged Identity Theft

  This white paper will explain why privileged identities pose such a risk to enterprises, how they are compromised by attackers, how current methods fail to stop these threats, and how your organization can protect itself.

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  Forrester Total Economic Impact Study: Cost Savings and Business Benefits Enabled by Adobe Acrobat DC

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  The Total Economic Impact™ Of Sage Business Cloud Enterprise Management Solution

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