What’s Causing All These Security Challenges?

by Brian Pereira | Mar 13, 2023 | TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK, CLOUD & DATA CENTER, CYBERSECURITY

In my discussions with security practitioners and CISOs, and while listening to speakers at security conferences, I keep hearing about certain security challenges. The security vendors claim to offer products that can solve most of these challenges – and toss...

Book Review: 7 Rules To Become Exceptional at Cyber Security

by Brian Pereira | Oct 3, 2022 | REVIEWS, BOOKS

UPDATED: Technology has become the core of business today. Today everything is interconnected and consumers are increasingly dependent on the Internet for digital services. In a hyperconnected world powered by technology, the importance of cyber security to our...

CISO MAG study: 1 in 3 CISOs feel biggest challenge of endpoint solution is its complexity

by Brian Pereira | Nov 25, 2019 | TRENDING, CYBERSECURITY, TECH NEWS

Today, the typical organization has hundreds if not thousands of endpoints: desktops, workstations, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, access points, printers, IP-cams, USB devices, credit card readers, POS devices, servers, cloud VMs, and virtual desktops. The addition...

Gartner Forecasts Enterprise Information Security Spending in India to Grow 12% in 2019

by Brian Pereira | Aug 26, 2019 | TRENDING, CYBERSECURITY, TECH NEWS

Enterprise information security spending in India is on pace to total US$1.86 billion in 2019, an increase of 12.4% from 2018, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. “The growth of enterprise spending on information security in India will continue to grow...

Gartner Says Many Organizations Falsely Equate IT Security Spending With Maturity

by Brian Pereira | Dec 9, 2016 | TRENDING

Chief Information Security Officers Must Assess Risks and Identify the “Real” Security Budget Mumbai, India, December 9th, 2016 — Organizations spend an average of 5.6 percent of the overall IT budget on IT security and risk management, according to the...