IBM study shows fewer, but more efficient, cyber attacks in 2014

The number of cyber attacks against U.S. retailers dropped 50 percent in 2014, but the increasing sophistication and efficiency of the attacks kept the number of records stolen near record levels, according to findings released yesterday by IBM. IBM’s research shows attackers obtained more than 61 million records in 2014. That represents a decrease from […]

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IBM releases product suite that aims to secure the cloud

IBM is putting added emphasis on its cyber security business, and yesterday the company announced a new suite of products and services designed to help secure cloud environments. The company said its new Dynamic Cloud Security portfolio addresses security gaps that can exist between on-premise, cloud, software-as-a-service and mobile applications. “Customers are now moving critical workloads to the […]

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