Research

IBM’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report shows that the global average cost of a data breach amongst analyzed organizations reached $4.88 million in 2024, as breaches grow more disruptive and further expand demands on cyber teams.

HP Inc. has released the findings of a global survey highlighting the growing concern over nation-state threat actors targeting physical supply chains and tampering with device hardware and firmware integrity.

Semperis has published the results of a global ransomware study of nearly 1,000 IT and security professionals at organizations spanning multiple industries across the US, UK, France, and Germany.

Transmit Security has released an in-depth report into blackhat generative AI: ‘The GenAI-Fueled Threat Landscape’.

The Uptime Institute has published its 14th Annual Global Data Center survey. This found that the frequency and severity of data center outages remain mainly unchanged from 2023 or show small improvements.

A Gartner survey of 274 senior enterprise risk executives highlights the top five emerging risks in the second quarter of 2024. Concern about artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced malicious attacks topped the list.

IT and security leaders feel less secure now than they did a year ago, with 79% believing that emerging technologies like GenAI will ‘change the game’, leaving them unprepared.

Several cities in the United States – including the nation’s capital -have power grids particularly vulnerable to the threat of space weather – but experts are still trying to understand why says the Royal Astronomical Society.

A recent KPMG survey of 350 Canadian business leaders found that 56 per cent of companies suffered a hit to their profitability from last year’s extreme weather events.

Aon has released the findings of its inaugural Business Decision Maker Survey, which found that 72 percent of business decision makers feel their businesses aren’t moving fast enough to address risks associated with global megatrends