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Reviewing a year of serious data breaches, major attacks and new vulnerabilities

June 7, 2016

This report is based on data IBM collected between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015. The data has been normalized to account for differences in our clients’ infrastructures across industries and company size. The annual IBM® X-Force® Research Cyber Security Intelligence Index offers a high-level overview of the major threats to our clients’ businesses worldwide over the past year, and is complemented by other threat intelligence and research publications from IBM X-Force. Our goal is to help you better understand the current threat landscape by offering a detailed look at the volume of attacks, the industries most affected, the most prevalent types of attacks and attackers, and the key factors enabling them. We provide insights into where and how successful attacks can impact today’s technology-dependent organizations.

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Cyxtera Technologies

Cyxtera Technologies combines a worldwide footprint of best-in-class data centers with a portfolio of modern, cloud- and hybrid-ready security and analytics offerings – providing more than 3,500 enterprises, government agencies and service providers an integrated, secure and resilient infrastructure platform for critical applications and systems.

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The State of Mobile App Security 2022

whitePaper | July 28, 2022

Mobile apps have become key tools for businesses to serve customers, earn revenue, and enable remote work by employees. Over the last two years, mobile apps have become critical to success for the majority of businesses.

Threat Connect Cyber Survey Report

whitePaper | January 4, 2022

Whether you are in financial services, farming, or public infrastructure, the security threat to organizations has never been greater. Today, almost every company is a technology company in some shape or form and this can be a soft underbelly - open to attack. Cyber risk is the fastest-growing risk faced by businesses globally. A wide range of statistics and sources make it clear that attackers have become even more proficient over recent years, using automation to exploit vulnerabilities at an accelerated pace and frequency. Threats are even more widespread and complex than before.

Upchain Security Whitepaper

whitePaper | October 26, 2022

Upchain is a cloud-based product data management and product lifecycle management software that offers benefits of PDM/PLM through web browsers, APIs, CAD and Microsoft Office plugins, while securely processing customer data in the cloud.

How Healthcare Can Boost Cyber Security and Close Its Defense Gaps

whitePaper | May 22, 2022

Hackers have made healthcare a top target. As a result, the healthcare industry experienced the highest number of ransomware attacks during Q3 2022, with one in 42 healthcare organizations suffering an attack – in spite of an 8 percent drop in ransomware attacks in Q3.

Check The Locks

whitePaper | October 4, 2022

Organizations have invested millions towards improved information security since the start of the pandemic, which galvanized a worldwide explosion of cybercrime. C-suites are increasingly recognizing cybersecurity as a business risk, viewing its necessity as more than just an IT problem.

Security Overview Whitepaper

whitePaper | February 6, 2023

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Reviewing a year of serious data breaches, major attacks and new vulnerabilities