Cybersecurity: A governance framework for mobile money providers

whitePaper | November 17, 2019

The first half of 2019 brought interesting developments in malware targeting popular operating systems, in hardware and software vulnerabilities affecting consumer and businesses, and in the increased number of attacks aimed at (and even carried out by) IoTs. With the money motive driving the proliferation of malware, cybercriminals are nothing if not resourceful when developing new malware strands or coming up with more successful attack vectors. The number of malware samples roaming the internet is about to reach the 1 billion1 milestone.

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.

whitePaper | March 5, 2020

Held Hostage in Hollywood: In February 2016 the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, in Los Angeles, paid a ransom of about US$17,000 to hackers who infiltrated and disabled its computer network with ransomware. The hospital paid the ransom of 40 Bitcoins (currently worth about $16,664) after a “network infiltration” began on February 5, when employees reported being unable to access the hospital’s network and electronic medical records system. “The malware locked access to certain computer systems and prevented us from sharing communications electronically,” said hospital CEO Allen Stefanek.

whitePaper | June 16, 2023

Good cloud security hygiene starts with complete visibility into the security and compliance posture of every resource you deploy into your cloud. It’s one thing to achieve this visibility in a single cloud environment—you can lean heavily on the native monitoring and auditing tools of your cloud provider, using third-party solutions to fill in gaps (e.g., threat detection)—but in a multi-cloud architecture, maintaining robust cloud security posture becomes exponentially more complex. It is much more difficult to achieve centralized visibility as well as consistently enforce policies and compliance rules within a multi-cloud environment. It’s also more complicated to detect threats and fix vulnerabilities quickly due to the sheer complexity of threats across distributed, multilayered architectures. You can address these challenges, though—and you need to, if you want to take advantage of multi-cloud architecture without compromising on security.

whitePaper | October 27, 2022

As organizations enhance the security of their infrastructure and move towards security methodologies and strategies, such as, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), defense in depth, assume breach, and zero trust to provide tighter access controls, the print infrastructure must also adapt. It must become a strategic initiative to secure the print infrastructure and consider both internal and external threats. Data has become a cornerstone for innovation and has become a company's most valuable asset. Some of the challenges that companies face are inadequate security practices and too much data to manage. It is important to remember that security is not a solo sport, and as a community, we are stronger together.

whitePaper | August 16, 2022

Another half-year through unprecedented times has passed. But as unique as these times may feel, we continue to see familiar exploits, names, and attacks taking up space. To help you and your business feel confident in your ability to protect yourself against the threats that continue to come our way, this report looks back on the cyber threat landscape of the first half of 2022 using our global array of sensors monitored by FortiGuard Labs. Here’s what we learned: