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This is the last entry in Team82’s series examining the security of network management systems for the Extended Internet of Things (XIoT). Read our previous reports looking into Nagios XI and Moxa MX View. 

GUEST RESEARCH: Radware, a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, today released its 2022 State of API Security report. The survey, which was conducted with Enterprise Management Associates, revealed a false sense of security among organisations when it comes to API protection.

GUEST RESEARCH: The cybersecurity threat landscape in the first quarter of 2022 represented a mix bag of old enemies and new foes. New actors dominated the DDoS threat landscape while application security faced tried-and-true attack vectors.

GUEST RESEARCH: MetricStream, the global market leader in integrated risk management (IRM) and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), and OCEG the global, nonprofit think tank and community that invented GRC, today announced the results of the combined research on GRC readiness for rapid change in 2022. The survey revealed that many organisations lack visibility and connected processes to manage the increased velocity and volume of risks. Risk readiness and resiliency depend on visibility, shared standards, and a centralised approach to GRC.

GUEST RESEARCH: Research by Humanforce, a provider of intelligent workforce management solutions, has shown 74% of frontline workers in Australia believe that technology plays a critical role in customer service today.

GUEST RESEARCH: A10 Networks today released worldwide research that reveals the challenges and priorities of enterprise organisations in today's post-pandemic era as we learn to live with the COVID-19 pandemic and how this is shaping future technology requirements.

GUEST RESEARCH: Zscaler, the leader in cloud security, has released the findings of its annual ThreatLabz Ransomware Report, which revealed an 80% increase in ransomware attacks year-over-year. In 2022, the most prevalent ransomware trends include double-extortion, supply chain attacks, ransomware-as-a-service, ransomware rebranding, and geo-political incited ransomware attacks. The report analyses over a year's worth of data from the largest security cloud in the world, which processes more than 200 billion daily transactions and 150 million daily blocked attacks across the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange. The report details which industries are being targeted the most by cybercriminals, explains the damage caused by double-extortion and supply chain attacks, and catalogs the most active ransomware groups operating today.

Machine identity management provider Venafi's survey of 1,000 CIOs found that 82% think their organisations are vulnerable to software supply chain attacks.

GUEST OPINION: Trellix, the cybersecurity company delivering the future of extended detection and response (XDR), conducted new research into the talent shortage afflicting the cybersecurity industry. Among the key findings, 85% of those surveyed believe the workforce shortage is impacting their organisations’ abilities to secure increasingly complex information systems and networks. Of the current workforce, 30% plan to change professions in the future.  

New research shows over half of businesses struggle to reduce the risk of attacks, leaving them fearful of compromise, particularly by nation-states and other types of threat actors. The study also predicts this situation will continue if critical cybersecurity skills shortages aren’t addressed, and if organisations do not employ detection technologies that are effective in production, provide real-time visibility, and integrate with existing tools and processes.

New research shows over half of businesses struggle to reduce the risk of attacks, leaving them fearful of compromise, particularly by nation-states and other types of threat actors. The study also predicts this situation will continue if critical cybersecurity skills shortages aren’t addressed, and if organisations do not employ detection technologies that are effective in production, provide real-time visibility, and integrate with existing tools and processes.

According to identity and access security specialist BeyondTrust's 2022 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report, elevation of privilege was the leading vulnerability category for the second consecutive year.

A report from data streaming platform provider Confluent suggests almost all organisations – 97% – are making use of real-time data streaming, and more use means better results.

The Bad Guys are gunning for backups, and victims of ransomware attacks often didn't get what they paid for, according to the Veeam 2022 Ransomware Trends Report.

GUEST OPINION: Companies are adopting cloud native technologies faster than ever before. With new technology comes new threats and challenges, so it’s no surprise that we’re seeing an increasing number of cyber threats targeting cloud native environments.

GUEST RESEARCH: Only 6% of businesses globally use, access, and share data and data services in a way that grants them all the business benefits provided by a robust data strategy, according to new research from Snowflake, the data cloud company. The study of 1,000 business leaders and technology managers highlights the significant hurdles that the majority of organisations face in participating fully in the data economy.

A survey conducted for machine identity management specialist Venafi found that CIOs expect the average number of machine identities per organisation to grow from 250,000 at the end of 2021 to more than 500,000 by 2024.

F5 released its 2022 State of Application Strategy Report showing the challenges ANZ organisations face as they work through digital transformation. The report reveals pitfalls ahead that cannot be ignored.

Cybersecurity is a continual problem for enterprises, governments, small businesses, and home users alike. Yet, not all cyber threats are the same. Research from Trellix finds it is Governments who are behind many of the most dramatic breaches in recent times.

Secure coding training specialist Secure Code Warrior's annual The State of Developer-Driven Security survey has found that 86% do not view application security as a top priority when writing code, despite paying lip service to a security-led software development lifecycle.