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RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), recently announced the results of a study conducted by the  Ponemon Institute  looking at the cost of fraud and online disruption coincident with Cyber Monday. The study surveyed 1,100 IT staff inside of retail organizations in the U.S. and UK. Some of the  key HIGHLIGHTS  are :  According to a new study by RSA and the Ponemon Institute, Cyber Monday represents an average 55 percent surge in daily online/mobile retail revenues. A corresponding surge in attacks drives hard losses, on average, as much as $500,000 per hour or $8,000 per minute. Customer churn from reputation and brand damage can drive losses to as much as $3.4 million from a single hour of disruption. While 64 percent of organizations see significant increases in attack activity, only 23 percent of attacks can be detected quickly and remediated, and nearly 70 percent of organizations do not take additional precautions in anticipation o...

RSA Security Briefs  provide security leaders and risk management executives with essential guidance on today's most pressing information security threats and opportunities. Each Brief is created by a select team of experts who connect experiences across organizations to share specialized knowledge on a critical security topic. Offering both big-picture insight and practical technology guidance, RSA Security Briefs are vital reading for today's forward-thinking security and risk management practitioners.  In the New report, Security Operations Experts Provide Guidance for Improving Readiness and Response. Some of the Key HIGHLIGHTS are :  Expert consultants and security leaders from EMC, Raytheon and RSA assert that organizations large and small are recognizing they have a responsibility to improve their security posture not just for themselves but also for business and supply chain partners. Security consultants report more organizations are commissioning secu...

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Big Data , Virtualization , and Cloud Computing offer increased efficiency, agility, and flexibility.  At the same time, the digital landscape is growing increasingly more complex, making the need for a threat-resistant trusted infrastructure more important than ever. As security concerns create challenges for IT from every angle, businesses and organizations need Trusted IT. In the new Big Idea Video Series,  Patricia Florissi narrates a graphically facilitated interpretation of Why Trust Matters, a Security Perspective. 

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