Raytheon|Websense reports Internet of Things devices, mobile payment technology, generic top-level domains, data theft prevention, cybersecurity insurance and hacktivism are some of the trends information technology professionals should watch for in 2016. The company said Wednesday hacktivists could target political campaigns, platforms and candidates for next year’s U.S. presidential race with social engineering tactics. The adoption of […] More

The healthcare sector is 340 percent more likely than any other average industry to experience cybersecurity incidents and attacks, partly due to rapid adoption of electronic medical records, according to a Raytheon|Websense report. Raytheon|Websense’s “2015 Healthcare Drill-Down Report” also indicates that one in 600 attacks on health information technology systems involve sophisticated malware, the cybersecurity […] More

A Raytheon|Websense-commissioned survey has found that only 31 percent of enterprise security executives have confidence in the security of their company’s data network infrastructure. Research Now polled 100 U.S. security officers in March and found that only 28 percent think their security metrics communications are effective, Raytheon|Websense said Wednesday. Less than 35 percent of respondents […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton and Raytheon|Websense have partnered to offer technology and service offerings intended to help organizations avoid, detect and respond to insider threats. The companies agreed to integrate Booz Allen’s Insider4Sight suite of consulting and integration services with Raytheon’s insider threat management platform SureView, Booz Allen said Friday. “Organizations are paying more and more […] More

A Raytheon|Websense-commissioned study has revealed that unintentional human mistakes are the primary cause of many information technology security incidents at U.S. and German companies. Seventy-percent of U.S. security professionals surveyed by Ponemon Institute attributed employee negligence to insider threat cases and 64 percent of German security personnel acknowledged the problem during the survey, Raytheon|Websense said […] More

Raytheon|Websense and Cylance have partnered to consolidate both companies“™ security offerings in an effort to help clients view files that move through their networks. Raytheon|Websense combines its SureView threat protection service with Cylance“™s Infinity Engine malware detection technology engine under the partnership, Cylance said Wednesday. “The combination of SureView threat protection and Cylance’s next-generation malware […] More

A Raytheon–Vista Equity Partners joint venture has published a report that says the financial services industry encounters cyber attacks about 300 percent more often than other business sectors. Raytheon|Websense said Tuesday the “2015 Financial Services Drill-Down Report” showed the U.S. accounts for the majority of compromised hosts lurking in the sector’s enterprise information networks. “For […] More