InformationWeek: The Business Value of Technology

Cyber attackers of all types -- financially motivated, ­nation-state spies and hacktivists -- continue to ­hammer away at their targets en masse, and once in a while, they get caught.

The value of threat intelligence is based on organization-specific factors, including how threat intelligence is defined, the data the organization evaluates, the maturity of the shop in question and the use cases for the data. In this Dark Reading report, we examine how a combination of threat intelligence and security monitoring can boost enterprise ­defenses, and recommend how to determine if your organization is ready to tap into the model.

After years of relying on passwords, technology vendors -- and enterprises -- are ready for new methods of proving user identity.

71% of nearly 900 qualified respondents say m-commerce is very or extremely important to their organizations, yet just 26% have comprehensive strategies in place now. That spells opportunity.

Our 1,029 respondents are getting wise on awareness, with just 13% saying they're more vulnerable than last year. Still, 73% see mobility as a threat, and 75% admit they may be ignorant of a breach.

Database administrators are the caretakers of an organization’s most precious asset—its data—but rarely do they have the experience and skills required to secure that data. Indeed, the goals of DBAs and security pros are often at odds. That gap must be bridged in order for organizations to effectively protect data in an increasingly complex and threat-ridden environment.  In this Dark Reading report we examine what DBAs should know about security, as well as recommend how database and security pros can work more effectively together.

Almost half, 47%, of our 450 respondents consider the company a serious threat in the networking market, with just 34% calling the government ban on carriers buying Huawei equipment for U.S. networks a deal breaker. What’s your stance?

It seems as though not a day goes by without a headline screaming that some organization has experienced a data breach, putting the business — and its customers and partners — at risk. To keep your own organization out of the news, it’s important to understand the most common causes of data breaches and what you can do to mitigate the threats they present.

A DCI lets companies link two or more data centers ­together for disaster recovery or business continuity, but it’s not easy. This report provides an overview of the major DCI technologies and describes their pros and cons.

Few of our 446 respondents will change their IT strategies as result of the cloud. That spells lost opportunity.