By Sue Watts, head of Marketing Share this post This week, CSC’s executive vice president, Mark Calandra, is featured in The CyberWire Daily Podcast with David Bittner, speaking about insights from our 2020 Domain Security Report, which focuses on the
New CSC Research Finds Significant Lack of Redundancy for Enterprise Domain Name Systems (DNS)
By Vincent D’Angelo, global director Share this post As outlined in CSC’s recent 2020 Domain Security Report: Forbes Global 2000 Companies, cyber criminals are disrupting organizations by attacking the protocol responsible for their online presence—their domain name system (DNS). When
The Countdown Has Started – Here Come One-year Digital Certificate Life Cycles
By Stephanie Mitchell, marketing managerKen Linscott, product director | Domains and Security Share this post Apple announced its decision to trust only one-year digital certificates[1] on its Safari browser in February 2020. This decision created a domino effect, with Mozilla®
How Digital Asset Management May Change Due to COVID-19
By Alban Kwan, regional director | East Asia Share this post One of the “fathers of the internet,” Vint Cerf, in a September 2019 article he published said: “Today, hackers routinely break into online accounts and divert users to fake
Beware of Abandoned Domain Names in this Turbulent Time and as the Global Economy Changes
By Ken Linscott, product directorDomains and Security Share this post The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused worldwide disruption—for whole nations and their economies. Unfortunately, there will be some side effects for businesses. A number of brands will disappear from the
Our Findings Show that More than Half of the Forbes Global 2000 Companies Still Use Retail-Grade Domain Registrars. What are the Risks?
By Sue Watts, head of Marketing Share this post As with every research report we write, our 2020 Domain Security Report: Forbes Global 2000 offers best practices to mitigate cyber security threats. What we see time and again is the
Which Industries and Regions Fare Better in their Domain Security Posture?
By Sue Watts, head of Marketing Share this post In our 2020 Domain Security Report: Forbes Global 2000, what surprises us most is the weaker than expected security posture of banks that manage personal identity information and large amounts of
Domain Security Report: 83% of Global 2000 Organizations are at Risk of Domain Name Hijacking
By Sue Watts, head of Marketing Share this post Cyber criminals are always taking advantage of what security experts are now referring to as critically important security blind spots to launch domain name and domain name system (DNS) hijacking as
What Trademark Owners Need to Know to Avoid Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
By Ken Linscott, product director, Domains and Security Natalie Leroy, senior IP advisor Share this post A cyber security company recently attempted reverse domain name hijacking for an exact match domain name of its brand, and in so doing, failed
The Impact of a Pandemic on Cyber Attacks and Business Continuity Plans
Secure digital asset management is a boardroom discussion By Ken Linscott, product director, Domains and Security A new survey of security and IT leaders by csoonline.com sheds light on how organizations across industries are dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, how