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Identity Theft Resource Center H1 2022 Data Breach Report Shows Decrease in Compromises and Victim Rates

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SAN DIEGO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC), a nationally recognized nonprofit organization established to support victims of identity crime, released its U.S. data breach findings for the first half (H1) of 2022. According to the H1 2022 Data Breach Report's analysis, there were 817 publicly-reported data compromises in the U.S. in the first half of 2022, a four (4) percent decrease compared to the same period in 2021.

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  • According to the H1 2022 Data Breach Report's analysis, there were 817 publicly-reported data compromises in the U.S. in the first half of 2022, a four (4) percent decrease compared to the same period in 2021.
  • The number of victims impacted by data compromises continued to drop in H1 2022 (down 45 percent from H1 2021) as the nature of data compromises shifted to attacks targeting businesses, government agencies and institutions.
  • However, an average of 39 percent of all data breach notices issued in H1 2022 did not list a victim count.
  • However, according to the H1 2022 Data Breach Report, ransomware attacks declined quarter-over-quarter for the first time since ransomware surpassed malware as the number two primary cause of data breaches in 2019.

Airkit Marks Record Year as Major Companies Accelerate Focus on CX Automation, Welcomes Twilio Enterprise Veteran, Allan Walters, as VP Sales

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Airkit today announced a record-setting year with an unprecedented number of enterprises building best-in-class digital experiences with the Airkit Customer Experience Automation (CXA) Platform. Airkit saw marked strength in the Enterprise segment (1000+ employees) with the number of enterprise customers growing 4x year over year.

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  • Airkit saw marked strength in the Enterprise segment (1000+ employees) with the number of enterprise customers growing 4x year over year.
  • "This surge in demand for Airkit's CX Automation platform is just the beginning," says Stephen Ehikian, Co-Founder and CEO of Airkit.
  • To support the company's momentum in Enterprise, Airkit also announced the appointment of Allan Walters to the Executive Team as Vice President of Sales.
  • Allan joins Airkit from Twilio, where he was most recently Vice President of Sales for Vertical Markets.

Iron Bow Technologies Appoints Veteran, Larry Frazier, as Director of Sales Strategy

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
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Iron Bow Technologies, an information technology solutions provider to government, commercial, education, and healthcare markets, today announced that Larry Frazier, former Senior Director of Strategy & Plans for Ciscos Workforce Experience and Chief of Staff for the Office of the Chief Digital Officer, has joined the company as Director of Sales Strategy.

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  • Iron Bow Technologies, an information technology solutions provider to government, commercial, education, and healthcare markets, today announced that Larry Frazier, former Senior Director of Strategy & Plans for Ciscos Workforce Experience and Chief of Staff for the Office of the Chief Digital Officer, has joined the company as Director of Sales Strategy.
  • In his new role at Iron Bow, Frazier will help develop and lead the execution of programmatic business that drives the advancement, engagement, and efficacy of the organizations global sales practice.
  • Were thrilled to welcome Larry to the Iron Bow family, said Stu Strang, Senior Vice President of Sales at Iron Bow.
  • Iron Bow Technologies is a leading IT solutions provider dedicated to successfully transforming clients' technology investments into robust business capabilities across the government, commercial, education, and healthcare markets.

Zscaler’s 2021 Encrypted Attacks Report Reveals 314 Percent Spike in HTTPS Threats

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Thursday, October 28, 2021
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SAN JOSE, Oct. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, today announced the release of its annual State of Encrypted Attacks Report, which tracked and analyzed over 20 billion threats blocked over HTTPS, a protocol originally designed for secure communication over networks. This year’s study found an increase of more than 314 percent year-over-year across geographical areas that include APAC, Europe, and North America, underscoring the need for a zero trust security model and greater traffic inspection than most companies can achieve with legacy firewall-based security models.

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  • Cybercriminals are increasingly sophisticated in their tactics, and theyre using encrypted channels at various stages of malware and ransomware attacks.
  • Zscalers new report on the state of encrypted attacks demonstrates that the most effective way to prevent encrypted attacks is with a scalable, cloud-based proxy architecture to inspect all encrypted traffic, which is essential to a holistic zero trust security strategy.
  • Between January 2021 and September 2021, Zscaler blocked more than 20 billion threats over HTTPS, increasing more than 314 percent from the previous year.
  • Zscaler blocked over 20.7 billion threats transmitted via encrypted channels over a nine-month window from January 2021 through September 2021.