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The IT Security Guru welcomes John E. Dunn as our new Editor in Chief! With his 30-year career in journalism, John will come on board to bring you in-depth analyses on the most pressing challenges facing the IT security industry. A veteran tech reporter, John has written for titles such as Personal Computer Magazine, Network Week, Network World, and LAN Magazine. In 2003, he co-founded Techworld and started covering cybersecurity full time. His articles have...

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) turns three today and since its launch in 2019, hundreds of millions of euros worth of fines have been handed out to companies of the likes of British Airways, Marriott International Hotels, and even Google. But not everyone thinks this piece of legislation is living up to the hype. Access Now’s new report, Three years under the GDPR: An implementation progress report, explores just how far this legislation...

KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has announced a new product feature called PhishFlipTM, which turns real-world phishing attacks into safe, simulated phishing templates. A majority of data breaches begin with a phishing attack and the threat continues to grow. According to the fourth quarter 2020 Phishing Activity Trends Report by the Anti Phishing Working Group, phishing attacks doubled in 2020, growing from 100,000 in January to 200,000 in...

The recent cyber-attack against Oldsmar Water Plant in Florida has increased concerns over cybercriminals targeting industrial organisations and highlighted that the cyber-physical attacks that have been predicted for years, are now happening. In February this year, it was announced that cybercriminals had broken into the water plant and changed the level of sodium hydroxide being fed to people’s homes from 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million. It took over five hours for an...

Passwords essentially are the gateways to our digital lives. From business accounts, social media, shopping, banking – you name it – if they’re compromised, it can have big implications. To mark the day, we’ve compiled the advice of some of the world’s leading experts in cybersecurity to help keep individuals and, ultimately, businesses safer on their way to solving password creation and management.   Curtis Simpson, CISO, Armis: Most importantly, protect your credentials through the...

Supplier: Edgescan Website: www.edgescan.com Price: Based on assets Scores Performance 5/5 Features 5/5 Value for Money 4/5 Ease of Use 5/5 Overall 5/5 Verdict: Fullstack vulnerability management made easy - Edgescan does all the hard work so you don’t have to The pandemic has undoubtedly led to a massive surge in cyber-attacks but even as restrictions start to ease, businesses can’t afford to relax as these threats will keep evolving and continue long into the...

Global connectivity specialist Eseye and leading agentless device security platform provider Armis, today announced a strategic partnership and joint solution that enables organisations to deploy connected devices anywhere in the world with enterprise-class security and consistent, reliable cellular (4G/LTE/5G) connectivity.   Eseye’s unique Connectivity Management Platform enables devices to switch intelligently to any one of over 700 GSMA-compliant carriers to maximise uptime with greater than 98% global coverage. The Armis Agentless Device Security Platform provides...

Performanta, a fast-growing global provider of managed cyber security services to enterprise customers, today announced the acquisition of Identity Experts, a Microsoft Gold Security Partner and Identity & Access Management (IAM) specialist consultancy based in the UK. The move follows a significant investment round from Beech Tree Private Equity and will allow Performanta to extend important security capabilities further across the Microsoft portfolio – including Azure AD, Sentinel, ATP, O365 and IAM – that customers...

AT&T has launched a managed endpoint security solution through its alliance with SentinelOne. AT&T Managed Endpoint Security with SentinelOne correlates the detection of endpoint threats through a single software agent that consolidates Antivirus, Endpoint Protection, Endpoint Detection and Response, and IoT security functions. The new solution provides comprehensive endpoint protection against ransomware and other cyberattacks, while also detecting highly advanced threats within an enterprise network or cloud environment.   AT&T Managed Endpoint Security with SentinelOne includes...

Our latest research into consumer behaviour has unearthed a conundrum: people knowingly take risks online even though they understand the dangers. On the one hand, we’ve got two out of three saying life is riskier now than it was five years ago, with serious concerns about losing data or being hacked. But on the other hand, one third of people are still neglecting basic cybersecurity hygiene. Consumers seem somehow unable or unwilling to protect themselves....