Case Studies

NHS Management provides administrative and consulting services for over 50 individual healthcare facilities and companies across four states in the US southeast region. Naturally, quality of care is the number one priority, as is protecting patient data in such a highly regulated environment and no compromises between the two can be made. Stephen Locke, CIO for NHS Management explained: “There are a lot of unique challenges in healthcare when it comes to cybersecurity, particularly with...

LegalEdge had a remote workforce back when it was still a choice. For ten years, LegalEdge has made in-house legal services accessible to small businesses and start-ups using a uniquely flexible model and a completely remote team of lawyers. Helen Goldberg, COO Legal Edge We sat down with Helen to learn more about her security needs and how she uses the CyberSmart software with her remote team. What were the security and/or compliance challenges you were looking...

With a multitude of awards, ranging from CRN’s ‘Public Sector Reseller of the Year’ to Great Places to Work and Best Managed IT Provider, Softcat is one of the largest and most reputable resellers of technology solutions and services in the United Kingdom. Its team of over 1,300 employees in offices across Britain and Ireland, help clients to find the right software for their needs, provide expert advice and support organisations through full infrastructure transformations....

NTT Security, the specialised security company, has launched its 2019 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR), which reveals finance as the most attacked sector in EMEA, accounting for 30% of all attacks – compared to 17% globally. It knocks business and professional services off the top spot, which was last year’s most attacked sector at 20%. NTT Security summarises data from trillions of logs and billions of attacks for the 2019 GTIR, which analyses threat trends...

A lack of skills is cited as the biggest challenge to recruiting cyber and information security talent by almost a third (30 per cent) of respondents to a social media poll conducted by Infosecurity Europe 2019 – Europe’s number one information security event. This is followed by lack of recruitment budget (27 per cent) and lack of interest in careers within the sector (26 per cent). More than half (52 per cent) believe the skills...

According to the Akamai 2019 State of the Internet / Security: Retail Attacks and API Traffic report, hackers directed credential abuse attempts at retail sites more than 10 billion times from May to December last year, making retail the most targeted segment studied. The report also spotlights two other pressing security concerns, the preponderance of API-call traffic on the web and the apparent misrepresentation of IPv6-based traffic. The Company studied the credential abuse technique known...

Sumo Logic, the leading cloud-native, machine data analytics platform that delivers continuous intelligence, released new research today at DockerCon Europe in Barcelona that reveals 63 percent of European organisations use machine data analytics for security, but lag in broader implementation across the business. The report, titled ‘Using Machine Data Analytics to Gain Advantage in the Analytics Economy,’ takes a comparative look at the adoption and usage of machine data across Europe and the U.S., further...

Security web scans and analysis on over 80,000 European Magento websites - the most popular e-commerce platform globally - reveal 80% are at risk from cyber criminals, according to leading global cybersecurity experts. The latest survey carried out by Foregenix in October identifies the most significant vulnerability for European SMEs is hackers looking to exploit the absence of critical security patches. Global cybersecurity experts Foregenix, which has offices in the UK and Germany, found almost...

Mimecast Limited (NASDAQ:MIME), a leading email and data security company, today announced the launch of its Global Citizenship program that aims to support charitable organizations that are building resilience in communities. Global Citizenship formalizes the company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts and encourages all Mimecast employees to actively participate in initiatives that provide security and empowerment opportunities in their surrounding populations and environments. “Through Global Citizenship, we aim to support health and human services, education,...

Vectra, the leader in automating the hunt for in-progress cyberattacks, today announced that Shop Direct, the United Kingdom’s second-largest pureplay digital retailer, selected the Cognito threat detection and response platform from Vectra to protect its ecommerce sites and enterprise operations and streamline security operations. With over £1.9 billion in annual sales, Shop Direct brands include digital department stores Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com, as well as luxury fashion retailer VeryExclusive.co.uk. “Every organisation at some point is subject to a...