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Results of a survey of over 200 high ranking UK IT Security Professionals, commissioned by MWR InfoSecurity, reveals senior security figures see enticing staff from non-IT backgrounds and encouraging young people into the industry as the most important priorities in addressing the cyber skills shortage. Those polled felt the core skills needed in cyber security were curiosity (46%) or on-the-job experience (34%) with no respondents saying a university IT degree was crucial. The research, carried...

With 47 NHS organisations recently held to ransom by hackers using WannaCry, Top10VPN.com can reveal that almost half (48%) of Britons believe that the Government should pay up when public services are under threat. In fact, despite the spread of WannaCry being quickly halted, this number jumps to nearly three quarters (75%) when looking at those under 25 – with only 33% of over 55-year-olds agreeing. When it comes to national infrastructure, Britons are most...

A new report from CA Technologies* (NASDAQ: CA) reveals that only just over a quarter (28%) of large businesses in the UK have started preparing for the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force in May 2018. And, only 22 per cent are completely prepared and waiting to get started, according to decision makers. Preparations are unlikely to be simple; GDPR is set to ramp up the legal data privacy rights of...

The make-up of the modern home is changing, bringing with it a new era of “household 2.0” which, on average, cares for 2.4 people, 0.3 pets and now also 6.3 connected devices per home. With devices playing such a prominent role in today’s average household, Kaspersky Lab has launched updated versions of Kaspersky Internet Security and Kaspersky Total Security to help people care for their devices as much as they care for their pets and...

KrolLDiscovery announced today that it has launched Nebula™, an end-to-end eDiscovery solution optimised for the cloud. Nebula is the next generation version of eDirect365 and builds on eDirect365’s strong processing and review capabilities. Nebula offers a user-friendly approach to the eDiscovery process, automating and simplifying typically complex tasks. As a web-based application, it is accessible from all modern browsers and mobile devices, including iPad and Android tablets. Nebula can be deployed within the Microsoft Azure...

Office 365 now has over 100 million monthly active subscribers but is still a relatively new tool and due to its accessibility has become a breeding ground for highly personalised, compelling attacks. When employees receive an email from a co-worker, sent from their correct address, they often have no reason to believe it’s not legitimate. But this is not always the case. Barracuda found an increase in the number of attacks that are much more...

A successful pilot program delivered by logistics technology company Marine Transport International (MTI) demonstrates that the logistics industry will see improved connectivity, efficiency and security thanks to blockchain. MTI, in conjunction with Agility Sciences, have today released a whitepaper detailing the deployment of their Container Streams system in a supply chain environment. The results of the pilot have been verified by scientists at the University of Copenhagen and maritime technology leads at Blockchain Labs for...

Almost every day we see or hear about major cyber-security threats and software issues that have serious repercussions on the daily running of society. The recent WannaCry ransomware attack brought the NHS to its knees in May and rendered the digital capability of the NHS useless. Shortly after this, a system collapse, suggested to have been caused by human error, also brought British Airways to its knees and meant the company had to take the...

The Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) has released the first IISP Knowledge Framework as part of its commitment to improve the levels of understanding and professionalism in the face of a growing tide of cyber crime and attacks. The new Framework expands on the established IISP Skills Framework and defines the knowledge that information security professionals need to do their jobs and gives access to an up-to-date and wide-ranging body of knowledge, including standards,...

Comparitech.com, the privacy advice and security comparison website, has discovered a phishing scam that has been going since 2015 and steals money from novice Bitcoin users who try to transfer funds anonymously.  The phishing attack comes from an article that is the top search result in Google for ‘bitcoin mixing’. The phishing links are hidden within an apparently legitimate article about Bitcoin mixing, the process of taking money from one Bitcoin account and breaking it...