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Recent survey reveals that almost 1 in 3 UK employees are not aware of their company’s safety and security policies. ​​News of global ransomware attacks shows future advanced technology poses a major threat with devastating consequences. Danny Schofield, Managing Director at Expert Security UK has gathered expert opinions to help business owners introduce and maintain a robust security culture in their workplace. According to a recent survey conducted by Expert Security UK, almost a third of...

I got on the phone with Quentyn Taylor, Director of Information Security EMEA for Canon Europe and we had a friendly chat about his participation in last year’s Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards where he won the Security Leader Award. As always, Quentyn is extra polite and he encourages our team to “keep up the good work”. Quentyn has a wealth of experience both in the IT and information security sectors. During his career, he has...

Malware detection firm Lastline has today announced the results of a survey conducted with 326 cyber security professionals that tested their knowledge of malware and current cyber threats. Respondents were asked to identify different malware behaviours. The overwhelming majority were aware that malware can turn a webcam on to see if anyone is sitting in front of the computer (98 percent) and can monitor a keyboard to see if a user is typing (97 percent),...

Bupa healthcare was hit by a data breach after one of its employees went rogue and inappropriately copied and removed information relating to 547,000 international health care plan customers. Names, dates of birth, nationalities, some contact and administrative information were among the data leaked. No financial or medical data has been exposed and the relevant victims have been notified. Bupa in a statement has said protecting customer information was "an absolute priority". “A thorough investigation is...

Imperva, Inc., committed to protecting business-critical data and applications in the cloud and on-premises, today announced the results of a survey of 310 IT security professionals taken at the Infosecurity Europe trade show.  The survey found that when it comes to insider threats, over half (58 percent) of IT security professionals were deeply concerned, not primarily about malicious users, but about careless users who unwittingly put their organisation’s data at risk. Forty-seven percent of the...

Corero Network Security, the leading provider of real-time DDoS defence solutions, today announced plans to expand its Research & Development office by doubling the number of engineers in the Edinburgh, UK office location.  The office expansion reinforces Corero’s commitment to innovation within the DDoS mitigation market with real-time, automated DDoS defence solutions. Julian Palmer, Vice President of Engineering, at Corero, added: “There are clear commercial drivers to our operations in Edinburgh. Scottish universities, particularly those...

Advanced malware protection firm Lastline announced it has secured $28.5 million in its latest round of funding led by Thomvest Ventures. The round also includes investments from Osage University Partners, Redpoint Ventures and other current investors, and strategic investors Barracuda Networks, Inc., NTT Finance Corporation, and WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. The Series C funding will be used to accelerate the company’s next phase of growth driven by an aggressive go-to-market strategy that focuses on sales and...

A new survey by Farsight Security, Inc., has found that over half (57%) of IT security professionals work weekends and, on average, nearly a third (29%) work ten hours a day. Despite the overtime, nearly all (97%) said that they still find their job rewarding and plan to stay in security (85%). The respondents’ enthusiasm for their job and their intent to stay is reassuring considering the current cybersecurity skills shortage, and the rising financial...

The Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) – the not-for-profit body that represents information security professionals – is warning companies to invest wisely in cyber security training services with an eye on quality and real benefits. Following the recent wave of global cyber attacks, the IISP believes that inexperienced or narrowly-focussed training providers may jump on the bandwagon, offering cyber security courses that don’t provide the skills and techniques businesses need to prevent and deal...

The cybersecurity industry believes that the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is stifling innovation according to the latest survey carried out by AlienVault, a leading crowdsourced threat intelligence provider. In a recent survey of over 900 conference participants at Infosecurity Europe, almost half (49%) of respondents said that the threat of GDPR fines is making them more nervous of using cloud-based apps and services. This could be due to the lack of cloud security...