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EclecticIQ, the cyber threat intelligence technology provider, has announced the launch of EclecticIQ Fusion Center, a revolutionary approach to the collection, analysis, and distribution of cyber threat intelligence. Available as a managed service, EclecticIQ Fusion Center gathers the best threat intelligence from open-, community-, and over 30+ commercial sources and fuses it into optimised bundles tailor made for sectors, geographies or individual clients. Clients receive a single, standards-compliant feed that contains all the intelligence needed...

Maintel, the fast-growing provider of managed communications services, today announced the results of a study on flexible working preferences in the UK. The study polled 1,000 employed adults in the UK, ages 18 and over. The study revealed that today’s multi-generational workforce prefers flexible working to traditional office hours and location. Flexible work policies are perceived as an important workplace benefit, with 73 per cent of respondents citing the company they work for has good...

The third annual IT Security Analyst & CISO Forum Debates will take place this year in London on the 17th May at No 4 Hamilton Place from 2pm – 6pm.  This unique event consists of four panel debate sessions made up of some of the UK's top CISOs from HSBC, GSK, Canon, National Grid, Publicis Groupe and other global IT Security Association Leaders.  The panels will provide attendees with insight from cyber security leaders on:...

While people claim to value their memories more than any other form of data stored on their digital devices, they are happy to sell them for little money, research by Kaspersky Lab shows. A survey has shown that for 49 per cent of people, private and sensitive photos of themselves are the most precious data they have on their devices, followed by photos of their children and spouses. The thought of losing these precious memories...

The first three months of 2017 saw a sharp rise in the sophistication of nation-state backed cyber-attacks, with threat actors turning their attention to wipers, as well as financial crime. These and other trends are covered in Kaspersky Lab’s first quarterly summary of its subscriber-only threat intelligence reports. The new quarterly APT Trends reports will be freely available and will highlight significant developments in targeted attacks as well as emerging trends that demand immediate attention...

Centrify, the leader in securing hybrid enterprises through the power of identity services, today announced significant enhancements to its best-in-class privileged identity management (PIM) solution to stop breaches that abuse privilege. By minimising the attack surface and controlling privileged access to the hybrid enterprise, Centrify’s new capabilities enable organisations to move from static, long-lived privilege assignments to a just-in-time model where advanced monitoring detects and alerts in real-time on the creation of backdoor accounts that...

Atlassian's group chat platform for business was hacked over the weekend. The service, HipChat, has reset all of it's users' passwords after a security incident was flagged due to a vulnerability in a third-party library used by HipChat.com. A security notice was released on Monday (24 April), with the company saying hackers could potentially have accessed a significant amount of personal data. Users' account information such as names, email addresses, hashed passwords as well as the...

The majority of UK consumers – 87 percent – are worried about the security of their personal information online, following numerous stories of data breaches hitting the headlines over the past 12 months. That’s according to a new report from Yoti and YouGov, which surveyed over 2,000 consumers in the UK to find out how people feel about sharing their information online. Notably, the report found that almost half (46 percent) of 18-34 year olds...

The latest Robert Walters UK Jobs Index has revealed that job vacancies for IT professionals rose by 12% in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same time last year. Developers and software engineers were particularly sought after, accounting for 14% of total demand while vacancies for IT managers made up 4% of the total number of roles. Ahsan Iqbal, Associate Director, Robert Walters comments: “The UK it sector has enjoyed strong steady growth...

Brands face an uphill battle to offer personalised services online, as new research reveals two thirds (67%) of UK consumers are concerned about how brands use their personal information, such as their name, email, location, and marital status. The same proportion (66%) worry their personal data security could be compromised by the latest IoT gadgets, including smart-watches, fitness trackers, and home devices such as Amazon’s Echo. As consumers demand a more personalised shopping experience online,...