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RiskVision, the enterprise risk intelligence company formerly known as Agiliance, today announced the results of its global enterprise risk intelligence survey titled, “The Imperative to Raise Enterprise Risk Intelligence.” The study examines state of risk in enterprise environments and organizations’ overall approach to risk management. Among the most significant findings was three-quarters of organizations lack a comprehensive risk management strategy. The biggest fears for organizations were long-term damage to brand and reputation (63 percent), followed...

Cloud computing, where data and applications are stored remotely rather than on a company's premises, has the benefit of significantly reducing IT costs and speeding up business operations. But one IT and communication provider is questioning whether business owners using cloud computing are aware of the security issues this modern way of working can bring. Tech giants like Microsoft highlight how much more efficient it is for companies to rent computing power from a large...

Fujitsu is launching a comprehensive portfolio of services to help organisations comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The new legislation, which will come into effect on May 25, 2018, introduces new obligations for all organisations – no matter where they are based – that store, process or analyse personal data of EU residents. Fujitsu services related to the EU GDPR are aimed at helping organisations to be both aware of and prepared...

 DomainTools and Farsight Security, Inc., the leaders in DNS-based cyber threat intelligence, today announced a partnership to deliver Farsight's market-leading DNSDB data via the DomainTools Iris investigation platform. Farsight DNSDB is the world’s largest historical DNS database, containing more than 13 billion DNS observations. This resource, combined with DomainTools’ comprehensive domain profile data, empowers security analysts to conduct complete investigations within Iris. Instead of toggling between multiple threat portals, analysts enjoy a more streamlined workflow...

FireMon, the global leader in Network Security Policy Management (NSPM), today announced an extension of its Intelligent Policy Automation framework to now include automated policy implementation for Palo Alto Networks® devices. FireMon introduced its Intelligent Policy Automation framework last year. The framework is designed to reduce the manual effort and unnecessary security risk associated with complex network implementations by ensuring processes are in place to make the correct change as quickly as possible. By focusing...

Private details of 2.5 MILLION PlayStation and Xbox users are leaked in major hack that is only now being disclosed. The Guru reached out to several cybersecurity experts for their thoughts on this breach. Robert Capps, VP of business development at NuData Security: "The recently disclosed data theft from the unofficial PlayStation and Xbox forums is yet another example of the need for consumers to be wary of who they provide their information to, online. ...

SecureAuth Corporation, the leader in adaptive access control, today reveals that many organisations are waking up to the data breaches of 2016 and are adopting a fundamentally new approach to authentication. With a stark 83% (4 in 5) of IT decision makers (ITDMs) predicting their organisations will be passwordless in five years’ time, it is evident organisations are moving beyond passwords, and even simple two-factor authentication (2FA) to stronger methods to prevent the misuse of...

AlienVault®, the leading provider of Unified Security Management™ (USM™) and crowdsourced threat intelligence, today announced that it ended 2016 with more than 53 percent year-over-year sales growth and increased its install base by over 65 percent to more than 5,000 commercial customers. The company enjoyed broad validation and acceptance from a range of industries and companies of all sizes, including retailers, manufacturers, healthcare organizations, financial institutions and government agencies. New customers added in 2016 included...

NSFOCUS, a global provider of intelligent hybrid security solutions, today announced the launch of its Global Threat Intelligence platform. In the world of cyber attacks, 2016 may go on record as the worst year the enterprise has ever seen. With more than 18 million samples of known malware, the first DDoS attack exceeding 1 TBps, ransomware attacks using municipal and industrial IoT devices, and predictions of global annual cybercrime costs reaching $6 trillion by 2021,...

RiskIQ, the leader in digital threat management, today released its annual malvertising report which indicates a sharp spike in malvertising in 2016, a digital threat that has become increasingly challenging for organisations to detect and mitigate. Delivered through ad networks such as Google and Facebook, threat actors use malvertising to propagate malware, ransomware, and scams (disingenuous advertising), as well as redirect victims to phishing pages and pages hosting exploit kits. “Malvertising is so nefarious because...