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Enterprises across the globe are refreshing their network equipment earlier in its lifecycle in a move to embrace workplace mobility, Internet of Things, and software-defined networking strategies. In addition, their equipment refresh is more strategic, with architectural vision in mind. But despite the higher refresh rate, networks are getting less secure, largely due to neglected patching. These are some of the highlights in the annual Network Barometer Report today by Dimension Data. First published in...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) has signed definitive agreements to acquire Cigital, a privately held provider of software security managed and professional services, and Codiscope, a 2015 spinoff of Cigital and provider of complementary security tools. Cigital is a large, global application security firm specializing in professional and managed services for identifying, remediating and preventing vulnerabilities in software applications. Codiscope has transformed the tools and intellectual property created by Cigital into a suite of accessible and...

Network security policy management providers Firemon has announced its largest bookings quarter in history as well as an impressive 53% growth in new customers over Q2 2016. Year-to-date renewal rates topped 90%, which the company attributes to an increased focus on customer success that resulted in an industry-leading 96% customer satisfaction rating. “The success we achieved this quarter highlights the execution capabilities of the high-performance FireMon team as they focus on solving customer problems,” said...

The attack on Dyn, which disrupted service to Twitter, Amazon, PayPal and Spotify, and the now the take down of the entire internet in Liberia – the cyber horror stories experts have been warning about all this time are now a reality. OK, so the Liberian Internet story has now been debunked – but could there be truth in it?  Could Mirai and others that follow in its wake actually break the internet? For a...

Research carried out by Kaspersky Lab and iconKids & Youth has found that children from eight to 16 are not only addicted to communicating on social media, but also behave very dangerously on these networks, putting themselves – and the rest of their families – in danger. Children rely on the Internet to connect and communicate with others. This is the most important online activity for them. In fact, it’s so important to them that...

In August, Proofpoint researchers examined election-related spam, specifically querying subject lines for occurrences of "trump", "clinton", or both. With the election now just over a week away, Proofpoint researchers have returned to message statistics and found a number of noteworthy differences between the two time periods. These differences point to changing behavior by spammers as the campaigns entered the later stages of the US Presidential contest: Overall volumes fell dramatically in August and September and...

Anomali, provider of market-leading threat intelligence platforms, today announced the results of a Ponemon Institute study revealing that 70 percent of security industry professionals believe threat intelligence is often too voluminous and/or complex to provide actionable insights. The report also showed that organisations neglect to share essential threat data with board members and C-level executives, despite the fact that security is now a business priority. On average, only 31 percent of these key stakeholders receive...

A groundbreaking cyber academy has been launched to fast track the next generation of highly skilled online defenders to protect against cyber attacks. The Cyber Retraining Academy, funded by the Government's National Cyber Security Programme, has been created in response to immediate demand from businesses and Government for more security professionals armed with the skills to tackle today’s cyber threat. The programme, delivered by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in partnership with world-renowned...

Lastline Inc., the leader in advanced malware detection, announced today that in the year-to-date ending September 2016 it experienced more than 200 percent growth in sales and extraordinary growth in new users. The Company’s record financial results and industry momentum are directly attributed to growth of sales to enterprise customers, the expansion of strategic partnerships, recognition of product innovation, and investments in executive leadership and staff. “There is a growing awareness that today’s sophisticated malware...

Software-Defined Perimeter solutions mitigate the most common network-based attacks by authorised and unauthorised users. The SDP model, which evolved from the work done at the US Defense Information Systems Agency, has been formalised as a specification published by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and is rapidly growing in popularity because of its ability to dramatically reduce the visible attack surface for an organisation. Network security software vendor Cryptzone has announced the newest version of AppGate that empowers...