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Many organisations still fail to provide answers to fairly simple questions asked by external IT auditors, according to Netwrix. Despite popular frameworks designed to help companies pass compliance audits, according to the 2015 Verizon PCI Compliance Report, around 80% of companies still failed to comply with all the requirements of PCI. “By treating validation tests as a tick-box exercise, companies often focus their efforts on creating an illusion of compliance rather than trying to actually fulfil...

NuData Security today announced new threat intelligence that provides insight into the latest trends in online fraud. Trends NuData Security researchers have observed include: Account takeover, in which fraudsters steal an established account with personally identifiable information (PII) attached to it, continues to beat credit card fraud. This continuing trend showcases fraudsters’ preference for account details beyond just credit cards. NuData Security evaluated 5.1 billion behaviours in May through July. Of the over 500 million...

 MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced that Terbium Labs, a security software company that proactively searches for stolen data on the Dark Web using a patented, privacy-protected, data fingerprinting technique, is using the MapR Distribution as the big data platform for Matchlight, a first-of-its-kind data intelligence system. The data-centric solution closes the breach detection gap and minimises the damage, loss and risk caused by a data breach, which...

Five Key Features to Look for in Your Enterprise Identity and Access Management Solution  Richard Walters, General Manager and Vice President of Identity and Access Management (IAM), Intermedia When it comes to safeguarding sensitive business information, passwords are often a company’s primary line of defence. But as employees need to remember a growing number of different login credentials, these defences become prone to human error and consequently vulnerable to attacks. A recent study conducted by Intermedia last year found...

Symantec today announced it is securing more than one billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including everything from televisions and cars to smart meters and critical infrastructure. With IoT devices expected to number 25 billion by 2020, Symantec is leading the effort to protect consumers from hacks against their always-on, Internet connected devices. “As IoT innovation and adoption continues to grow, so has the opportunity for new cyber security risks.  This is the next frontier....

Centrify Corporation, the leader in securing identities from cyberthreats, today announced findings from a recent survey it commissioned to determine penetration and security compliance of Apple devices in the workplace. Conducted by Dimensional Research, the Centrify Apple survey demonstrates that while people widely use Apple devices for work, lack of security and management of those devices exposes companies to significant liabilities. Of the total 2,249 US workers surveyed, nearly half (45 per cent) use at least one...

Jimmy Wales, entrepreneur and founder of Wikipedia, will deliver the opening keynote speech this year at Europe’s number one IT event, IP EXPO Europe 2015, taking place at London’s ExCeL.  At the event on Wednesday 7th October, Wales will discuss the current state and future of Internet privacy and online censorship. Famous for creating the world’s largest online encyclopaedia and for his controversial views on online freedom of speech, in this insightful speech, Jimmy will...

The evaluation of Edward Snowden's documents still bring new information about the scale of the NSA scandal to light. According to a report from the New York Times from the 15th August, the US telephone provider AT&T helped the NSA spy on internet traffic in a form which was described by the NSA itself as being “a partnership, not a contractual relationship”. Most recently 60 million emails were forwarded illegally to the NSA every day...

•    Most successful cyber-attacks are down to human error not inadequate technology – cyber-security is a leadership issue •    Shortsightedness in the C-suite is a serious problem: CEOs need to take charge and create high-reliability organisations •    To do so, they should embrace the core principles practised by the US military that consistently minimise risk and successfully repel more than 30 million cyber-attacks a year  As organisations worldwide continue to fall victim to cyber-attacks made...

KnowBe4 issued a statement over the weekend warning IT managers of a new blast of ransomware infections caused by malvertizing, misusing publishing network Adspirit.de. This network is used by companies such as Drudgereport.com, Weather.com, wunderground.com and has apparently spread to eBay and AOL.com, sites visited by millions of users according to security researchers at MalwareBytes and reported by SC Magazine. According to KnowBe4 CEO Stu Sjouwerman, “The same cybercrime lowlifes that infected the Yahoo website...