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PhishMe has launched a new security solution to offer enhanced visibility into targeted phishing attacks. Named PhishMe Triage, the company said that it will allow security analysts and incident response teams to utilise internal human intelligence against phishing, malware and drive-by attacks. Security operations center (SOC) analysts and incident responders will get live insight into ongoing spear phishing attacks by automating the analysis and orchestrating the workflow to reduce the detection deficit facing their enterprises....

Cryptzone has announced the launch of an access management solution designed to offer a solution for both cloud and hybrid environments. According to the company, AppGate Secure Access enables organisations to adopt software defined perimeter approach for granular security control. AppGate Secure Access makes the application/server infrastructure effectively “invisible” and delivers access to authorised resources only, verifying a number of user variables each session before granting access to an application. Once the user logs out, the...

Centrify has launched a cloud-based privileged identity service to enable users to addresses today’s growing gap in security, visibility and control over privileged accounts. According to the company, Centrify Privilege Service (CPS) adds shared account password management for servers, network devices and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to its flagship Centrify Server Suite. It also addresses security and audit requirements for the management of both cloud-based and on-premises access to critical production systems and applications by remote employees...

A panel of privacy officers at RSA Conference in San Francisco have identified that there will be likely changes due to the upcoming European Data Protection changes. The panelists acknowledged the challenges of launching and maintaining privacy within their environments. Keith Enright, legal director for privacy at Google called the development of Google Glass as “a tremendous learning experience” and said that launching something that allows technologies into someone's lives was “evolutionary and wildly disruptive”. Erin...

Tenable Network Security has announced the launch of SecurityCenter 5, to add continuous network monitoring and “Assurance Report Cards”, an innovation designed to help users measure and communicate the effectiveness of their security program to C-level executives, board members and business managers, helping align security policies with business objectives. The company said that ARCs enable CISOs to measure, analyse and visualise the security posture of their IT enterprise, and report results in an intuitive report...

Government information sharing plans will be of a large benefit to both Government and the private sector. Speaking at RSA Conference in San Francisco. Andy Ozment , assistant secretary of the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) within the National Protections and Programs Directorate (NPPD) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said that there is a need for Congress to clarify its sharing proposals. He said that many companies already are sharing information, and...

Research conducted on 50% of US mobile traffic has found that you are 1.3 times more likely to get struck by lightning than have mobile malware on your device. The research, conducted by Damballa in Q4 2014, found only 9,688 out of a total of 151M mobile devices contacted mobile black list domains (.0064%). By comparison, The National Weather Services says the odds of being struck by lightning in a lifetime are 0.01% “This research shows that...

Register now to attend the IT Security Guru CISO Debate hosted by the IT Security Guru and learn from the UK’s industry experts, taking place 9th June 2015 at the Melia White House Hotel, London.  Register here to secure your place. Sessions commence at 2pm and include:  Top 10 ways to build a security awareness programme that works Thom Langford, Director – Global Security Office, Sapient Vicki Gavin, Compliance Director, Head of Business Continuity & Information Security...

Twitter has announced two policy changes that will help to “develop a platform on which users can safely engage with the world at large.” Shreyas Doshi, director of product management at Twitter, explained in a blog post that the company’s violent threats policy was previously “unduly narrow”. Whilst the previous policy was limited to “direct, specific threats of violence against others” it now extends to “threats of violence against others or promot violence against others.” This...

The road to a secure web is fraught with difficulties both in technology and practice. Speaking at RSA Conference in San Francisco, Andy Ellis, chief security officer at Akamai said that while it appears that getting HTTPS turned on and achieving privacy is almost within our grasp, it is not as there is still confusion between secrecy and privacy In his talk, titled “the long road to a secure web”, Ellis said that what is...