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DomainTools, a leader in domain name and DNS-based cyber threat intelligence, today announced the results of a survey of 1,000 UK consumers, which revealed that 40% respondents planned to utilise the big-name discounts available on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. More concerningly, half (50%) of these respondents were happy to shop with retailers that had been breached in the past. Cyber Monday is set to be one of the biggest shopping days of the year...

More than eight out of ten people in Britain (83 percent) are ‘unsure’ of fintech, according to a survey of 2,000 UK consumers commissioned by TopLine Comms. Fintech companies leverage technology to offer financial services. Despite the fintech sector in the UK thriving, attracting more fintech investment than China and the US in H1 2018, the research shows UK consumers are still wary of new finance companies, and feel more comfortable using the services of...

Alert Logic, the leading provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions, this week launched the Alert Logic® Partner Connect Program, empowering partners to offer market-leading security solutions that enhance their existing offerings. The new program enables partners to accelerate revenue while increasing the value they offer to their customers, especially resource-constrained buyers and mid-market organisations that must secure cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments. The program also helps end users obtain the comprehensive security services and expertise they need...

Earlier this month, Synopsys released BSIMM9, the latest version of the Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM) designed to help organisations plan, execute, and measure their software security initiatives (SSIs). The ninth iteration of BSIMM reflects data collected over a 10-year study of real-world SSIs across 120 firms. BSIMM9 highlights the impact of cloud transformation, the emergence of a new vertical industry—retail—represented in the data pool, and the growth of the software security community. “Development, security,...

Janrain®, the company that pioneered the Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) category, today announced during Cybersecurity Awareness Month the results of its latest Consumer Attitudes Toward Data Privacy and Security Survey, which show U.S. consumers still generally trust brands but welcome consent-based relationships following the recent spate of breaches and controversies affecting data privacy. Janrain surveyed over 1,000 U.S. consumers who demonstrated a surprising capacity for forgiveness and understanding, with nearly half of them...

One Identity, a proven leader in helping organisations get identity and access management (IAM) right, today released new global research that uncovers a widespread inability to implement basic best practices across identity and access management (IAM) and privileged access management (PAM) security disciplines -- likely exposing organisations to data breaches and other significant security risks. Conducted by Dimensional Research, One Identity’s “Assessment of Identity and Access Management in 2018” study polled more than 1,000 IT security...

Alert Logic, the leading provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions, last week announced major updates to the industry’s only Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) for containers. The release adds container log management and extends capabilities beyond Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Microsoft Azure, on-premises and hosted environments. Organizations gain a simplified, comprehensive picture of their risk through improved visibility into any workload in any container, as well as the ability to collect, aggregate and search container log...

On November 15th at the Business Design Centre in London, the Cyber Security Summit & Expo the UK’s leading one day event dedicated to cyber security in both the public and private sectors returns for its 9th year. Aside from the dedicated Cyber Security Summit, the event also features the Data Protection Summit focussing on the impact of GDPR as well as providing an essential update on the latest legislation. This is complimented by a...

According to The Future of Enterprise Data: Democratized and Optimized report by ASG Technologies, the trusted provider of proven solutions for information access, management and governance for the world’s top enterprises, compliance is the largest driver of data management initiatives for 50% of CIOs. The survey of 200 CIOs also reveals that more than a third of respondents (35%) plan to increase investment in data governance in 2019. This focus on data governance comes as...

Cybersecurity firm RepKnight today extends the capabilities of its flagship dark web monitoring product BreachAlert with BreachMarkers™, a new feature enabling organisations to detect breach or misuse of their data by cybercriminals, staff and third parties. BreachAlert is a data breach detection application that continuously monitors the dark web for corporate data being leaked online. The platform works in the same way as a burglar alarm — alerting customers in real time as soon as...