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The sixth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards  winners were revealed last night in a celebration at St Bart’s Brewery in London. The annual awards celebrate the people, not products, of the cyber security industry. From the best ethical hackers, rising stars and educators to the best security awareness campaign, security team and the coveted Godparent of security, the categories recognised individuals and teams going above and beyond to protect Britain from cybercrime and raise awareness of security issues. The free event was the first...

Last week, Synopsys released the latest version of its Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM) report, entitled BSIMM12. Created to help organisations plan, execute, measure, and improve their software security initiatives, BSIMM12 reflects the software security practices observed across 128 firms from multiple industry verticals. This latest study encompasses data from financial services, FinTech, independent software vendors, cloud, healthcare, and Internet of Things and highlights the work of nearly 3,000 software security group members and over...

One Identity, a provider of unified identity security, has acquired OneLogin, a provider of Identity Access Management (IAM) solutions, to expand the scope of One Identity’s Unified Identity Security Platform. Combined with its existing Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), and Active Directory Management and Security (ADMS) solutions, the company says it will now enable customers to take a holistic approach to identity security with trusted, proven technology in each major category....

With IT and IoT increasingly converging on OT environments, it’s not enough anymore to simply identify OT devices – this approach will not give these organisations the full picture needed to combat modern cybersecurity threats. This is why Smarttech247, the multi award-winning MDR cybersecurity organisation and Armis, the unified asset visibility and security platform provider, announced that they have formed a strategic partnership to offer their global customers the opportunity to increase asset visibility, security...

Cybersecurity companies KnowBe4 and OneLogin have partnered with Security Serious in a bid to set a brand new Guinness World Records title for the Most views of a cyber security lesson video on YouTube in 24 hours. The record will be attempted on the 14th of October 2021, during European Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Security Serious Week, with the video available to view for a 24-hour period. This record has never been attempted before and will be an official Guinness World Records title...

Armis, the unified asset visibility and security platform provider, has announced Desiree Lee as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Data, reporting directly to Nadir Izrael, co-founder and Global CTO at Armis. Lee’s appointment, the company says, reinforces its strategic commitment to ensuring total visibility of all assets and devices in its customers’ eco-systems. Armis allows clients to see all their associated devices, along with risk and behavioural profiles, delivering an ability to rapidly...

Lookout, Inc., an integrated endpoint-to-cloud security company, today announced the industry’s first Zero Trust access solution that dynamically adapts to changes in the risk levels of mobile endpoints and users as well as the sensitivity level of data. The solution is an expansion of Lookout Continuous Conditional Access (CCA), achieved by integrating the company's Mobile Endpoint Security and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions. Lookout is the first SASE vendor to use native real-time device and user risk...

Red Canary, a security ally for businesses, has recently announced a number of significant updates to its SaaS (Software-as-a-Service)-based Security Operations Platform. Companies of all sizes around the world already use the Red Canary solution to detect threats, respond to incidents and improve their security operations. The original platform offers customers effective MDR (Managed Detection and Response), which has the ability to run alongside other leading XDR platforms, creating a multi-layered security defence. The new...

This week, Cybereason and Smarttech247 have announced a partnership to enable joint customers to detect and end cyber-attacks on endpoints anywhere on their networks. With businesses today facing a constant barrage of cyber threats, including destructive ransomware attacks and other malicious activity, it is vital for organisations to be best prepared for the worst-case scenario. This partnership aims to do exactly that; reduce the risk of attack. The two companies will work toward reducing this...

Being struck by ransomware has been compared to having a heart attack. It’s something that stalks everyone in theory and yet when it happens the shock of the experience is always a surprise. For the first seconds, minutes - and sometimes hours - organisations are on their own. It’s a moment of unexpected trauma which many organisations find paralysing, something attackers plan for. This makes the attack’s effects even worse. Eventually a growing number call...