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Acuant, a leading global provider of identity verification solutions, today announced that Northern Block has seamlessly integrated its Identity Proofing and Compliance technology to offer their customers best-in-class Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) and Verifiable Credential solutions. With Acuant solutions implemented, Northern Block customers have the confidence to accurately verify identities across all channels and provide a faster and more secure process for clients with high-value transaction requirements. Northern Block helps companies acquire new customers with an...

On Monday, The Washington State Auditor Office disclosed that it had suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of some 1.4 million employment claimants. It appears that the records became exposed in December, following a data breach of Accellion, a software provider used by the State Auditor Office for the transfer of large computer files. The Washington State Auditor Office only became aware of the breach’s effect on their files on January 25....

Much has been said about the shadow cast by the pandemic across security teams, as well as the widespread and seismic changes it has facilitated across every part of business function. The sudden shift into remote working has been a challenging endeavour for everyone, but especially among senior management. According to the recent COVID-19 State of Remote Work Survey 2.0, OneLogin recently discovered that they in fact represent the biggest security risk to a business. Nevertheless, much...

Cybereason has entered into a new partnership with Intel. The two companies announced their combined plan to adopt and release new Intel Hardware Shield protections, which will further defend businesses from Ransomware attacks. Cybereason is a leader in future-ready attack protection, who aims to end cyber-attacks in an instant while Intel is known for being the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer. The collaboration combines Cybereason’s multi-layered protection with Intel’s Threat Detection Technology, protecting customers from...

 One Identity has found in its global survey that 37 percent of IT professionals rated rapid changes in their Active Directory (AD)/Azure Active Directory (AAD) environment as the key impact of COVID-19 on their organisation’s identity management team. The company posits that given the unique challenges of the sudden shift to remote work amidst COVID-19, businesses should look toward integrating AD/AAD with a strong privileged access management (PAM) solution in order to harness the full...

A recent survey conducted on behalf of KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has found that of a thousand recently furloughed employees, 41% admitted that their company had never offered them a security awareness training course, while 14% have gone as far as to say that their employer has not taken security seriously enough.   While a quarter of organisations did implement added security measures such as...

The dawn of 5G technology is upon us and this new wireless power promises to be a superior successor to 4G networks. With more devices connecting to more data, both enterprises and the general consumer will greatly benefit from 5G’s arrival. But how ready are businesses for this new era in connectivity and how secure is 5G?   AT&T Cybersecurity has just released its tenth Cybersecurity Insights Report: 5G and the Journey to the Edge,...

Organizations are bringing a variety of new technologies into their IT infrastructure as they continue to undergo their digital transformations. Many are embracing containers and Kubernetes, in particular. In a 2020 report, for instance, 56% of surveyed organizations expected their use of containers to increase within the next 12 months, wrote The Enterprisers Project. Another survey referenced in the same report found that more than three quarters (78%) of participating organizations were using Kubernetes in...

Entersekt has released results of its State of Online Shopping Report that examined the shopping habits of 1000 UK consumers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Carried out by Censuswide and completed on the 6th November 2020, the study looked at consumers’ shopping behaviours, priorities when shopping online, how they make their decisions on where to shop online as well as their attitudes towards security and fraud.   The report gives retailers and Financial...

Corelight, provider of the industry’s first open network detection and response (NDR) platform, announced three new leadership appointments today as the company prepares for its next phase of growth amid increasing demand for NDR and rising interest in open source security platforms, architectures and techniques. Brian Dye, formerly chief product officer, has been named chief executive officer; Michele Bettencourt, former chief executive of Imperva, has assumed the role of executive chairperson of the Corelight Board...