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Indegy, the leader in industrial cyber security, today announced that nearly 60 percent of executives at critical infrastructure operators polled in a recent survey said they lack appropriate controls to protect their environments from security threats. As expected, nearly half of all respondents indicated their organizations plan to increase spending for industrial control system (ICS) security measures in the next 12-24 months. “We have been tracking the escalation in cyber threat activity specifically targeting critical...

SANS, the largest and most trusted provider of cyber security training and certification to professionals worldwide, has released the results of its annual SANS 2018 Cyber ​​Threat Intelligence Survey. The study sheds light on the evolution of Cyber ​​Threat Intelligence (CTI) in cyber security and shows that CTI is maturing as a discipline. In one of the clearest trends SANS has seen in the last three years, respondents have increasingly stated that CTI is improving...

Cylance Inc., the company that revolutionized the antivirus and endpoint protection industry with true AI-powered prevention that blocks advanced cyberattacks, including fileless attacks, malware, advanced persistent threats, and zero-day attacks, today announced the appointment of Grant Johnson as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Kumud Kalia as Chief Information Officer (CIO). The company also promoted Eric Cornelius to Chief Product Officer (CPO). Johnson and Kalia bring decades of leadership experience at global enterprise technology organizations. Cornelius...

Over a quarter of businesses that have been hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack don’t think they were the intended target, highlighting that businesses can’t afford to be complacent when it comes to today’s threat landscape. According to research from Kaspersky Lab, 27 per cent of respondents said being an innocent bystander was the most likely reason for DDoS attacks on their organisation, suggesting that all businesses are in the firing line,...

The European Cyber Security Bloggers Awards has returned in 2018 to recognise the best blogs and podcasts in the industry, as voted by peers. Nominations have now opened until midnight on the 30th of April.  The winners will be revealed at the security blogger’s meet up on Tuesday, 5th of June to coincide with Infosecurity Europe held at Kensington Olympia. This year will see the third European Cyber Security Blogger Awards hosted by Brian Honan...

Total malware attacks are up by 33 percent and cyber criminals are increasingly leveraging Microsoft Office documents to trick victims and deliver malicious payloads, according to the latest Internet Security Report from WatchGuard Technologies, based on global threat intelligence data from nearly 40,000 Firebox appliances. WatchGuard has also launched a new Threat Landscape data visualisation tool, giving public access to daily updates about the most prevalent computer and network security threats affecting SMBs and distributed...

SumOfUs, an international consumer watchdog with more than 14 million members around the world, is demanding that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg step down amid several now-public controversies regarding the company’s use of user data, and its collection and distribution.   Last week, Facebook stated that it had suspended Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL), and its political data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, for violating the company’s policies on data collection and retention. Both SCL and Cambridge Analytica...

Today Cofense, the leading provider of human-driven phishing defence solutions worldwide, announced the results of its European-wide Phishing Response Trends Report, which looked at the phishing response strategies of IT security decision-makers across a variety of industries throughout Europe. The report found that 57 percent of European companies believed they were unprepared for a phishing attack, despite 78 percent of IT professionals having dealt with a security incident originating from a deceptive email. This was...

The IT Security Guru is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the IT Security CISO Debates and Conference with a comprehensive line up of topics including the cyber security skills shortage, GDPR and industry’s best practices. The UK's top CISOs and global IT Security Association Leaders will lead these exciting and current debating sessions and earn CPE credits towards your SSCP®/CISSP® and ISACA certifications. The full conference line up is as follows: 2:00 –...

Less than two-thirds (63%) of global organisations have a breach notification process in place for their customers, while only half have increased investment in IT security ahead of the GDPR despite complaints from tech staff, according to Trend Micro. The global cybersecurity leader polled over 1,000 IT decision makers from businesses with 500+ employees around the world: in the UK, US, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Austria and Switzerland. Its findings revealed that...