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Technology users should be offered more detailed support and guidance when creating account passwords in order to make them more secure and harder to crack, a study suggests. Research led by the University of Plymouth found those who receive basic guidance including password meters were up to 40 per cent more likely to make their choices secure. However, those given feedback such as how likely it was that hackers could guess their passwords – and...

One Identity, a Quest Software business and proven leader in helping organizations get identity and access management (IAM) right, today announced that it has been named a Leader in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Identity Governance and Administration. After evaluation, Gartner recognised One Identity as a Leader based on its ability to execute and completeness of vision. Since the company’s inception, One Identity has been committed to helping its 7,500 global customers drive long-term identity...

Confused consumers are struggling to get to grips with modern technological advancements new research has revealed. More than seven out of 10 people say they feel devices such as smartphones and tablets have become far too complicated over the past five years, with users admitting they neglect basic IT security as a result. Three quarters of those questioned in the survey by Lifeline IT said they failed to regularly back-up their laptop or computer because...

Ahead of the introduction of new GDPR legislation which will punish businesses for poor data protection, new research has revealed just how little trust consumers have for public sector online services and use of their data. A survey of 500 UK adults, commissioned by Probrand.co.uk, and published in the Public & Private Sector Services Audit revealed that 83% of British adults are uneasy about sharing their information with the servers or websites of public sector organisations in particular. The...

AdaptiveMobile Security, the world leader in mobile network security, today announced it has detected increasingly sophisticated attacks via the next generation of signalling protocols being used for 4G. In new research released at Mobile World Congress 2018, AdaptiveMobile presented the industry’s first ever overview of real-life attacks launched over the Diameter protocol. “This research is the final piece of intel that will drive mobile operators to put defences in place to protect their networks against...

After an extensive two-year process, a joint task force led by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) has released a first-ever set of global curricular recommendations in cybersecurity education. This new set of guidelines, Cybersecurity Education Curriculum (CSEC2017), is designed to be the leading resource for comprehensive cybersecurity curricular content at the post-secondary level. More than 320 advisors drawn from 35 different countries contributed to CSEC2017. The growing dependence...

For UK senior executives who admit their organisations have suffered at least one significant cybersecurity breach within the past two years, the associated costs of a breach are considered the most important consequence. This is according to a new study by Centrify, a leading provider of Zero Trust Security through the power of Next-Gen Access, commissioned through Dow Jones Customer Intelligence. Nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of respondents in the UK believe investigation, remediation and...

Travel companies are being highly targeted by fraud, with the total impact of fraud currently costing travel intermediaries nearly US$21B, according to a new global study commissioned exclusively by eNett International, the leading provider of dedicated B2B travel payment solutions. The research predicts this could increase 20% to exceed US$25B by 2020. Carried out by global payments focused consultancy, Edgar, Dunn & Company, on behalf of eNett, the total cost of fraud includes direct losses...

New figures from the FCA show that reported data hacking attacks against financial services companies have quadrupled in the last year. The new statistics, contained in a freedom of information response to audit, tax and consulting firm RSM, show that reported incidents of loss of data resulting from hacking have risen from 4 in 2016 to 17 in 2017. There were also two separate incidents of ‘data leakage’ reported to the FCA. The figures also...

A new report by Capgemini’s Digital Transformation Institute highlights an urgent and growing cybersecurity talent gap, calling for new recruitment and retention strategies to help organisations contain cyber risks and build competitive advantage. The report, Cybersecurity Talent: The Big Gap in Cyber Protection, demonstrates that of all the digital skills necessary for organisations with aspirations of digital leadership, cybersecurity represents the biggest gap between demand for those skills and internal supply. The report surveyed over 1,200...