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The threat landscape today is more complex and more dangerous than it has ever been. Where once hackers tended to operate individually, now organisations face much more sophisticated threats from organised eCriminal groups, hacktivists, and nation-state adversaries. The immense resources and know-how that these cybercriminals can deploy means that organisations need to update their approach to security. If they do not, then they will find themselves the victims of the next big breach, and could...

Key figures from government agencies, cyber specialists and leading businesses converge on 16th November at the London Business Design Centre to establish a cross-sector response to cyber risk and data protection at the one-day 2017 Cyber Security Summit & Expo, and co-located General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Conference. Organised in association with HM Government, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the National Crime Agency, the Cyber Security Summit and Expo is the UK’s largest one-day event...

 Egress Software Technologies, a leading data privacy and risk management company, has released research to understand how work email is frequently misused by UK employees. The research revealed that a significant number of workers have purposefully shared confidential business information outside their organisation (24 per cent), typically to competitors, or new and previous employers. In addition, half of all respondents said they either had or would delete emails from their sent folder if they had...

IT Security teams are on the verge of a huge crisis, pointing to significant internal and external challenges they believe dramatically impact their ability to defend their organisations from cybercrime. CISOs, CIOs and senior cyber professionals flagged four key areas of concern which, unless addressed quickly, will expose businesses to significant cyber threats. As part of RedSeal’s second annual Resilience Report, 600 UK and U.S. senior IT decision makers responded candidly on the biggest cybersecurity...

Research by the Ponemon Institute focusing on Chief Information Officers (CISO) worldwide has found worrying levels of business readiness for cybersecurity threats. Drawing on insights from 184 global CISOs, a new F5-comissioned report has highlighted the latest challenges encountered in the increasingly influential role. “This new research provides a unique view into how CISOs are operating in today’s challenging environment,” said Mike Convertino, CISO, F5 Networks. “It’s clear CISOs are making progress in how they...

Malware and breach protection firm Lastline announced a partnership with cybersecurity technology provider Avanan, known for its “one-click” cloud security. Avanan joins a growing community of cybersecurity vendors that integrates Lastline’s technology. Lastline is now fully integrated with Avanan, providing threat visibility and detection, and optimized response against malware-based attacks against cloud-based applications and data. “The days of isolated, stove-pipe security appliances is over, especially as enterprises are migrating to the cloud,” said Michael Landewe, Avanan Co-founder. “The...

Synopsys today announced that the results of its 2017 Coverity Scan Report showed significant adoption of secure software development practices, underscoring the importance of managing OSS risk. “Due to the ubiquity of open source and the vital role it plays in virtually all types of software, understanding and managing its risks can no longer be optional,” said Andreas Kuehlmann, senior vice president and general manager of the Synopsys Software Integrity Group. “The Coverity Scan Report...

By Rick McElroy, Carbon Black Security Strategist The threat landscape is evolving. Your endpoints don’t just live within the safety of your corporate network – they’re out in the wild exposed to millions of new threats every day. With non-malware attacks on the rise that are even harder to detect than traditional malware, security professionals are realising it is no longer a matter of if they will be breached, but when. To harden defences against...

A new survey from BJSS, the award-winning delivery-focused IT consultancy, and YouGov reveals that 67% of teachers throughout Britain feel that they can’t effectively teach coding to children aged between eight and fifteen as they don’t have the right skills or tools.   The survey, conducted with 500 primary and secondary school teachers from schools* across the Britain, also revealed that 83% of teachers believe it’s important for the Department of Education (DOE) to provide...

Sophos has launched ‘Project Haunted House’, a continuous attack analysis and assessment of smart homes over the period of several weeks. With the aim of raising awareness of responsible IoT device use, a virtual smart home, simulated for this purpose and including original control and network infrastructures, has been set up and will be used as a potential target for attack and left exposed on the Internet.   The final results of the research project...