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Cyber-security is rarely out of the news these days, with large businesses and organisation under attack. This is now increasingly moving to medium-sized organisations, who are also seeing their capital, reputation and intellectual property challenged by new and insidious threats. However, according to IT solutions and managed services provider (MSP) EACS, while many IT teams are taking steps to improve their organisations’ security posture, their efforts are being hampered by an indifference to the topic...

Top talent from UK and US universities have fired up their laptops to battle a dangerous rogue state developing Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) in the life-like cyber security competition, Cambridge2Cambridge (C2C).   The government and industry backed competition - which is the brainchild of two of the most prestigious universities in the world, the University of Cambridge, in the UK, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in the US - pits teams of...

DDoS attacks still have the ability to strike fear into the hearts of security professionals and web server administrators everywhere. The flooding of a targeted system can be a logistical nightmare for organizations of all kinds, affecting normal business function massively. This week Imperva Incapsula released their Q2 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report, which represents an opportunity for the cybersecurity industry to take stock, and to view the threatscape in relation to DDoS; How it...

NuData Security today announced that it has been designated Leader in the Innovation category in the 2017 Identity Proofing Platform Awards by Javelin Strategy & Research. NuData’s NuDetect enables organizations to detect good from fraudulent users with unparalleled accuracy, at the time of account creation, protecting customers against account takeovers and brands from fraud. The Leader in Innovation in Identity Proofing Platform Award is the latest honor for the passive biometrics and cognitive behavioral analytics...

Cylance® Inc., the company that revolutionized the antivirus industry with AI-powered prevention that blocks everyday malware along with today’s most advanced cyberthreats, has announced the results of its inaugural report, Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise: The AI Race is On. The survey, which polled 652 IT decision makers in the U.S., UK, Germany and France, found that optimism about the value of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions in the enterprise is high and plans to continue...

The number of cards compromised at U.S. ATMs and merchants rose 39 percent in the first six months of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016, according to new data from Silicon Valley analytic software firm FICO. FICO has also tracked a 21 percent increase in compromises of ATMs and point-of-sale (POS) devices in the U.S. in the first six months of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016. The number of compromises...

The health and safety of staff stands to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the mining industry’s move towards automation and IoT, new research by Inmarsat (ISAT.L) has found. According to the global mobile satellite company, IoT will play an increasingly important role in helping mining companies meet their obligations to their staff, governments, the environment and shareholders. In May 2017 market research specialist Vanson Bourne interviewed respondents from 100 large mining companies across...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect in 2018, making organisations accountable for personal data protection including how and where data is stored and how it is processed within the organisation. However, according to a new survey from business analytics leader, SAS, less than half (45 per cent) of organisations surveyed have a structured plan in place for compliance and more than half (58 per cent) indicate that their organisations are not fully...

Global study indicates disgruntled former employees or other threat actors still have widespread opportunity to cause harm because their IT accounts remain active Seventy percent of respondents lack confidence that accounts of former employees are fully deactivated in a timely manner Eighty-four percent of respondents say it takes a month or longer to discover forgotten dormant accounts Results show that common IT security best practices continue to be a challenge for organizations worldwide   One...

The make-up of the modern home is changing, bringing with it a new era of “household 2.0” which, on average, cares for 2.4 people, 0.3 pets and now also 6.3 connected devices per home. With devices playing such a prominent role in today’s average household, Kaspersky Lab has launched updated versions of Kaspersky Internet Security and Kaspersky Total Security to help people care for their devices as much as they care for their pets and...