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I don’t typically like awards; let’s be honest, more often than not, they’re pay to play – and most of us see them for what they are!   It begs the question; how come we ended up running an award that literally makes no money and takes a huge amount of time to organise for the heroes that work for me - Beth Smith and Nicole Sigrist?   It’s because there have never been any...

Six years have passed since the infamous NotPetya cyber attack sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity landscape. Initially disguised as ransomware, NotPetya quickly revealed its true destructive nature, spreading damage to businesses and governments around the world, resulting in billions of dollars in losses. Six years later, the impact of the NotPetya attack is still being felt, and the lessons learned from this incident continue to shape the way we approach cybersecurity. Tom Gol, CTO for...

Cato Networks, provider of the world's leading single-vendor SASE platform, introduced today real-time, deep learning algorithms for threat prevention as part of Cato IPS. The algorithms leverage Cato's unique cloud-native platform and vast data lake to provide highly accurate identification of malicious domains, which are often used in phishing and ransomware attacks. In testing, the deep learning algorithms identified nearly six times more malicious domains than reputation feeds alone. Cato’s Security Research Manager, Avidan Avraham, and...

New research has found over 1 in 3 UK&I workers are likely to click a phishing link, according to KnowBe4's 2023 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report. The report measures an organisation's Phish-prone™ Percentage (PPP), which shows the likelihood employees will be duped by phishing or a social engineering scam. The overall baseline for 2023, which tested an employee's susceptibility to an initial baseline simulated phishing security test rose 5.2% from 30% in 2022, with the...

Cato Networks, provider of the world's leading single-vendor SASE platform, announced today that it has been awarded the 2023 "Product Leadership Award" by Frost & Sullivan for its Cato SSE 360, a key component of the Cato SASE Cloud platform. The Cato SSE 360 is a cloud-native security platform built using the Cato Single Pass Cloud Engine (SPACE) architecture and converges SWG, NGFW, IPS, NGAM, CASB, DLP, RBI, and ZTNA. The Cato SSE 360 is...

A recent study from Lookout, Inc., has released new findings that showcase the rise of data breaches in the financial services industry. The report found that 70% of IT leaders surveyed via the Gartner Peer Community reported a significant increase in data breaches compared to previous years. As the new working landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, financial institutions are required to adapt swiftly in order to protect their valuable data. As the attack surface...

The IT Security Guru, working in conjunction with market research firm Censuswide and cybersecurity PR agency Eskenzi PR, has uncovered some shocking statistics relating to scams and the cost of living crisis. The results of the survey found that 11% of Brits were tempted to engage in ‘illegal or illicit online behaviour’ in order to help manage the fallout from the cost of living crisis. This statistic becomes even more concerning when focused on younger...

In celebration of the individuals making a massive impact to the digital journeys of some of the region’s biggest organisations DTX has launched its top 50 list for 2023.   These are the innovators, the community builders and the unsung heroes of the North West tech industry who deserve to have their stories told.   Using the research and collaboration skills that have made DTX a household name in its field, the team has now created...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced it has been recognised as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Software Composition Analysis, Q2 2023. The report identifies the 12 most significant vendors in the software composition analysis (SCA) market and evaluates them against 32 criteria grouped into three high-level categories: current offering, strategy, and market presence. Synopsys' Black Duck® SCA solution received among the highest scores in the market presence category and ranked second in the current offering...