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The nominations for the IT Security Guru’s Most Inspiring Women in Cyber awards are finally out! We were absolutely blown away by the number of quality candidates that have come through, all of whom have made phenomenal contributions to the cybersecurity industry. As a reminder, the public was invited to put forward an individual they find remarkable. Each nominee then had to answer a set of further questions to complete the nomination process. In no...

A new study from Obrela Security Industries has revealed that 76 percent of UK healthcare organisations would support the government introducing legislation to make it illegal for healthcare organisations to pay ransom demands to cybercriminals. The study was carried out in September 2021 and examined the attitudes of 100 cybersecurity managers in UK healthcare organisations. Other findings from the study revealed that 44 percent chose not to pay a ransom demand but lost their healthcare...

Dragos, Inc one of the world’s top ICS security vendors has just announced it has raised a record-breaking $200 million in Series D funding at a valuation of $1.7 billion. The investments is the largest funding round and the highest valuation achieved by an OT cybersecurity company. It will help accelerate the company’s global expansion, with Dragos recently announcing new plans to grow the company within the UK’s industrial market. The funding round was led...

Armis, the unified asset visibility and security platform provider, has announced its new Armis Partner Experience (APEX) programme. The company says the programme was created with simplicity in mind to help channel partners tap into the market opportunity of securing unmanaged IoT devices - estimated to make up between 80 and 90 percent of the average business environment by 2025. As a tiered programme with multiple go-to-market options, APEX is flexible for channel partners, resellers,...

Security Serious 2021 run by Eskenzi PR and sponsored by leading cybersecurity companies KnowBe4 and OneLogin, has officially set the Guinness World Records title for the Most views of a cyber security lesson video on YouTube in 24 hours. The training lesson achieved 2136 views and was presented by security experts Javvad Malik, lead security awareness advocate at KnowBe4 and Niamh Muldoon, global data protection officer at OneLogin, on the 14th of October 2021 during Cybersecurity Awareness Month and...

Cybersecurity companies KnowBe4 and OneLogin have partnered with Security Serious in a bid to set a brand new Guinness World Records title for the Most views of a cyber security lesson video on YouTube in 24 hours. The record will be attempted on the 14th of October 2021, during European Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Security Serious Week, with the video available to view for a 24-hour period. This record has never been attempted before and will be an official Guinness World Records title...

Armis, the unified asset visibility and security platform provider, has announced Desiree Lee as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Data, reporting directly to Nadir Izrael, co-founder and Global CTO at Armis. Lee’s appointment, the company says, reinforces its strategic commitment to ensuring total visibility of all assets and devices in its customers’ eco-systems. Armis allows clients to see all their associated devices, along with risk and behavioural profiles, delivering an ability to rapidly...

Small businesses (SMEs) form the backbone of the digital economy so it's crucial that they can make the right kinds of security investments to protect themselves from cyber attacks. However, the various frameworks to guide security investments are often too costly and difficult for SMEs to implement, and the potential of insurance and its financial incentives for cybersecurity has yet to be fully realised. Consequently, the National Cybersecurity Centre (NSCS) and the Research Institute in...

Being struck by ransomware has been compared to having a heart attack. It’s something that stalks everyone in theory and yet when it happens the shock of the experience is always a surprise. For the first seconds, minutes - and sometimes hours - organisations are on their own. It’s a moment of unexpected trauma which many organisations find paralysing, something attackers plan for. This makes the attack’s effects even worse. Eventually a growing number call...

KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, will be hosting KB4-CON EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) on the 23rd of September 2021. The European virtual event is an extension of the highly successful KB4-CON US event, which the company says attracted over 10,000 registrants. The cybersecurity-focused event is designed for any CISO, security awareness training administrator and cybersecurity professional in the EMEA region. KB4-CON EMEA is a...