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Closed Door Security, a leading provider of attack-driven cybersecurity services, today announced it has joined the Cyber Scheme, reinforcing its position as one of the UK’s leading and most widely accredited penetration testers. The Cyber Scheme provides the highest standard of government approved examinations and is essential for technical consultants wishing to gain the NCSC CHECK status, to allow them to carry out penetration testing on public sector and critical national infrastructure networks. As a...

When people think of when to practise self-care, it’s unlikely they think of doing so at work. But, in society today, work-related stress is having a detrimental effect on employee wellbeing. Concerningly, almost half UK employees are close to burnout from work whilst a staggering 79% of British adults feel stressed at least once a month. That is why this National Self Care Week (14-20th November) we want to emphasise the crucial need for employers to establish a culture...

In 2018, ISMA UK established International Stress Awareness Week (ISAW) to raise awareness for stress prevention, 20 years after they founded Stress Awareness Day. Taking place this week, from 7th-11th November, the movement additionally aims to reduce the stigma associated with stress and mental health, attracting media attention worldwide. With the chosen theme this year being ‘Working Together to Build Resilience and Reduce Stress’, individuals and businesses are encouraged to join forces to help deliver...

Salt Security, the API security company, has announced that it has achieved Microsoft Azure IP Co-sell Ready status, which means that the Salt Security API Protection Platform can be sold and marketed by Microsoft sellers globally. By earning this status, Salt said it can provide its customers with a more streamlined deployment and management process for taking advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform. In addition, the Salt Security API Protection Platform will...

KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has introduced SecurityCoach, a new, first of its kind product which offers real-time security coaching aimed at reducing risky behaviour. The company notes that HDR correlates, identifies and responds to the tens of thousands of detected events related to the risky security behavior of an organisation's users being generated within their existing security infrastructure.   Social engineering techniques like phishing, spear...

Obrela Security Industries recently launched their H1 2022 Digital Universe Study, which provides detailed insight into this year’s security and threat landscape. The results provide a ‘funnel’ view of real-time visibility data, and allow organisations to gain a better understanding of how threats are security are developing, and how they can better protect themselves.   To put together this report, Obrela collected and analysed 1 PBs of logs as well as 100,000 devices. In this time,...

On Thursday, October 27th, 2022, developers of the OpenSSL cryptography library had taken the unusual step of pre-warning that a critical update is due to be announced on Tuesday, November 1, which will address a critical vulnerability. The OpenSSL library is exactly what it sounds like – an open-source implementation of the SSL and TLS cryptographic protocols, which make secure communications possible. Think of the lock icon to the left of your web address in your browser. Not much is...

The nominations for the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber awards are out! It's always wonderful to read about the incredible women in our industry, who are making fantastic contributions and paving the way for others. In no particular order, here is PART I of the 2022 shortlist along with snippets of what their nominators had to say about them! (To see Part II, see HERE) Dr. Kiri Addison, senior product manager, Mimecast Kiri has vast...

The nominations for the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber awards are out! It’s always wonderful to read about the incredible women in our industry, who are making fantastic contributions and paving the way for others. In no particular order, here is PART II of the 2022 shortlist along with snippets of what their nominators had to say about them! (To see Part I, see HERE) Carol Lee, program & SheLeads Tech director, ISACA Hong Kong...

Outpost24 has released a new threat intelligence blog on Guacamaya, a hacktivist group acting in defense of the abuse performed on the territory and against the indigenous people of Central America. Their main objective is exfiltrating information about companies or organisms performing unjust actions against the indigenous people or territory. Guacamaya have been acting in defense of the indigenous people of Abya Yala territory. This is the name used by the Native American Guna people who inhabit the geographic...