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The topic of the NHSX COVID-19 contact tracing app has been at the centre of many security debates lately. The discussion has been fuelled by security professionals, conspiracy theorists, and everyone in-between. However, many of the voices have not represented the British population that the application is designed to protect. With this in mind, Anomali, a cybersecurity company specialising in threat intelligence and analysis, conducted a survey of the British public in order to ascertain...

Without a doubt, the role of open source is pivotal to software development across the board. Indeed, the software security corporation, Synopsys, has affirmed that open source constitutes seven out of ten lines of code on the average application. Among the most popular were jQuery which could be found in more than half (55%) of codebases, followed by Bootstrap with 40% and Font Awesome with 31%. However, what is truly concerning is the widespread neglect...

Covid-19 has radically altered almost every aspect of day-to-day life in hundreds of nations: Socialising, working, travelling and exercising have all been impacted. But once the initial shock of the pandemic is brought under control, how will our worlds change long term? According to a new survey, remote working is one element which organisations should consider here to stay.  The global survey commissioned by identity and access management solution OneLogin, six out of ten people...

From: Thomas, Kevin Sent: 24 August 2019 10:43 To: Malik, Javvad Subject: Encryption Jav I’m updating the presentation pack for this months management meeting. Can you send me a short description of encryption so the SLT can better understand the solution. Kev From: Malik, Javvad Sent: 24 August 2019 11:03 To: Thomas, Kevin Subject: Encryption Hi Kevin, Encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those...

By Prof. John Walker To say we live in unprecedented times must be the understatement of the century – in fact, what we have seen in recent years does amount to gross disbelief. Terrorist attacks finding their way to the streets of the UK, active Russian agents seemingly acting with murderous impunity, whilst looking wondrously up at Church Spires, not to mention the murder of a US based journalist within the walls of a Egyptian...

Technology has undoubtedly made life more bearable during a global pandemic. From drones being rolled out to deliver medicines and essential items across Ireland, to the rise of video conferencing platforms, such as Zoom creating a more connected community of remote workers. The affordances of our ever increasingly digital epoch have made isolation more tolerable by providing interconnectivity and entertainment. However, there is a darker side to the rapid uptake of technology during this international...

Last week, Qualys launched its latest solution, Vulnerability Management Detection and Response - VMDR, which integrates asset visibility, vulnerability management, detection and response across global hybrid-IT environments all from a single app. It was presented to the world with an informative webinar (available here). With the recognition that this launch is taking place during unprecedented times, we caught up with Sumedh Thakar, President and Chief Product Officer, and Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO at Qualys,...

The IT Security Guru and Eskenzi PR are excited to present  the latest instalment of our series CISO Carpool NOT Karaoke. In this episode, we asked Shan Lee, CISO at Transferwise, our most burning questions about what it's like to work the IT Security industry. Did you know that the first time the word Cyber was first used in William Gibson's book Neuromancer, and that the author actually explained that he chose that word because...

The IT Security Guru and Eskenzi PR are proud to present the first episode of our series CISO Carpool NOT Karaoke. While driving around London, Quentyn Taylor, CISO at Canon, tells us how he manages to keep his team motivated, why he wanted to be a fresh water biologist, and why he's glad he didn't! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VS7HeKm9NY&feature=youtu.be Stay tuned for the next episode!  

Since the Coronavirus pandemic has taken hold, Alert Logic has experienced a 92 percent increase in deployed endpoints. As a result, the industry’s first SaaS-enabled managed detection and response (MDR) provider is offering a 90-day free vulnerability detection with extended protection to help mitigate cyber-attacks aimed at the increased number of remote workers.  Alert Logic’s recent offer includes machine learning-enabled protection, AWS configuration checks, asset discovery, and vulnerability scanning. The Texas-based cybersecurity giant has also launched a COVID-19 resource centre which provides added advice on how to adjust...