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Saviynt, a leading provider of cloud-native identity and governance platform solutions, has announced the launch of its highly anticipated Intelligence Suite, which includes the general availability of Intelligent Recommendations. This new offering promises to revolutionize identity security with its advanced features, including dynamic role management, tailored access recommendations, actionable insights, and a multi-dimensional weighted trust scoring model. Jeff Margolies, Saviynt's Chief Product and Strategy Officer, emphasized the transformative impact of Saviynt Intelligence. "Saviynt Intelligence will...

“My Government is committed to making work pay and will legislate to introduce a new deal for working people to ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights. It will seek to establish the appropriate legislation to place requirements on those working to develop the most powerful artificial intelligence models." That's what the King said yesterday when he delivered his State Opening of Parliament address to the new government. What does this mean for the cybersecurity...

With July being Ransomware awareness month, KnowBe4 has released a ransomware resource toolkit at no cost for organisations and IT managers as part of a dedicated, month-long campaign in July to increase awareness about ransomware attacks. Ransomware is a malicious cyberattack where cybercriminals encrypt an organisation's data and demand a ransom payment to regain access. It has evolved to include extracting and threatening to expose sensitive information, combining the extortion tactics. This represents one of...

Advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have lowered the barrier of entry for non-security users to independently develop and manage their own data products, which when decentralised to enable separate cross domain data analysis is known as ‘data mesh’.  As enterprises are typically built on both structured and unstructured data, if the models these users add unstructured data to aren't trained and governed properly, the users risk compromising desired outcomes and the...

New research into password usage for new accounts during the onboarding process, has revealed a worrying trend where easily guessable passwords are left unchanged for new starters, presenting significant security risks for organisations. The findings from Secops Software, an Outpost24 company, analysed 651 million compromised passwords which highlighted a list of 120,000 commonly used password for new team members. At the top of the list was the term "User", appearing 41,683 times. "Temp" was second...

It’s often argued that the lack of women and non-binary individuals in tech is due to inadequate support, insufficient attention — especially from senior management — and a dearth of those candidates studying subjects such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It’s a narrative that regularly gets repeated as a part of the conversation about diversity in tech. But the unfortunate reality is that the issues at hand go much deeper. While simply recognising the problem and having these conversations...

The Met Police, a long with a host of other global law enforcement agencies, have dismantled a criminal gang that used a technology service to facilitate fraudulent text messages, leading to theft from victims. The scam primarily targeted younger individuals familiar with the internet. The technology service, LabHost, aided scammers in sending deceptive messages and directing victims to fake websites resembling legitimate online payment or shopping services. The criminals obtained identity information, including card numbers...

As we delve deeper as an industry into the intersection of emotional well-being and cybersecurity, it has become more evident than ever before that workplace culture profoundly impacts cyber risk. It is critical we all recognise industry-specific challenges in a cyber-mature manner, so we can effectively support underserved sectors. It is important that we explore the implications of burnout on cybersecurity maturity within the Charity and SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) sectors, to better understand...

The ethos of continuous learning and adaptability has played a major role in my tech industry experience. I've come to recognize the importance of adopting a growth mindset and embracing challenges as avenues for growth. I’ve always been curious, this was strengthened during my military service in an intelligence unit, propelled me into the world of cyber threats and cybersecurity. During this time, I've realised the importance of continuous learning and commitment, particularly within the...

Comforte AG and ACI Worldwide have announced a partnership together to accelerate payment modernisation with global PCI DSS v4.0 Compliance. PCI DSS v3.2.1 will be retired on March 31, 2024, as it will underscore the need for businesses and companies to act swiftly and comply with v4.0 until it comes into full effect on March 31, 2025. Real-time payments software ACI Worldwide and provider of data-centric security solutions comforte AG will focus on offering customers...