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Many organisations have been considering a network transformation initiative to support the adoption of SaaS, cloud-based applications, and an increasingly remote workforce. Given the connectivity needs of a remote workforce - and knowing a hybrid workforce is here to stay - many IT teams have had to make sudden changes in the way workers connect to corporate systems that could introduce new cyber risks and vulnerabilities.   When developing a security strategy for supporting a hybrid...

Cato Networks has recently reported its 2021 business results, showing a growing revenue by 96% YoY, increasing headcount by 66%, and a doubling in valuation to $2.5 billion with an added $200 million investment.    In a new Total Economic Impact (TEI) study, Forrester Research found that Cato delivers 246% ROI in under six months. Along with performance improvements, increased security posture, and reduced operational and maintenance costs, the study found IT teams experienced higher employee morale, which is particularly...

Yesterday, Illusive released its Analysing Identity Risks (AIR) 2022 report, which examines the unmanaged, misconfigured and exposed identity risks within organisations. The report shows that all organisations are vulnerable to attack, despite the deployment of privileged account management (PAM), multi-factor authentication (MFA) and other identity and access management (IAM) solutions. Illusive's security teams witnessed these blind spots firsthand in the financial services, healthcare, and retail sectors. According to Gartner®, “Many breaches are caused by security...

Corporate training videos. The words alone make you feel bored. They summon dreary memories of wasted hours, terrible acting and worse storytelling. If I told you that it doesn’t have to be that way, that training videos can be informative, engaging and even exciting, would you believe me? You’d be forgiven if you didn’t. But that’s exactly what KnowBe4’s ‘The Inside Man’ is. For four seasons now, the show has been seamlessly interweaving, believe it...

Next week, UK Research and Innovation's Digital Security by Design (DSbD) challenge's Four Nations Roadshow begins. The roadshow will journey across England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland and will feature talks from multiple speakers highlighting the developments in computing across the decades, the state of computing in the present day, and how we can move towards a safer, more secure future. DSbD is an initiative supported by the UK government to transform digital technology and create...

The 8th of February marked the 19th Safer Internet Day which saw over 200 countries take a collaborative stance to make the Internet a safer and better place for all, particularly for younger people. Over the past 18 months, online activity sky-rocketed due to the disruptions caused by the pandemic. With many faced with lockdowns, the vast majority were restricted to the confines of our homes, with adults working remotely and children learning virtually. The...

New research from Adarma, the UK’s largest independent cyber threat management company, has discovered a major disconnect in the way organisations think and act in the face of ransomware. Adarma's nationwide ransomware study surveyed 500 C-level executives at UK businesses with over 2,000 employees and found that 58% of respondents have experienced a ransomware attack, with 94% of respondents reporting to be either concerned or very concerned about being hit by ransomware. However, the research also...

The nefarious minds behind a dangerous malware called BotenaGo have uploaded the source code to GitHub on October 16th 2021, according to new research by AT&T Alien Labs. This could mean hackers around the world, who now have access to this source code, will have the ability to create their own versions of the malware and adapt it to their own attack objectives. There is concern BotenaGo malware 'variants' will begin to surface quickly and...

A new industry report by Blueliv, an Outpost24 company, has deep dived into the evolving threat landscape that is surrounding the financial services sector. Using advanced threat intelligence gathered by Blueliv’s Threat Compass; the ‘Follow the Money’ report reveals the main cyber threats and the culprits behind these malicious attacks to forewarn these vital institutions.  Threat intelligence gathered by Blueliv from the dark web and deep web showed that the main cyberthreats targeting the industry included: Phishing, Credential Theft, Ransomware, Business Email Compromise (BEC), Malware infection, Banking Trojans, Webinjects and Mobile App Malware. Each of these attack vectors must be a focus of...

Buying a smartphone from at least a year ago can feel risky – especially as, the older a particular model of phone is, the slower it could feel when running. It might also be denied the same steady supply of software and security updates available for the latest devices. Nonetheless, certain ‘old’ phones – like those highlighted below – have aged like a fine wine while remaining much cheaper to buy than ‘back in the...