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Check Point Software has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Veriti Cybersecurity, the first fully automated, multi-vendor pre-emptive threat exposure and mitigation platform. The acquisition aims to respond to the uptick in AI-fuelled attacks facing organisations, as well as the increasing connectivity of IT environments.  Founded in 2021, Veriti pioneered the Preemptive Exposure Management (PEM) category - actively discovering and mitigating risks across siloed tools. Veriti continuously monitors logs, threat indicators, and vulnerabilities identified across...

Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2024’s Top 20 women selected by an esteemed panel of judges. Presented in a Q&A format, the nominee’s answers are written in their own words. In 2025, the awards were sponsored by BT, KnowBe4, Mimecast, Varonis, Bridewell, Certes, Pentest Tools and AI Dionic. Community partners included WiCyS UK & Ireland...

What happens when two titans of cybersecurity (Rebecca Taylor, Threat Intelligence Knowledge Manager and Researcher at Secureworks, a Sophos company, and Amelia Hewitt, Founder of CybAid and Managing Director at Hewitt Partnerships) join forces to write a book? Securely Yours: An Agony Aunt’s Guide to Surviving Cyber! Securely Yours is a practical Agony Aunt-style guide for women navigating a career in cybersecurity. Drawing on lived experience and answering questions posed by their own mentees and peers,...

ISACA and the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (Chartered IIA), have sent a letter to Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Business and Trade, stressing the urgent need for audit reform legislation to boost digital resilience. The letter underlines strong stakeholder support for the Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill promised in the King’s Speech last year, but that has yet to be published. Other signatories include CEO’s from Airmic; CREST; Sheffield...

Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2024’s Top 20 women selected by an esteemed panel of judges. Presented in a Q&A format, the nominee’s answers are written in their own words. In 2025, the awards were sponsored by BT, KnowBe4, Mimecast, Varonis, Bridewell, Certes, Pentest Tools and AI Dionic. Community partners included WiCyS UK & Ireland...

Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2024’s Top 20 women selected by an esteemed panel of judges. Presented in a Q&A format, the nominee’s answers are written in their own words. In 2025, the awards were sponsored by BT, KnowBe4, Mimecast, Varonis, Bridewell, Certes, Pentest Tools and AI Dionic. Community partners included WiCyS UK & Ireland...

Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2024’s Top 20 women selected by an esteemed panel of judges. Presented in a Q&A format, the nominee’s answers are written in their own words. In 2025, the awards were sponsored by BT, KnowBe4, Mimecast, Varonis, Bridewell, Certes, Pentest Tools and AI Dionic. Community partners included WiCyS UK & Ireland...

New research has revealed the escalating cost of identity fraud and the impact it has on organisations. The research, a joint global study by Entrust and Docusign, showed the trade-offs enterprises face between security and customer experience. The Future of Global Identity Verification research report reveals that identity fraud is a growing threat globally and across industries, with over two-thirds (69%) of organizations reporting increased fraud attempts. Organisations with over 5,000 employees have an annual direct identity...

Salt Security has announced API integrations with the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform to enhance and accelerate API discovery, posture governance and threat protection. This integration allows for rapid API discovery through a new Foundry application and provides real-time threat insights via native integration with CrowdStrike Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM. This combined solution aims to address the growing API security risks, highlighted by reports showing widespread API usage and increasing security incidents. The collaboration, which began with CrowdStrike’s...

The Gurus spoke to Robert Hann, VP of Technical Solutions at Entrust, about the future of IT and the challenges these developments pose to security teams and business leaders globally. What do you think will be the most significant changes in the IT industry over the next 5-10 years? I believe the three most influential and interconnected evolutions that will transform the IT industry throughout the next decade are AI, Robotics and Quantum Computing. The...