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Jamie Akhtar, aside from being the CEO and co-founder of CyberSmart, is a veritable titan of the cybersecurity industry. From cutting his teeth in New York serving as CTO for investment firms and gaming companies, to turning his attention to the underdogs, Jamie has a refreshing and unique take on the industry at large.  Can you tell me a bit about you and your background? I’ve been obsessed with technology for as long as I...

Written by Chris Roberts, Fortinet We face an exciting evolution in the cybersecurity sector.  Attackers are becoming both more efficient and intelligent at evaluating their targets and successfully carrying out their intended campaigns. Often money is at the forefront of their minds but, as we have seen recently, drivers may also be geo-political or activist views. Whatever their motivations, financial or otherwise, their methods continue to be both immoral and, in most jurisdictions, illegal. Understanding...

Passwords are traditional. As long as only you and the people you trust know them then, you can operate anonymously and with security on the Internet and various applications. Passwords are safe. Well not really. Not anymore.     Passwords are reused. They are successful for months, years even. Yet, the reliance on a singular method of authentication is foolhardy. If something can go wrong, it will. Eventually, a data breach reveals a password and it...

New research has revealed the top email subjects clicked on in phishing tests were those related or from Human Resources, according to the latest 'most clicked phishing tests' conducted by KnowBe4. In fact, half of those that were clicked on had subject lines related to Human Resources, including vacation policy updates, dress code changes, and upcoming performance reviews. The second most clicked category were those send from IT, which include requests or actions of password...

IT Security Guru recently sat down with Michelle McLean, VP of product marketing at Salt Security, to learn more about API security as its own discipline and how it supports cyber resiliency in large enterprises on their digital transformation journeys.  Michelle started her career working as a technology journalist for almost a decade and has since held marketing leadership roles in a variety of enterprise security and software companies, as well as an advisory role...

Outpost24 has announced it has been acquired by Vitruvian Partners to take the company into the next phase of growth. The new ownership structure will enable Outpost24 to invest in its people, processes, and industry-leading technology to further strengthen its leadership position in a large and growing market. Vitruvian has acquired a majority ownership position in the Company, with management and key employees remaining significant minority shareholders. With over 2,500 customers in more than countries,...

A part of the industry for around twenty years, DomainTools uses active and passive DNS (Domain Name System) data to create cybersecurity intelligence for its customers. Tim Durant, Vice President of Channels and Alliances, explained:  “DNS is like the fingerprints or the activity on the internet. So we’re mapping all those fingerprints.”   With unique sets of data, providing a different picture of cyber threat infrastructure than that which is typically provided, governments, enterprises, and other...

Virsec has come a long way in the past few years. As recently as 2017, its technology only focused on memory protection. 5 years, $137 million in funding and the addition of host and feedback protection later, the company is looking to revolutionise cybersecurity, quite literally, from the inside out.  Greg Kelton, Regional Director of Europe at Virsec, is on the frontlines of that revolution. The enemy? Dwell time. “We’re seeing a monumental shift in...

Unified identity security company, One Identity, focuses on helping organisations close the cybersecurity exposure gap that exists with newfound identity vulnerabilities and stopping opportunistic bad actors before they can seek to utilise it.   The identity perimeter is a relatively new phenomenon. Twelve years ago, workers were almost always in an office, using office devices. There used to be a data centre for a particular firm. Now any employee may use their phone, smart watch, or...

The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing work-from-home revolution has thrust identity management to the top of corporate agendas. As such, security professionals can no longer be satisfied with securing their perimeters, they now have to account for countless employees, devices and identities - all operating off site. One Identity recognised the paradigm shift early. Already an established player in the identity management space, their acquisition of access management provider OneLogin was a key move in cementing...