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Talend (NASDAQ: TLND), a global leader in cloud and big data integration solutions, today released the findings of a survey of 169 IT decision makers, indicating big data, analytics and governance top the list of priorities in 2017. The findings show real-time analytics, metadata management, and self-service data access make up nearly 70 percent of the projects IT leaders intend to execute in 2017, as they get their data in shape to pursue artificial intelligence...

The UK’s technology training and apprenticeship organisation QA have created a film to inspire women into technology careers for International Women’s Day. Last week, QA uncovered within a survey completed by over 80 women who currently work in technology jobs within both public and private sector organisations - that nearly half of women were actively discouraged from starting a career in tech. This worrying revelation is highly conceivable, shown by the fact that women represent just...

A new survey of more than 200 security professionals attending RSA Conference 2017 has been released by Tripwire. Conducted at Tripwire’s booth, the survey gauged respondents’ concerns for their own organizations and found there are rising concerns for cybersecurity in general. When asked if they were confident in the U.S. government’s ability to protect itself from cyber-attacks in 2017, only 17 percent of respondents said ‘yes.’ In addition, 80 percent of respondents said they were...

Spamming group, River City Media, led by well known spammers Alvin Slocombe and Matt Ferrisi, has had its database leaked. Yesterday, details were released of a massive, illegal spam operation. The situation presents a tangible threat to online privacy and security as it involves a database of 1.4 billion email accounts combined with names, user IP addresses, and even physical addresses. Chances are that you, or at least someone you know, is affected. The Guru reached...

CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Veracode, a leader in securing web, mobile and third-party applications across the software development lifecycle, for approximately $614 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The combination of CA’s portfolio with privately-held Veracode will establish CA Technologies as a leader in the...

SailPoint, the leader in identity management, surveyed customers and attendees at this week’s Gartner IAM Summit about their plans for meeting compliance requirements associated with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which goes into effect in 2018. Of approximately 100 survey respondents, 80 percent see GDPR as a priority even if they don’t have a specific plan in place (only 25 percent of respondents have an established plan) to comply with the regulation. Of those...

The government’s digital strategy has correctly identified the need for more training to mitigate the rise of cyber threats. However, this approach will only go so far. According to Ross Tuffee, CEO of DOGFI.SH Mobile, in order to drive real change, it is critical that organisations understand why employees persist with bad security habits, leaving firms exposed to hackers and breaches and how this might be addressed. Last week the government launched its digital strategy,...

In the wake of the Yahoo attack late last year, where the theft of more than 500 million user account from 2014 was discovered, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has decided to waive her 2016 bonus after an investigation into the attack by the board. Yahoo’s top Lawyer, Ronald S. Bell, has also resigned for his part in the mishandling of the security breaches. Below are the thoughts of cyber security leaders on this news. Brian Laing,...

Trustwave recently reported a remotely exploitable issue in the Telnet administrative interface of numerous DblTek branded devices. The issue permits a remote attacker to gain a shell with root privileges on the affected device due to a vendor backdoor in the authentication procedure. The Telnet interface of the GoIP is documented as providing information for users of the device through the use of logins "ctlcmd" and "limitsh". Both of these logins provide limited information about...

More than two in five (43 per cent) businesses who were victim to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on their IT system believe their competitors were behind it. According to research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, rival firms are considered more likely culprits than cybercriminals, which were cited as suspects by fewer than two in five (38 per cent) victims. Kaspersky Lab’s 2016 IT Security Risks* study, found that industrial sabotage was...