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Cybersecurity education efforts are yielding results, with 61 percent of respondents to a survey conducted by Palo Alto Networks saying they would speak with IT before introducing new devices onto a corporate network or adding business applications and tools onto unsecured devices. With more than 25% of identified attacks in enterprises expected to involve IoT by 2020,   – and many expected to enter the workplace – this survey finding represents a significant step in...

Consumer security and privacy comparison and advice website, Comparitech.com, is calling for Virtual Private Network (VPN) providers to resist touting themselves as the “fastest” because, in essence, there is no such thing and these claims can be misleading for consumers. It says continuing to advertise with such ambiguity will erode consumer trust over time in the private VPN market.  However, with no governing body to help regulate VPN advertising, some self-regulation would do the industry...

CompTIA, the world’s leading non-profit association for the technology industry, has launched a new self-paced online training programme to help UK organisations educate their staff in the fundamentals of cybersecurity in the workplace. CompTIA CyberSecure™ gives employees practical cybersecurity awareness tips and helps them realise that their everyday actions are the crucial first step in protecting their organisation against data breaches and other threats. The cost of data breaches continues to soar, with the average...

A survey of 300 IT security professionals carried out by security management vendor FireMon at last month’s Infosecurity Europe has concluded that 65% believe that they would be grounded in some capacity for the messy state of their firewall rules. Of those, over half, or one-third of the total surveyed, said that if their firewall rules were a teenager’s bedroom, Mum would be so angry, she would ground them for life; and just 35% were...

A new global research initiative conducted by BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in secure mobile communications, finds that despite extensive resources dedicated to mobile security, many IT decision-makers remain concerned about the level of vulnerabilities that persist. The study surveyed 1,000 executives from seven countries across a wide range of vertical industries, including financial services, government and healthcare. The survey reveals that 73 percent of organisations have a mobile security strategy...

Billions of connected devices are potentially at risk unless security sensitive software can be managed to an e-commerce standard, according to a group of leading technology security experts. The companies, including ARM, Intercede, Solacia and Symantec worked together to assess the security challenges of connecting billions of devices across multiple sectors; including industrial, home, health services and transportation. Their conclusion was that any system could be compromised unless a system-level root of trust was established....

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has led some data professionals to think that they will no longer be affected by EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) due to come into force in 2018. “Although it’s very early days, there are some misconceptions around the impact of Brexit on the many thousands of organisations responsible for storing and managing sensitive personal data,” said John Cassidy, VP EMEA, Ground Labs. Any business that stores, transmits...

A new awards scheme has launched to recognise the people, not the products, who consistently going beyond the call of duty for their organisations to keep them secure. As part of the second Security Serious Week that will take place in the first week of October, Security Serious are launching the Unsung Heroes Awards. Award categories include: Godfather of Security Best Security Awareness campaign CISO Supremo Security Avengers (team) Social Media Saviour Security Leader Mobile Mogul...

Research by Kaspersky Lab has revealed teenagers don’t know who to talk to about activities that could be deemed illegal online. A misguided sense of loyalty and not knowing where to turn may explain why half of the 16 to 19 year olds polled (56 per cent) said they would advise a friend to stop but not tell anyone else. Eighteen per cent stated they would want to tell a teacher or parent but would...

Check Point today published its latest Threat Index, revealing the number of active malware families increased by nearly two-thirds in the first half of 2016, led by the number of threats to business networks and mobile devices. During June, Check Point detected 2,420 unique and active malware families attacking business networks, a 61 percent increase compared with January 2016 and a 21 percent increase since April.  The continued rise in the number of active malware...