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Janrain®, the company that pioneered the Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) category, today announced during Cybersecurity Awareness Month the results of its latest Consumer Attitudes Toward Data Privacy and Security Survey, which show U.S. consumers still generally trust brands but welcome consent-based relationships following the recent spate of breaches and controversies affecting data privacy. Janrain surveyed over 1,000 U.S. consumers who demonstrated a surprising capacity for forgiveness and understanding, with nearly half of them...

One Identity, a proven leader in helping organisations get identity and access management (IAM) right, today released new global research that uncovers a widespread inability to implement basic best practices across identity and access management (IAM) and privileged access management (PAM) security disciplines -- likely exposing organisations to data breaches and other significant security risks. Conducted by Dimensional Research, One Identity’s “Assessment of Identity and Access Management in 2018” study polled more than 1,000 IT security...

Alert Logic, the leading provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions, last week announced major updates to the industry’s only Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) for containers. The release adds container log management and extends capabilities beyond Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Microsoft Azure, on-premises and hosted environments. Organizations gain a simplified, comprehensive picture of their risk through improved visibility into any workload in any container, as well as the ability to collect, aggregate and search container log...

On November 15th at the Business Design Centre in London, the Cyber Security Summit & Expo the UK’s leading one day event dedicated to cyber security in both the public and private sectors returns for its 9th year. Aside from the dedicated Cyber Security Summit, the event also features the Data Protection Summit focussing on the impact of GDPR as well as providing an essential update on the latest legislation. This is complimented by a...

According to The Future of Enterprise Data: Democratized and Optimized report by ASG Technologies, the trusted provider of proven solutions for information access, management and governance for the world’s top enterprises, compliance is the largest driver of data management initiatives for 50% of CIOs. The survey of 200 CIOs also reveals that more than a third of respondents (35%) plan to increase investment in data governance in 2019. This focus on data governance comes as...

Cybersecurity firm RepKnight today extends the capabilities of its flagship dark web monitoring product BreachAlert with BreachMarkers™, a new feature enabling organisations to detect breach or misuse of their data by cybercriminals, staff and third parties. BreachAlert is a data breach detection application that continuously monitors the dark web for corporate data being leaked online. The platform works in the same way as a burglar alarm — alerting customers in real time as soon as...

Airbus Defence and Space, through its Airbus CyberSecurity unit and partnering with Atos as coprime entity, have been selected by the Council of the European Union to provide cyber security expertise, products, services and solutions to help protect the IT systems of 17 European institutions, services and agencies. This framework contract makes the consortium, in which Airbus Defence and Space acts as the lead company, the preferred provider of cyber security solutions for key European...

Corero Network Security (LSE: CNS), a leading provider of real-time, high-performance, automated DDoS defense solutions, today announced it has executed a global partnership agreement with Juniper Networks to sell Corero’s SmartWall DDoS protection software products and services in conjunction with Juniper Networks® MX Series 5G Universal Routing Platform. Ashley Stephenson, Corero CEO said, “I am delighted to announce the agreement of a global go-to-market partnership with Juniper Networks for the sale and support of Corero SmartWall software...

Louisiana is home to many critical assets and companies that are crucial to our nation’s infrastructure. And LSU’s experts are working to conduct research and experiments to prevent and defend against cyber attacks. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, there are 16 critical infrastructure sectorsconsidered “so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.”...

A captivating keynote launched IP EXPO Europe for its 13th year yesterday, as renowned astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield shared his unique experience of space travel and considerations for the next leap for mankind.  Hadfield, the former Commander of the International Space Station, spoke in front of a packed crowd about the human element of space travel: the teamwork and collaboration that is required to make an off-world team function. From the future of space to...