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Dell has today announced the results of their annual threat report and the results are pretty staggering for businesses worldwide. The company has now called for new decryption and inspection strategies in light of recent comments from Dell VP Patrick Sweeney, who warns that we can expect cybercriminals to continue finding ways to circumvent the latest security updates issued by the likes of Android. Key findings from the report include: Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security...

A new guidance paper from the prpl Foundation, Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Embedded Computing, has been released that describes how to create secure embedded systems that power connected devices.  By forging what it calls a root of trust at the hardware layer and leveraging hardware virtualisation to create two distinct, secure domains- lateral movement attacks within the system will be dramatically reduced according to the foundation. President of the prpl Foundation, Art Swift...

More than 3,000 Organizations Rely on AlienVault to Detect Threats and Mitigate the Impact of a Breach  AlienVault™, the leading provider of Unified Security Management™ solutions and crowd-sourced threat intelligence, today announced that it ended 2015 with unprecedented momentum. The company closed out the year with more than 55 percent year-over-year sales growth and increased its install base to over 3,000 commercial customers. AlienVault’s new customer wins came from a broad range of industries around...

In response to the growing threat of cyber crime and a number of high profile data breaches, employers are planning significant increases in salaries for IT security specialists this year. Head of Cyber Security and Security Analyst roles will both see salaries increase by 18%, while salaries for more junior security support positions will increase by 7%. Steve Corbett, Associate Director, IT recruitment, Robert Walters, comments: “Over the last year we've seen a massive increase...

Company accredited as a Friendly WiFi Approved Provider WatchGuard Technologies is helping children to stay safe online through a new partnership with the 'Friendly WiFi' scheme, designed to identify public places such as shops, restaurants, cafes and cinemas, providing secure filtered WiFi. Initiated by the UK Government with support from the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS)  and manged by the RDI trade organisation, the scheme means that children, parents and guardians can look for the...

The likelihood of being hit by a data security breach makes businesses’ ability to respond to an attack as important as their ability to defend against it, say APMG International and Logical Operations. Enterprises must equip themselves with the correct skills to react to, and prevent, cyber attacks if they are to limit their damaging effects. Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG, said: “The unfortunate reality of the situation we find ourselves in is that the...

A report from Palo Alto Networks has revealed that UK adversaries earn an average of just £8,600 from one successful attack. This is approximately £2,000 less that their German and US counterparts, who can earn £10,400 and £10,900 respectively. On average adversaries earn just over £20,000 a year, compared with a cybersecurity professional who can earn up to four times as much. The report also found 75% of adversaries in the UK are opportunistic when...

In this video, Fred Touchette, Manager of Security Research at AppRiver, explains the techniques being used by hackers to scam organisations out of money. Using a plethora of techniques, it's evident that attackers are devising ever-more sneaky methods of duping employees and ripping off organisations. When you hear what Fred has to say about spoofing and fraud, you'll think twice when reading your emails! This video is detailing findings of AppRiver's year-end Global Security Report....

Following their year-end Global Security Report, AppRiver's Manager of Security Research Troy Gill explains their findings and tells us more about what techniques and trends they spotted in 2015. Looking at how malware and the like is being delivered to victims, Troy gives an informative summary of what we've seen in 2015 and what we can expect to come. For more information, visit AppRiver's website: https://www.appriver.com/

Iron Mountain advises on the key areas to address At the end of last year, the European Parliament and Council reached agreement on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) proposed by the European Commission. The new rules, which will come into force in early 2018, represent the greatest change to data protection legislation since the dawn of the Internet. They will affect any organisation across the world that handles data of European origin. According to...