Opinions & Analysis

By Jake Olcott, VP of Strategic Partnerships at BitSight After years of debate over whether to impose new cybersecurity regulations on companies, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws went into effect in May 2018. Already we’ve seen several data breach victims ordered to pay fines under the new rules and cookie disclosure notices are popping up on more websites than ever. Everyone is waiting with bated breath for the first report from the Information Commissioner’s...

Written by Anthony Webb, Vice-President EMEA, A10 Networks Observing the evolution of global networks over the course of my career has always been fascinating. Our fast-paced, innovative industry has transformed the world, ushering in the age of mass communication that touches every part of our lives. Most people don’t give a second thought to how we keep networks in operation and evolve them to meet new demands, and that’s exactly how it should be. But...

By Matt Middleton-Leal, EMEA General Manager at Netwrix As there is no such thing as 100 percent secure and as data breaches continue to hit the headlines, investments in IT security never seem to be quite enough. When it comes to budgeting, the role of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is to prioritise available resources based on the IT risks the organisation faces and justify additional investments when and where needed to executives. Of...

Tony Lee, Managing Director, Panda Security UK For decades, firewalls were considered the principal method of online security; providing a threat originated from outside a business’ security network, the firewall would intercept it and manage it accordingly. However, while cyber attacks have evolved and become more sophisticated in their execution, the basic function of a firewall has remained the same: prevent unauthorised access to or from a private network. So what if a threat originates...

By Chris Ross, SVP international, Barracuda Networks A few weeks ago, we released some research around the topic of networking technologies that help users access the cloud securely and quickly - specifically software defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). We spoke to 410 IT and networking professionals working in EMEA to find out more about the barriers and drivers that are shaping their attitudes towards SD-WAN. While we spoke to end-users for this research, it revealed...

Josh Lefkowitz, Chief Executive Officer, Flashpoint Black Friday and Cyber Monday are not only a harbinger of the holiday season but also of a predictable barrage of messaging around an escalation in fraud. The increase in transactions coinciding with the online holiday shopping season does come with an increase in fraud, which hardly surprises security professionals in retail and other relevant markets. But despite the marketing from vendors promising all the answers around combating holidays-inspired...

By Peter Olive, CEO, Vortex 6 Today, many people are talking about artificial intelligence (AI) and just about every new product that gets launched seems to have an AI element to it. However, at the same time there is much fear surrounding the impact that automation and artificial intelligence will have. This is particularly true for those employees directly affected who may fear that their way of working or living will fundamentally change. Self-driving trucks,...

By Alastair Hartrup, Global CEO, Network Critical There are many questions that organisations ask themselves when looking at network visibility. These include questions like, what is a visibility strategy, and when should organisations start developing a visibility strategy? In my opinion there are four key components in a visibility strategy and these are technical, financial, political and legal. Developing sound practices around these key dimensions is not only the purview of IT staff, it is...

While many of us have heard of, or even fallen victim to, cybercrimes such as data and/or identity theft, it seems that relatively few know the value of the information stolen from us. A new study from Kaspersky Lab, involving more than 7000 consumers from nations across Europe, reveals a continent-wide fear about the theft and illegal use of personal data, but also shows that many are often unsure about the value of their data,...

Lucy Caiger, Delivery Lead, Panaseer I have been at the forefront of many customer installations. It’s been interesting to get the insight into different organisational drivers behind why they chose to install our Cyber Security Risk Intelligence platform as well as witness their evolution as the insight changes how they start to address their cyber security strategy. Our customers, as you would expect, have varying environments and security scenarios. I personally work with organisations using...