Opinions & Analysis

By Darren Williams, CEO and Founder of BlackFog Whilst the future use and viability of Cryptocurrencies may still be up for debate, the influence Bitcoin (the most famous cryptocurrency) has had on the market is clear– with its valuation peaking at just shy of $20,000 in December 2017. In fact, the global market for Blockchain (the technology that underpins bitcoin) is anticipated to reach a valuation of $60.7 billion in 2024. Clearly there is still...

By  Jesper Frederiksen, UK GM at Okta “You would have been hard pressed to remember a day in 2018 not marked by news of a data breach. What this highlighted was the diminishing importance and strength of password authentication, and the growing shift towards a passwordless society. Having more human signals such as biometrics, usage analytics and device recognition will remove the reliance on simple and repeat passwords, and in turn, better secure systems. In...

Semafone, the leading provider of data security and compliance solutions for contact centres, takes an optimistic view of the outlook for the technology industry in 2019. CEO Tim Critchley, global solutions director Ben Rafferty and head of information security Shane Lewis, share their top tech predictions for this year. 1) Brexit – the voice of the tech sector will prevail Our view is that the pre-Brexit fog will lift. The UK Government will finally implement...

By Leonidas Plagakis, Security Engineer, RiverSafe Malware authors have always been trying to update their software and evolve their techniques in order to take advantage of new technologies and bypass security measures. Botnets are a perfect example of how cyber criminals have managed to accomplish that over the last decade. Their wide spread and severe consequences have transformed botnets into one of the most significant and destructive threats in the cyber security landscape, as they...

Corporate Cybersecurity is a huge concern for both customers and business owners alike with the number of attacks keep growing month on month. 2018 has seen a multitude of hacks and breaches coming from a wide array attack vectors. Companies have been left with data losses, stolen customer information and compromised networks. Big business just hasn’t been able to respond to the challenge fast enough, resulting in successful hacks that have resulted in data loss,...

By Stephen Dallas, EMEA Partner Director at A10 Networks The cloud is a vital part of any enterprise infrastructure. The convenience of having a database that can be accessed from any location has dramatically improved efficiency within workforces. While many companies had previously been afraid of making the move, as the open nature of the cloud makes it less secure than on-premise solutions, new advances in cloud security have vastly reduced the number of successful...

BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced new survey findings on consumer attitudes and behaviours toward security, trust and privacy, particularly when it comes to purchasing and using smart, connected ‘things’ which includes cars, drones, health monitors, TVs, security cameras, smart speakers and more. Conducted in the past 30 days, the survey commissioned by BlackBerry found that approximately 80% of respondents in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada do not trust their current...

by Tom Kellermann, Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Carbon Black In every intelligence industry there’s often a central aim: predicting the future. We collect and analyse, dissect and interpret, looking for that essential nugget that will give us the edge over our adversaries by indicating what they’ll do next. While this activity goes on 24/7/365, the end of the year encourages us to go public with forecasts to help navigate the choppy waters on the horizon. This...

“Startling and continued growth is what we can expect to see for the rest of the year and into 2019, balanced with a shocking increase in hacking (both criminal and industrial). Sadly, this will further highlight the increasing divide between the “have and have nots” in terms of cyber security policies and investment.” -- “New innovations like, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will drive new automated tools and techniques for both the hacker and the defender. “Big...

ThreatConnect Research Team: The Inability To Evolve Is The Biggest Cybersecurity Threat To 2019: There isn’t one specific threat that could be deemed the “biggest” in 2019. That said, although adversaries rapidly evolve, the same isn’t necessarily true for their targets making them a big threat to businesses. It seems that every year, we, as an industry, work to improve cyber hygiene and educate our staff, and advance our tools, but that it is proving...