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Today, Nominet releases its report Trouble at the top: The boardroom battle for cyber supremacy, which reveals the attitudes of enterprise boards towards cyber attacks. It highlights a number of knowledge gaps, a lack of resources, and disagreements and discrepancies about who is actually in charge of responding to a breach. The research surveyed more than 400 C-suite executives from enterprises across the UK and USA, each overseeing businesses with over 8,000 employees. Facing the...

Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organisations, today announced the release of a new report on vulnerability management trends. The survey, conducted by Dimensional Research in May 2019, included responses from 340 infosecurity professionals. Tripwire evaluated how organisations are managing vulnerability risks and found that more than one in four (27 percent) globally have been breached as a result of unpatched vulnerabilities, with an even higher...

An increased awareness of data security has meant that almost half of UK consumers (49%) now consider the cybersecurity credentials of a company before signing up to its services, according to new research from open source pioneer, SUSE. The survey also revealed a lack of knowledge and concerns around exactly what customer data is held by companies, with the majority of UK respondents (71%) admitting to being unaware of what kind of data is collected...

Progressive technology provider Evaris is calling for action to establish a mandatory minimum level of IT security for all businesses. The Manchester-based business has launched a petition, backed by IT and cyber security professionals and thought leaders, to put pressure on the government to make the currently optional National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC’s) Cyber Essentials Scheme compulsory for businesses to protect them in the event of a cyber attack and reduce the cost of cyber...

The digital world offers many opportunities for business growth however it exposes organisations to new cyber risks. Weak cyber security can leave organisations exposed and the revenue repercussions can be severe. Joe Collinwood, CEO at CySure identifies the risks and how to mitigate them. The benefits of operating in the digital world presents many opportunities to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) however it opens organisations to a host of cyber risks. Although cybercrime is the...

By Dr Darren Williams, CEO and Founder Of Cyber-Security Firm, BlackFog Antivirus software was born over 30 years ago when computers were still relatively new. At that time, antivirus software was king as it defended against one of the only existing threats – viruses. However, 30 years on much has changed – and in the world of technological advancements, three decades might as well be a lifetime. The threat landscape we see today is vastly...

Radiflow, a leading provider of industrial cybersecurity solutions for industrial automation networks, today announced the availability of its iSID Industrial Cybersecurity App on Cortex™ by Palo Alto Networks – the industry’s only open and integrated AI-based continuous security platform. Building on Cortex allows partners to use normalized and stitched together data from customers’ entire enterprises to build cloud-based apps that constantly deliver innovative cybersecurity capabilities to joint customers. The Radiflow iSID industrial cybersecurity app on...

Last year, 41% of enterprises admitted that they suffered a targeted attack, whilst more than half of British firms have reported cyber-attacks in 2019. As cyber-threats become more complex and stealth-like, businesses need to not only uncover incidents more quickly, but simplify the process of understanding just how they happened. Organisations can minimise the risk of future attacks by identifying the unique Indicators of Compromise (IoCs), which put them specifically at risk – from IP...

Censornet has released the results of a research project to understand the work challenges facing cyber security professionals, who are struggling to cope with the joint pressures of increasing security alerts, and too few staff to respond. The research revealed that companies are suffering from a lack of resources, both in terms of people and technology (79 percent), and 72 percent have considered leaving their jobs for this reason. Security professionals believe their jobs and...

Written by Jake Olcott, VP Government Affairs, BitSight If you’ve glanced at the opinion columns of security industry publications, you’ve probably seen the term “risk-based” floating around, as in “the time is now for a comprehensive, risk-based approach” or “a risk-based approach to security is key to business alignment." However, many of these articles fail to define what exactly a risk-based approach to cybersecurity is. And that’s a problem — without a solid understanding of...