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The financial services industry is facing significant cybersecurity challenges, according to a recent survey conducted by Trend Micro Incorporated. The global leader in cybersecurity solutions found that two thirds (61%) of IT teams within the sector feel that the threats facing their organisation have increased within the last year, and as a result almost half (45%) are finding it hard to keep up. Surveying more than 1,000 IT decision-makers responsible for cybersecurity in Europe, the...

European cybersecurity services company, Nixu, has appointed Mr. Matthijs van der Wel as Market Area Leader Benelux to lead the operations and further growth of Nixu in the region. Nixu started operations in the Benelux market by establishing a subsidiary in the Netherlands in 2016. Since entering the market, Nixu has focused on recruiting the best talent and building its market presence in the advanced Benelux cybersecurity market. In 2017, Nixu further intensified its local...

Dimension Data, the USD 8 billion global technology integrator and managed services provider for hybrid IT, has revealed exclusive findings from its Executive Guide to NTT Security’s 2019 Global Threat Intelligence Report concerning the cybersecurity maturity of organisations across a number of markets and sectors. Globally, the average cybersecurity maturity rating stands at a worrying 1.45 out of 5 – a score determined by an organisation’s holistic approach to cybersecurity from a process, metrics and...

Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced the availability of the industry’s most complete security from a single solution protecting across cloud and container workloads. This leadership has been achieved through newly launched container security capabilities added to Trend Micro Deep Security to elevate protection across the entire DevOps lifecycle and runtime stack. From virtual servers and data centers to public and private cloud workloads, containers are...

SecureLink, one of Europe’s most respected independent cybersecurity and managed service providers, has partnered with Digital Shadows, the leader in digital risk protection to launch SecureDetect Intelligence. This will provide the industry’s best cyber threat intelligence and digital risk protection as-a-service, and will be immediately available to European enterprises in countries including the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. The new service enables enterprises to minimize their digital risks from the open, deep, and dark...

Expanded Free Version of the World’s Most Widely Adopted Vulnerability Assessment Solution. Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, has announced Nessus® Essentials, an enhanced free version of its market-defining vulnerability assessment solution (formerly Nessus Home). Nessus Essentials is designed to be used by students, professors and people who are starting their cybersecurity careers, helping the next generation to quickly and easily master vulnerability assessment and hone their skills. Global demand for cybersecurity professionals has outstripped...

Hack In The Box (HITB), known for its cutting-edge technical talks and trainings in computer security, is launching its biggest global event to be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE from 12-17 October 2019. HITB+CyberWeek will bring together the world’s top thinkers and cyber security experts to share their latest knowledge, ideas and techniques among security professionals but also students. Dhillon Kannabhiran, Founder and CEO of Hack in the Box said, “We live in a digital...

Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, today announced its enhanced integration with ServiceNow to help shared customers improve their vulnerability prioritization and remediation programs by addressing one of the most difficult challenges in cybersecurity — vulnerability overload. Prioritizing vulnerabilities with the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) presents significant limitations since it scores the majority as ‘high’ or ‘critical.’ Tenable recently released Vulnerability Priority Ratings (VPR) as part of Predictive Prioritization to help organizations focus remediation...

On 7 May 2019, Orange entered into an agreement with Investcorp to acquire 100% of SecureLink on a €515m Enterprise Value basis. SecureLink, based in the Netherlands, is one of the largest independent cybersecurity services providers in Europe, with on-the-ground presences in Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Germany, Denmark and Norway. Founded in 2003, SecureLink provides a full range of cybersecurity services to support its clients. Its offering includes specialised security consulting, security maintenance...

(ISC)² – the world’s largest non-profit membership association of certified cybersecurity professionals – announced the winners of the 2019 Information Security Leadership Awards (ISLA) EMEA at a luncheon ceremony held at The World Forum, The Hague, Netherlands as part of the (ISC)² Secure Summit EMEA in April. The awards program celebrates the accomplishments of individuals across both the private and public sectors who inspire change within the field of cybersecurity throughout the EMEA region. “Receiving...