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Tomorrow the UK government will identify ‘operators of essential services’ that will be required to comply with the security and incident reporting requirements set out in the European Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive. The Directive requires the identified businesses and service providers to ensure their technology, data and networks are secured and cyber resilient. The NIS Directive ties into the UK government’s National Cyber Security strategy of ‘Defend, Deter and Develop’. Under...

Today, Dashlane announced a partnership expansion with Chubb, the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. Building on a successful North American partnership, Chubb cyber business policyholders in Europe will now receive a complimentary Dashlane Premium license as part of their policy benefits, with other regions available soon. The innovative partnership is part of Chubb’s Cyber Services program, helping policyholders identify and mitigate key cyber exposures. According to the U.S. National Cyber Security...

A lack of knowledge and an overreliance on manual change processes is leading many businesses to jeopardise the security of their cloud deployments, global technology services provider Claranet warns today. The warning follows the launch of a report published by McAfee this week, which found that the average business has approximately 14 improperly configured IaaS instances running at any given time and roughly one in every 20 AWS S3 buckets are left wide open to...

Tufin®, the market-leading provider of Network Security Policy Orchestration solutions, announced the release of Change Window Automation and Policy Commit to enable organisations to automate planned changes during designated change windows and respond immediately to urgent firewall policy change requests. Change Window Automation improves operational efficiency and avoids disruption to the business during normal working hours, with full trust that changes will be committed according to security policy in designated off-hour change windows. Policy Commit...

As cybercriminals and nation-states continue to improve the sophistication of attacks that bypass traditional preventive defences, organisations must evolve their security defences to reduce dwell time. Fidelis Cybersecurity (Fidelis) – a leading automated detection and response provider — asked cybersecurity leaders, security architects and security analysts about the evolution of their cyber defence strategies, including post-breach detection and response, as well as threat hunting. Fidelis interviewed over 580 security professionals from around the globe to...

Kaspersky Lab is launching the fourth international industrial Capture the Flag (CTF) security competition and inviting ethical hackers, known as whitehats, from across the world to test the security of smart devices and industrial systems. Any release of a new piece of technology is usually followed by waves of hacking attempts, as cybercriminals search for vulnerabilities. However, unlike blackhats, who are looking to exploit systems and new technologies for illegal purposes, whitehats are working towards...

The world’s most advanced security product for IoT devices has been unveiled today at the IoT Solutions World Congress. Developed by the UK company, Crypto Quantique, it has the capabilities required to become the foundational security product for every IoT device in the world. The foundational technology consists of the world’s first quantum driven secure chip (QDSC) on silicon which, when combined with cryptographic APIs, provides highly scalable, integratable, easy-to-implement and seamless end-to-end security for...

Ensighten, the global leader in data security, governance and omni-channel data management, today unveiled research showing that nearly half (46%) of enterprises believe they have a probable (or greater) risk of a website data breach. 15 per cent of enterprises also admitted that they have a definite, known risk. 67 per cent have not evaluated, considered, or yet implemented marketing security for their website. The research, which investigated the views and attitudes of enterprises on...

Nyotron, an Israeli company and provider of the industry’s first OS-Centric Positive Security solution to strengthen endpoint protection, today announced that the company has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Ingram Micro to help it accelerate its global presence – particularly in the United States – and build its global channel ecosystem. The partnership, which includes a $10 million investment from Ingram Micro, expands on an existing relationship between Nyotron and Ingram Micro, which...

Imperva, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMPV), a leading global provider of best-in-class cybersecurity solutions on-premises, in the cloud and across hybrid environments, today announced it entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by leading private equity technology investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC. Upon the close of the transaction, Imperva will operate as a privately-held company with the flexibility to focus on execution and drive to be a world-class profitable growth company. Under the terms of the...