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By Josh Horwitz, COO Enzoic The biometric market is expected to soar to nearly $33 billion by 2022 as the technology is heralded as a bulletproof solution to thwart hackers. Consumers view biometrics favorably as it’s an easy way to log into their accounts, which is helping accelerate its widespread adoption. However, there are inherent risks that should be highlighted. Unlike passwords and other authentication methods, biometrics are static, are not deterministic, are public-facing and...

An overwhelming number of cybersecurity professionals (89%) have expressed concerns about the third-party managed service providers (MSPs) they partner with being hacked, according to new research from the Neustar International Security Council. While most organisations reported working with an average of two to three MSPs, less than a quarter (24%) admitted to feeling very confident in the safety barriers they have in place to prevent third-party contractors from violating security protocols. Along with this concern,...

CSCUK - Cyber Security Connect UK - the industry’s leading forum for Chief Information Security Officers (CISO), has called for the cyber security community to respond to the Government policy paper published on 11 September 2019 about post-Brexit cyber security. The Government has asked for the Cyber Security Industry in the UK to provide views and opinions about the proposed approach to cyber security certification following the UK’s departure from the EU. Martin Smith, Cyber...

Nearly one-third (32%) of IT group employees in SMBs and mid-market enterprises globally said their organisation had experienced a security breach in the past five years, with at least 10% of the total sample of respondents reporting that they were hit by a breach in the past year. That’s according to a new survey conducted by Kaseya which polled more than 400 global respondents. The study identified that just under half (42%) of respondents automate...

Immersive Labs, the world's most advanced cyber skills development platform, today integrated the MITRE ATT&CK™ framework, a globally-recognised knowledge base that maps attack phases against specific techniques, into its platform. This makes it the first technology globally to allow organisations to base cyber skills training on MITRE ATT&CK, meaning organisations can map and manage specific people’s skills to actual risks. Traditional cyber training is often based on out-of-date attack methodologies, with the skills learnt quickly...

T has signed a contract to deploy a cloud-based SIEM service for icare, a regional provider of insurance and care services to the businesses, people and communities of New South Wales, Australia. By selecting BT, icare will benefit from market-leading cyber security capabilities to protect its customer data and enable secure business operations. The solution has been designed to be scaleable and flexible to minimise icare’s risk exposure as business requirements change and security threats...

Darktrace, the world’s leading cyber AI company, has today announced the launch of the Cyber AI Analyst, a new technology that emulates human thought processes to continuously investigate cyber-threats at machine speed. With the power to transform the security industry, early adopters of this technology reported a 92% reduction in the time required to investigate threats and provide conclusions to executives. This ground-breaking innovation is the culmination of over three years of research at the...

In the two years since the formation of the National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS) there has been a significant increase in the threat of cyber-attacks from hostile nation states and cyber criminals. Despite this, studies consistently report that the skills gap in the Cyber Security sector is growing. In fact, the NCSS reports that more than half of all businesses and charities (54%) have a basic technical cyber security skills gap, falling to 18% in...

Radiflow, a leading provider of industrial cybersecurity solutions for industrial automation networks, and Industrial Technology Systems (ITS), a specialist independent systems integrator, today jointly announced that ITS is adding new OT cybersecurity services for preventing business interruption for its process manufacturing customers based on Radiflow’s portfolio of industrial cybersecurity technologies. ITS is a specialist, independent system integration firm in the UK focusing on process control and management information system solutions for regulated industries. The company...

Around 56% of Incident Response (IR) requests processed by Kaspersky security experts in 2018 happened after the affected organisation experienced an attack that had visible consequences such as unauthorised money transfers, workstations encrypted by ransomware and service unavailability. 44% of requests were processed after detection of an attack during an early stage, saving the client from potentially severe consequences. These are among the main findings of Kaspersky’s latest Incident Response Analytics Report. It is often...