This Week's Gurus

Written by Richard Li, Senior Sales Engineer at Carbon Black I love watching movies because I can relate almost anything that happens in real life back to the movies I’ve watched.  Let me give you an example. Last week, I did a presentation at “Security Days Tokyo 2018,” and I used a series of Star Wars analogies to describe a series of cyber-attacks ranging from targeted attacks to non-malware attacks to AI-based attacks and even...

By Ronald Sens, EMEA Director, A10 Networks Security breaches are already costly; not just financially, but in terms of brand damage, customer dissatisfaction and downtime. For companies that do business with residents of the European Union (EU), the financial fallout from a security breach is about to get much more expensive. That’s why it’s imperative for organisations to get ready for GDPR now, so they’re not playing catch-up. What is the GDPR? With the introduction...

The popular Netflix series “Stranger Things” – with all of its nods to 80’s sci-fi and nostalgia – is based on the premise that there are two parallel realities: the real world and “the upside down” and evil inverted world inhabited by monsters. And while the technology of “Stranger Things” doesn’t stray far from arcade games, TV antennas and Walkman portable radios, there’s a connection to modern cyberthreats that can’t be ignored. On the internet there are...

Data is power. It’s a prime commodity for businesses, which in turn means it is constantly under threat. Just try and think back to a week where a data breach or cyber attacks did not hit the headlines, and you’ll struggle. Not only are these threats a growing problem for any organisation, but the issue becomes more paramount when combined with upcoming changes in compliance. The surge of data created by the digital age has...

By Kristofer Mansson, CEO of Silobreaker Every year we see new pressing cyber threats, from new targets for hackers to new issues cropping up in the cybersecurity space. 2018 will be no different. One area that has recently got a lot of attention is IoT devices, as the use of such devices has increased in both the public and private sectors. Here at Silobreaker we are keen to highlight three pressing cyber threats to IoT...

Mike Simmonds, managing director, Axial Systems believes employee attitude is as important as technology when securing data Despite the glaring headlines about data breaches and the loss of confidential information, the more we use technology, the more careless we become about security. Yet, when things do go wrong, we tend to blame the technology itself. But time after time, it’s only when humans get involved that technology gets risky. The UK Government’s 2017 Cyber Security...

Ever wondered what the role of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) encompasses? To put it simply, they are the guardians and protectors of everything information security related to a business. However, the tasks are far from simple as their teams work around the clock to respond to incidences that directly affect the safety of the company and its data. As the issues in cyber have evolved, so too has the role of the CISO,...

The Saga Continues for the ownership of endpoints. Organisations purchase them, manage them, update, support, and protect them. However, the bad actors “own” them all the time. In the last half of 2017, cryptojacking became popularised. This led to a predictable shift from cyber criminals not only cryptojacking, but also installing malware with the sole purpose of using an endpoint that isn’t theirs to mine cryptocurrency. It’s a smart strategy if you’re a cyber criminal....

Threat intelligence is a category of intelligence that focuses on information security. As defined by Gartner, it is “evidence-based knowledge...about an existing or emerging menace or hazard...to inform decisions regarding the subject’s response to that menace or hazard.” Essentially, threat intelligence provides you with curated information to inform you about potential malicious activity and helps you make better decisions about how to prevent bad things occurring to you or your organisation.   In order to...

While it may be a bit harsh to label it the currency of crime, Bitcoin and its dozens of cryptocash cousins certainly have an underworld appeal. Profit-motivated cybercriminals are drawn to its decentralised nature and the anonymity that it affords. Cryptocurrency also simplifies cashing out for the bad guys, and the potential for extortion through ransomware and attacks on unsecured exchanges grows exponentially as digital cash inches toward the mainstream.  It has become a multi-billion-dollar...