This Week's Gurus

Multiples of past and present crime surveys have confirmed the ongoing impact of Cyber Crime on business was, and is high, and were measured to have increased by an average of 25% on previous years of reporting, were seeing financial losses increase by 18%+ and rising. However, these statistics only represent the known knowns of cyber impact, and do not include those unknown unknown factors of the non-report, and non-detected successful cyber incursions. The advent...

By Mark Weir, Regional Director – UK & Ireland, Fortinet The technology in today’s connected cars is amazing. They warn you if you stray out of your lane, and let you know if there is another vehicle in your blind spot. They have adaptive cruise control, alert you of cross traffic, have collision detection and automatic braking, and even turn on the windshield wipers automatically when it starts to rain. That’s just the start. Soon,...

Written by National Security Strategist, Eric O’ Neill, Carbon Black A CIO’s job has never been harder. The growth and development of existing and emerging threats are stretching security teams to the breaking point. Non-malware attacks, in particular, are posing a significant risk to organisations. These non-malware attacks are capable of gaining control of computers without downloading any files and are using trusted, native operating system tools (such as PowerShell) and exploiting running applications (such...

Written by Duncan Hughes, Systems Engineering Director, EMEA, A10 Networks Every year, in the US town of Pennsylvania, people gather in droves to watch a groundhog predict how much longer winter will last. For Americans, it’s a pretty big deal to see this glorified gerbil pop up and look terrified as throngs of onlookers wait in hushed silence to see whether the mighty Phil from Punxsutawney will see his shadow. Historically, the varmint is only...

Mid-market companies are the engine room of our global economy. In the UK alone, the sector employs 50 per cent more people now than it did in 2010. Despite this vital role, when it comes to managing and safeguarding one of its most key assets – information – the mid-market can often be found guilty of missing a few vital information management steps. The challenge of properly processing and managing data today is exacerbated by a...

Picture the scene: your organisations’ name splashed across the papers for all the wrong reasons. Employee data lost, customer data leaked online, passwords stolen. With the number of data breaches increasing every day, this scene is all too familiar. As the challenges of information security continue to garner the attention of business executives, information security and risk professionals require accurate, traceable and actionable data to be able to reduce cyber risk effectively. An organisation may...

Carbon Black data shows that ransomware instances grew by more than 50% in 2016 compared to 2015. In fact, ransomware emerged as the fastest-growing malware across all industries in 2016, with major increases seen at technology companies, energy and utility companies and banking organisations. As a result, we do not expect ransomware to slow down anytime soon, and seeing as its on track to be a $1 billion crime in 2017, it is still paying...

Healthcare organisations are a prime target of cyber attackers because they are reliant on vulnerable legacy systems, medical Internet of Things (IoT) devices with weak security and have a life or death need for immediate access to information. The healthcare industry has remained a consummate laggard when it comes to cybersecurity. With the UK government setting its sights on a paperless NHS by 2020 and digitising all patient data, UK hospitals will increasingly become a...

There was a virtual traffic jam of automotive brands and other tech heavyweights announcing their latest self-drive car initiatives at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with everyone from BMW to Hyundai announcing they were investing heavily in driverless vehicle technology. BMW is focusing on automating every aspect of the driving experience by incorporating Alexa, Amazon’s digital assistant, into its vehicles so a driver can shop, make a restaurant reservation or even book...

The recent Tesco Bank hack has left the retail banking world reeling, searching for answers and more effective ways to secure networks against future attacks. It has been revealed weaknesses in the bank’s mobile applications left the door open for cybercriminals to brute force their way in and take more than £2.5 million of customers’ money. Worse still, the bank had been warned by several security experts of this weakness prior to the attack. How...