Globally, businesses are expected to invest US$3.1 billion in blockchain solutions in 2018, more than double the figure from the previous year. If these predictions are correct, RSA warns that security teams could be left blind to cyberattack. According to RSA, many traditional security information and event management (SIEM) tools are unable to baseline the ‘new […]

Check Point’s latest Global Threat Index for June 2018 shows that the global impact of banking trojans has increased by 50% during the past four months, with two trojan malware families entering the index’s top 10 ‘most wanted’ ranking. In June 2018, Dorkbot, a banking trojan that steals sensitive information and launches denial-of-service attacks, affected […]

A new study from voice security company, Aeriandi, has highlighted UK organisations’ contradictory attitudes towards the voice channel, increasing the chances of their customers’, employees’ and partners’ data being exposed to unauthorised parties – and as a result, falling foul of the new General Data Protection Regulation. The study was carried out at the recent […]

Leading water utility supplier Thames Water has selected SureCloud’s Risk Manager for IRAM2 Application to streamline its information risk management assessments. The SureCloud IRAM2 solution will consolidate all assessments on a centralised platform, enabling risk practitioners to make informed business decisions and facilitate better risk management. Thames Water will use the SureCloud integrated Governance, Risk […]

Phishing might be one of the oldest tricks in the books for cybercriminals but it remains a significant threat, with sophisticated new attack methods constantly emerging. Harish Chib, Vice President, Middle East and Africa, Sophos, outlines some of the current trends and offers some advice to help businesses and organisations protect themselves against the scam. […]

Mimecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, has announced it has acquired Ataata, Inc. Ataata is a cybersecurity training and awareness platform designed to reduce human error in the workplace and help enable organisations to become more secure by changing the security culture of their employees. The acquisition will allow customers to measure […]

By Gregg Petersen, Regional Vice President, Middle East and Africa at Veeam Software Over a year ago, the seismic impact of the WannaCry ransomware attack made headlines around the world. Affecting more than 300,000 computers across 150 countries, the epidemic drew the attention of governments to the not-fit-for-purpose protection and management of data within the […]

By Vincent Gourmelen, ID Card Solutions Product Manager, Citizen Identity Solutions at HID Global At a time of strong data encryption, on-chip biometry checks, digital signatures or national public key directories (N-PKD), one can question the necessity of adding advanced physical security features on a passport or an identity card. Counterfeited IDs are a concern […]

As the drama of the World Cup intensifies, football fans around the globe will be readying themselves for the final stages of the tournament. And as cybercriminals also prepare for the spectacle,  Jan van Vliet, VP and GM EMEA at Digital Guardian, offers some advice about how to stay ahead of cyberthreats. After months of anticipation […]

DigiCert, a leading global provider of SSL/TLS certificates and other PKI solutions for securing web traffic and the Internet of Things (IoT), is providing industry guidance that millions of websites are not encrypted by default and may receive security warnings for visitors using Google Chrome browsers once Chrome 68 stable updates go live on July […]