Don Boxley, CEO and Co-founder, DH2i, highlights the severe risk of relying upon a VPN security system and offers some compelling motives to transition to a cutting-edge Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) solution. Once hailed as a groundbreaking leap forward in IT security, the virtual private network (VPN) reached its peak in the mid-90s, around 1996. However, […]

A deal negotiated by NHS England will mean all NHS workers, including doctors, nurses, clinicians and support staff, can benefit from the full suite of Microsoft 365 workplace productivity apps, making collaboration easier and maximising time for care. In the past, each local organisation would be responsible for purchasing their own licences for software. By […]

Syrex, a provider of hyperconverged cloud technology solutions in South Africa, has announced a strategic partnership with Seceon, a global provider of one of the most advanced AI/ML-driven cyberthreat detection and remediation platforms for enterprises and managed security service providers, to provide customers with the Seceon Open Threat Management Platform. Seceon is represented in South […]

Across the world, the profound effects of fraud on organisations have uncovered the far-reaching consequences it can have on data integrity, reputation and customer trust. Unmesh Kurup, Director, ML, Intuition Machines, delves into the world of online fraud, abuse and the paramount importance of CAPTCHA in today’s cybersecurity landscape. He unravels new tactics employed by […]

Progress Software has released a security advisory for a privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2023-35708) in MOVEit Transfer — a Managed File Transfer Software. CISA has urged users and organisations to review the MOVEit Transfer advisory, follow the mitigation steps and apply the necessary updates when available. Sergey Shykevich, Group Manager at Check Point Research, commented: “The MOVEit attack proves […]

Franciscan Health, a leading healthcare institution, takes a proactive approach to protect its IoT medical devices from the rising threat of cyberattacks. Leveraging the capabilities of Fortinet Security Fabric Solutions, Franciscan Health fortifies its network infrastructure and establishes robust security measures, ensuring the immunisation of critical medical devices against potential cyberthreats. Chuck Christian, Vice President […]

Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, has announced that it has been selected to supply fully integrated checkpoints throughout Birmingham Airport as part of its £20 million security screening upgrade. The new security checkpoints will feature Smiths Detection’s HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX, a computed tomography (CT) X-ray scanner, which produces high-resolution […]

CrowdStrike has announced it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop powerful new generative AI applications that help customers accelerate their cloud, security and Artificial Intelligence (AI) journeys. These include cybersecurity-related generative AI applications and cloud-plus-cloud security solutions designed to help customers build and secure their own generative AI applications.   New AI […]

Testlio, a leader in crowdsourced software quality testing, and Bugcrowd, a leader in crowdsourced cybersecurity, have announced they are partnering to offer companies comprehensive quality and security testing services that capitalise on the unique efficiency benefits of crowdsourced testing. The alliance builds upon existing market momentum for crowdsourced testing as a solution to address both […]

Zellis, a leading provider of payroll services for the UK and Ireland, has confirmed that it has suffered a software supply chain attack affecting well-known companies BA, the BBC and Boots. The company released a statement confirming the incident. ‘We can confirm that a small number of our customers have been impacted by this global […]