Organizations increasingly employ Zero Trust principles to protect digital infrastructure. It is well-reported that the pandemic caused a spike in cyberattacks, including malware, ransomware and DDoS attacks. Threat actors have sought to disrupt not only services people rely on everyday like healthcare, education and financial but also critical infrastructure, like food supply chains, utilities and […]

The annual World Password Day raises awareness of the importance of having robust and resilient password hygiene practices in place. We hear from various industry experts who discuss best practices for password security. Cian Heasley, Security Consultant at Adarma: “It’s common for people to resort to simple, easy to remember passwords reused across most, if […]

Akamai Technologies, the cloud company that powers and protects life online, and Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand, a leading ICT services, solutions and products company have announced they have entered a strategic relationship to assist organizations in Australia to defend against the threat of ransomware and cybersecurity attacks affecting critical infrastructure and digital assets. This […]

Aqua Security, a leading pure-play cloud-native security provider, has issued new research that shows that nearly 70% of CISOs believe open-source security solutions provide a faster way to secure their environments. Likewise, 78% of CISOs believe open-source solutions provide them with access to the best and most current innovations in cloud security and more than […]

New CISO research from Aqua Security reveals perceptions on cloud-native security and substantial progress in understanding benefits of open-source in security. Aqua Security has issued new research that shows that nearly 70% of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) believe open-source security solutions provide a faster way to secure their environments. Likewise, 78% of CISOs believe […]

Auto & General Southeast Asia has enhanced security of its cloud infrastructure by deploying Rackspace Managed Services on Cloudflare. Rackspace Technology, a leading end-to-end, multi-cloud technology solutions company, has announced insurance solution provider Auto & General Southeast Asia (SEA) increased site speed by 60%, optimized application performance and enhanced security of its cloud infrastructure by […]

The GHT Coeur Grand Est. Hospitals and Health Care group has disconnected all incoming and outgoing Internet connections after discovering it suffered a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of sensitive administrative and patient data. GHT is a hospital network located in north-east France consisting of nine locations, 6,000 employees and approximately 3,370 beds. The […]

University College London (UCL), a leading research institution, faced almost 60 million malicious email attacks in the first three months of 2022, according to official figures. The data, which was obtained through the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and analysed by the Parliament Street think tank, revealed that a total of 58,628,604 spam, phishing, malware […]

Security leaders will be familiar with the term ‘Zero Trust’ – an approach crucial as vulnerabilities and attacks are becoming more damaging to organisations. Hila Meller, BT Vice President Security, Americas, EMEA and APAC, discusses some of the guiding principles for Zero Trust in banking and financial services. When it comes to adopting a Zero […]

On the lighter side of things, we ask Michael Kleck, CISO, Alchemer, what makes him tick. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? The fact that I have effectively transitioned back and forth between being an individual contributor and being in leadership situations many times over the years is very satisfying for me. […]