Tanium helps Frasers Group, one of the UK’s largest retailers, manage risk and increase business value as it becomes a global powerhouse through acquisitions. Matthew Wilmot, Group Head of Enterprise IT and Information Security, Frasers Group, discusses the business requirements which included new capabilities for penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and greater endpoint visibility, and tells […]
Experian has launched CreditLock – a new feature that will enable customers to lock their Experian Credit Report at the touch of a button. The launch comes following data that shows one in four UK adults have fallen victim to fraud, with 75% of UK adults having been targeted, highlighting the scale of the problem in […]
CIOs and CISOs must shift their mindset from network-centric security to data-centric security in order to have visibility over their data, says Petko Stoyanov, Global Chief Technology Officer at Forcepoint. He examines why this is important and offers some best practice advice for simplifying security when it comes to the cloud. The perimeter is not dead, […]
Ransomware is extremely destructive in nature, making it an attractive tool for threat actors to reap financial gain. Steve Forbes, Government Cybersecurity Expert, Nominet, offers his best practice advice for business leaders to protect their assets and prepare in advance for attacks of this sort, which are only set to increase. Ransomware has rarely been […]
Nokia has announced that its Core Networks portfolio is in full compliance with all security requirements defined by the GSMA’s bi-annual Network Equipment Security Assurance Scheme (NESAS) audit. In contrast to the previous audit, a wider set of Core Networks products were assessed in the most recent audit, including IMS/Voice Core, Subscriber Data Management, Signalling […]
The Royal Mail is experiencing severe service disruption to its international export services following a cyber incident. The organisation released a statement about the issue: ‘We are temporarily unable to despatch export items including letters and parcels to overseas destinations. We have asked customers temporarily to stop submitting any export items into the network […]
In its monthly analysis of the latest data breaches and cyberattacks across the world, IT Governance has identified 78 publicly disclosed security incidents in December 2022 – resulting in 31,586,757 compromised records. Compared to November 2022, there is a slight decline where the organisation identified 95 publicly disclosed security incidents and 32,051,144 compromised records. Alan […]
Imperva, a leader in the digital security space, has revealed a new vulnerability dubbed CVE-2022-40764. Discovered by Imperva’s Threat Research Team, it has been found to affect more than 2.5 billion users of Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers. The vulnerability is based on the way these browsers process symbolic links, or symlinks. Normally used to […]
Ivanti, a provider of the Ivanti Neurons automation platform that discovers, manages, secures and services IT assets from cloud to edge, has announced the results of its State of Security Preparedness 2023 study. Ivanti worked with cybersecurity experts and surveyed 6,500 executive leaders, cybersecurity professionals and office workers to understand the perception of today’s cybersecurity […]
LogRhythm, the company empowering security teams to navigate the ever-changing threat landscape with confidence, has announced a series of expanded capabilities and integrations for its security operations solutions. The updates propel LogRhythm’s ability to be a much-needed force multiplier for overwhelmed security teams who are expected to confidently, effectively, and efficiently defend against cyberattacks. Following […]
