A majority of consumers are willing to walk away from businesses entirely if they suffer a data breach, with retailers most at risk, according to research from Gemalto, a world leader in digital security. Two-thirds (66%) are unlikely to shop or do business with an organisation that experiences a breach where their financial and sensitive […]

What lies ahead for companies, governments and individuals regarding cybersecurity in 2019? Will we see the EU government forcing US data centers to hand over data? Will the European Union issue its first major fines for organisations in contravention of its General Data Protection Regulation? Will our growing dependence on social media expose us to […]

Question and answer website Quora has announced a data breach. In a statement posted on its blog, the company said: “We recently discovered that some user data was compromised as a result of unauthorised access to one of our systems by a malicious third party. We are working rapidly to investigate the situation further and […]

Private, public and hybrid clouds are growing in popularity as lift and shift cloud apps are making migration easier for businesses. Christian Mahncke, Enterprise Business Development at Routed, a vendor neutral cloud infrastructure provider, says that while cloud computing has proven that it is a better option than in-house servers, security challenges remain a concern and […]

A10 Networks, a provider of intelligent and automated cybersecurity solutions, has released a major upgrade to its multi-cloud analytics and management platform, the A10 Harmony Controller. The upgrade expands A10’s advanced security and connected intelligence capabilities via a new Harmony App that supports A10’s enterprise SSL inspection solution, Thunder SSLi (SSL Insight). As encrypted traffic rises so […]

AimBrain, the Biometric Identity as-a-Service (BIaaS) platform, has announced its place on the ForgeRock Trust Network. The Trust Network, which recently celebrated the traction made by the end of its first year, is a global partner programme designed to provide organisations with access to the most comprehensive range of authentication, risk and fraud management, identity […]

In line with the Egyptian government’s vision of delivering efficient and effective services to the public, the Misr for Government Technological Services (E-Serve) has announced a strategic collaboration with global cybersecurity solution provider, Kaspersky Lab. The MoU, signed between E-serve and Kaspersky Lab at the Cairo ICT 2018 event is aimed at improving government, organisation […]

Gemalto has announced the launch of an industry-first solution which will enable organisations which have invested in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) security applications to leverage their investment without compromise on security or user experience when moving to the cloud. Through SafeNet Trusted Access, security-sensitive organisations whose employees log into enterprise resources with smart cards can […]

CyLon, which finds, grows and invests in the world’s best emerging cyberbusinesses, has announced its new ‘Global Advisory Council’, an expert group of leaders in business and technology aligned with CyLon’s mission to support global entrepreneurs building scalable companies to help secure the digital future. The members will provide a range of strategic counsel to […]

Check Point has announced the general availability of CloudGuard SaaS, an industry-first cloud suite designed to prevent sophisticated security threats that target SaaS applications. One of the latest additions to Check Point’s CloudGuard portfolio of cloud security products, CloudGuard SaaS protects enterprises that use SaaS applications and cloud-based email (including Office 365, GSuite and OneDrive), […]