Cyan Forensics, an Edinburgh-based digital forensics startup, has announced its first partnership in America. The company’s software helps police detect indecent images of children in minutes, speeding up the time it takes to search seized devices. Its partnership with Alexandria Virginia headquartered non-profit, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, is the first step […]

Police Officers in South Wales are utilising a new facial recognition app to detect suspected criminals more efficiently. During the testing phase, which will last around three months, the app will be used initially by 50 officers under careful supervision prior to sharing the results with senior policing leaders and partners. Deputy Chief Constable, Richard […]

The Minimum Cyber Security Standard defines the minimum security measures organisations and agencies must implement. But while awareness of this standard is high (98%), organisations have not seen the dip in cyberattacks that you would expect, as more had experienced over 1,000 attacks in 2018 than in 2017, according to the findings of an FOI […]

Industry leaders have warned that the ransomware attack on CityPower Johannesburg last week is just another warning to Government and corporates that they are not immune to cyberattacks. The latest attack caused blackouts across the city as cyber criminals took control of the City’s power servers which prevented residents from purchasing electricity. CityPower Johannesburg successfully […]

A scam to defraud thousands of UK citizens using a fake email address spoofing a UK airport was one of a wide range of cyberattacks successfully prevented by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a report has revealed. Details of the criminal campaign are just one case study of many in Active Cyber Defence – The […]

Police are facing calls to halt the public use of facial recognition software to search for suspected criminals after academics from the University of Essex found matches were only correct in one in five cases and the system was likely to break human rights laws. Jason Tooley, Board Member of techUK and Chief Revenue Officer […]

David Higgins, EMEA Technical Director at CyberArk, talks to us about the way companies and organisations should be managing data to avoid hefty fines. A report earlier this year by global law firm, DLA Piper, has shed fresh light on GDPR and the way high-profile data breaches have been reported across the EU, together with […]

The global market for drones is expected to grow 36% a year between 2018 and 2022, according to analysts. But cybersecurity expert IOActive has warned this increase will create a range of new risks. IOActive cautions that if the commercial market for drones is left unchecked then we could start to see drones being weaponised, […]

Dave Reber, Cybersecurity Director at Nutanix, talks about the benefits of desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) and how it helps government agencies quickly deploy applications.

The NPCC National Cyber Crime Programme has announced that every police force in England and Wales now has a dedicated Cyber Crime Unit in place following a multi-million-pound investment from the government. The announcement was made at a launch event held by Chief Constable Peter Goodman in his role as National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) […]