Assessing the year ahead, budgets are getting tighter and cyberattacks are becoming more relentless. It’s vital for organisations to avoid cutting corners and save money in the long-term by not opening themselves up to attackers and ransom demands. Paul Dant, Senior Director of Cybersecurity Strategy & Research at Illumio, shares his insight. It’s a good time to […]
Miguel Sanhueza, Academic, Department of Electricity, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, UTEM, says achieving a fully secure Internet may be a utopian goal – but through education, awareness, and collective responsibility a more resilient and protected digital space can be built. The notion of a completely secure Internet is, in many respects, an unattainable […]
Stockholm-based Petra Tesch, Chief Information Officer, Vizrt, asks how can a company ensure its Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is adequately protected? Cyberthreats are increasing and becoming more serious by the day, so it’s crucial for organisations to stay one step ahead when safeguarding their digital assets. Personal identification information (PII) sits on the firing line, […]
Robin Bell, CISO at Egress, provides insight into the essential components of robust email security strategies. It’s estimated that individuals make 35,000 decisions every day according to psychologists, or one decision every two seconds. That’s not to say that each decision has a big impact, most are small and often instinctive like taking a sip […]
Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist and Global VP of Threat Intelligence at FortiGuard Labs, tells us how The Cybercrime Atlas is a first-of-its-kind initiative, building a comprehensive picture of the cybercrime landscape, including criminal operations, shared infrastructures and networks. The global transition to the digital economy means that the operations of governments, critical infrastructures, businesses […]
In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, SMBs are making investments to bolster their cyberdefences. But this complex environment can be challenging to manage. Rob Harrison, SVP Products and Services, Sophos, talks us through the benefits of working with an expert managed services provider versus relying on an in-house team with multiple priorities to juggle. Last […]
On the lighter side of things, we Go Phishing with Stuart Jubb, Group Managing Director, Crossword Cybersecurity, about what makes him tick. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the cybersecurity industry? This would definitely be being part of the founding team at Crossword. It’s been such a hugely memorable experience growing the […]
Andrey Ivashin, CIO, Dyninno Group, tells us why you should ditch periodic security audits in 2024 and why relying on them can cause more harm than good. As industries mature, they often excessively rely on established practices and standards. It is comforting to have industry-established practices to fall back on, even if they no longer […]
Curtis Simpson, CISO at Armis, draws insights from the past year’s cybersecurity challenges and discusses how they can inform a proactive strategy for 2024 and beyond. Unpredictable. Dynamic. Perilous. These are just some of the terms that could be used to describe the current cybersecurity landscape. Cybersecurity has become influenced by technological advancements, societal shifts […]
Company experts look to the future of the regional threat landscape, warning of LLM-powered phishing campaigns, economically motivated threat actors and the rise of deep fakes. Vectra AI, a leader in hybrid attack detection, investigation and response, has announced the release of its annual threat predictions for cybersecurity stakeholders in the United Arab Emirates. Company […]
