New research released from ThreatX, a leading API and application protection platform, revealed that the vast majority of consumers are concerned that cyberattacks will increase or remain consistent over the coming year (97%) and become more sophisticated (69%), outpacing the ability of cyber defences to protect against these threats. Only 13% reported feeling that they […]

California-based Vinay Samuel, CEO and Founder of Zetaris, highlights the rise of confidential computing to provide greater data security and data virtualization software to increase in adoption and shift the industry beyond the traditional extract, transform and load processes that were time consuming, costly and inefficient. 1. The emergence of confidential computing in 2024 will […]

BlackBerry has announced that the Government of Canada has expanded their trusted partnership with BlackBerry, with a multi-year agreement that will serve Government of Canada federal employees. The agreement is signed by Shared Services Canada (SSC), the department responsible for delivering modern, secure and reliable digital IT services for the Government of Canada to meet Canadian’s needs.   The expanded partnership with BlackBerry now […]

As the 2023 academic year kicks off, schools across the globe are facing an escalating cybersecurity crisis, the Atlas VPN team reports. Data shows the education sector is the most targeted industry by cybercriminals, primarily motivated by the high percentage of schools choosing to pay the ransom. A recent Sophos survey of 3,000 IT and […]

Netskope, a leader in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), has announced it has been selected as the preferred cloud access security broker (CASB) vendor for the Canadian Federal Government under Shared Services Canada’s (SSC) cybersecurity procurement vehicle (CSPV). The SSC CASB CSPV aims to provide government users secure access to cloud-based applications including all Software-as-a-Service […]

Deduce, a patented technology platform designed to prevent AI-generated identity fraud, has announced US$9M in funding led by Freestyle Capital, with additional investment by Foundry and True Ventures. The funding will launch Deduce’s GenAI identity fraud solution out of stealth and help the company scale to prevent large-scale SuperSynthetic identity fraud across multiple verticals, including the […]

MGM Resorts recently announced it has been the victim of a malicious cyberattack. The organisation published a statement on its website: ‘MGM Resorts recently identified a cybersecurity issue affecting certain of the company’s systems. Promptly after detecting the issue, we began an investigation with assistance from leading external cybersecurity experts. We also notified law enforcement […]

Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security Company, has announced that St. Luke’s University Health Network (St. Luke’s) replaced its legacy backup vendor with Rubrik to support its shift to the cloud and achieve cyber-resilience. Relying on Rubrik Security Cloud, St. Luke’s can now recover from cyberattacks within minutes or hours, as opposed to months. St. Luke’s is […]

Utimaco – a leading global provider of IT security solutions that is celebrating its 40th year pioneering trusted cybersecurity and compliance solutions and services to its customers across the globe – has released new consumer research that has found a low level of trust around Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This has highlighted the need […]

The EU’s new transatlantic data transfer deal with the US has been signed off by the 27 EU Member States, ending three years of legal uncertainty. By finally ratifying the European Commission’s adequacy decision, national governments formally approved the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which the Commission has adopted. The decision means that EU and US businesses […]