Richard Barretto, Chief Information Security Officer, Progress, speaks to us about the priorities healthcare organisations should be addressing in 2023. Cybercriminals are primarily hunting for sensitive data and the healthcare industry is the second most likely sector in the UK to hold personal data about customers, according to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2022. While healthcare organisations are […]
Akamai Technologies, a cloud company that powers and protects life online, has released a new State of the Internet (SOTI) report that focuses on the increasing proliferation of application and API attacks. The report, Slipping Through the Security Gaps: The Rise of Application and API Attacks, finds that such attacks are growing in both frequency and complexity as […]
UK businesses faced an average of one cyberattack every minute in the first three months of 2023, according to a report by Beaming, a business Internet service provider. The company’s analysis of malicious web traffic shows that each business experienced 170,508 attempts to breach their online systems, on average, during this period. The level of […]
Armis, a leading asset visibility and security company, has released new research identifying the top connected medical and IoT devices that are exposed to malicious activity in clinical environments. Data analysed from the Armis Asset Intelligence and Security Platform – which tracks over three billion assets – found nurse call systems to be the riskiest IoMT device, […]
Outpost24, a leading innovator in cyber-risk management, has released a new report revealing the underground operation of Traffers, cybercriminal organisations reshaping the business of stolen credentials. The Rising Threat of Traffers Report, compiled by Outpost24’s Threat Intelligence team, KrakenLabs, provides a deep dive into the credential theft ecosystem and encourages organisations to evaluate their security measures […]
The skills gap is a heavily talked about subject amongst industry professionals as they attempt to find ways to appeal to potential new employees. New Fortinet research has revealed escalating cyber-risks due to the ongoing talent shortage while the number of organisations experiencing five or more breaches jumped by 53%. We take a look at […]
Security leaders must pivot to a human-centric focus to establish an effective cybersecurity program, says Gartner. Richard Addiscott, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner, comments on some of the core challenges and offers his best practice advice in response. Security and risk management (SRM) leaders must rethink their balance of investments across technology and human-centric elements when creating […]
Sustainability, mobile IDs and a changing workforce continue to be among top concerns for the industry according to HID’s State of the Security Industry Report. HID, a worldwide leader in trusted identity and physical security solutions, has announced its inaugural State of the Security Industry Report, which gathered responses from 2,700 partners, end-users and security […]
Only 1.2% of .org domains globally have implemented measures to prevent email phishing, spoofing and ransomware attacks. This figure rises to only 20% among the top 100 US non-profits .org domains by traffic. New research from email security provider, EasyDMARC, reviewed a dataset of 9,935,024 verified .org email domains. EasyDMARC found that only 376,497 (3.8%) […]
The UAE recorded a 14% drop in total malware attacks in 2022, against a 2% year-on-year rise in cyberattacks globally, the latest figures from cybersecurity leader, SonicWall, reveal in its Cyber Threat Report. Still, the number of attacks in 2022 in the UAE (71 million) was more than the combined total in 2019 and 2020 (37.3 […]
