Attivo Networks, an award-winning leader in deception for cybersecurity threat detection, has announced the availability of a new research report, conducted by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and commissioned by Attivo Networks, that explores attitudes and views of deception technology in the enterprise. The research uncovered contrasts between users and non-users of deception technologies. One of the […]

edgescan, a leading provider of fullstack vulnerability management, has discovered that more than 60% of security professionals estimate their security function spends over three hours per day validating false positives. The recent survey of IT security experts also revealed that nearly 30% of respondents are in fact spending more than six hours per day on […]

Mimecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, has launched its first Threat Intelligence Report: Black Hat Edition 2019. The report provides technical analysis of emerging threats identified as attempts to get through the security environment of Mimecast customers. Within the report, Mimecast Threat Center researchers outline tactics and techniques of emerging threats, active […]

Vectra, a leader in network threat detection and response (NDR), has disclosed that cybercriminals’ most effective weapon in a ransomware attack is the network itself, which enables the malicious encryption of shared files on network servers, especially files stored in Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud providers.  Attackers can easily evade network perimeter security and perform internal reconnaissance […]

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 […]

Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, has released research identifying that almost two thirds (65%) of the UK’s top 20 universities have no published DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) record, making them potentially more susceptible to cybercriminals spoofing their identity and increasing the risk of email fraud for students. With a record 40% […]

Bharat Mistry, Principal Security Strategist at Trend Micro, explores the key challenges when it comes to implementing DevOps initiatives from a security standpoint. DevOps is the new engine for global business growth. All over the planet, organisations are becoming more responsive to changing market demands thanks to the roll-out of agile, automated development processes. Yet […]

Thycotic, a provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions to 10,000 organisations worldwide, including 15% of the Fortune 1000, released the findings from its 2019 Global Research Report: “Security-as-a-Service on the Rise,” which is based on interviews with IT managers and technology decision makers at the KuppingerCole European Identity and Cloud conference in Munich in […]

Bitglass, the next-gen CASB company, has just released Guardians of the Cloud, its 2019 Cloud Security Report. As organisations migrate more of their data and operations to the cloud, they must maintain a robust cybersecurity posture. To uncover how well they are accomplishing this, Bitglass partnered with a leading cybersecurity community and surveyed IT professionals […]

RiskIQ, a global leader in attack surface management, has released its annual ‘Evil Internet Minute‘ report. The company tapped proprietary global intelligence and third-party research to analyse the volume of malicious activity on the Internet, revealing that cybercriminals cost the global economy £2.3 million every minute last year, a total of £1.2 trillion. The data […]