Kaspersky has launched a dedicated collaboration programme to help institutions become better equipped at understanding the latest and most prevalent industrial cybersecurity threats. By joining the programme, educational institutions, laboratories, research departments, security operations centres (SOC) and emergency response teams (CERT and CSIRT) that meet the partner profile criteria will be able to improve how […]

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), an organisation dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, announced the release of its latest survey report, The Evolution of the CASB. The study, which queried more than 200 IT and security professionals from a variety of organisation sizes and locations, […]

Ashraf Sheet, Regional Director, Middle East and Africa at Infoblox, tells us that comprehensive and intelligent protection against DNS DDoS attacks should be an essential part of your cybersecurity architecture. In 2020 DDoS attacks continue to increase both in volume and in frequency. Nexusguard Research just reported a 542% increase in DDoS attacks in the first […]

While employees have, in the main, adapted to working from home, the rapid move to a remote workforce as a result of Coronavirus has left many organisations highly susceptible to cyberattacks. Andrew Morris, Managing Consultant at Turnkey Consulting, explains how companies can protect themselves against phishing. One of the most common threats is phishing, a […]

With the rapid shift to remote work, many organisations have been forced to understand how to manage and secure infrastructure that ‘transcends traditional boundaries’. Chris Goettl, Senior Director, Product Management for Security, Ivanti, talks us through the challenges CISOs are facing right now, introduces us to Ivanti Neurons and highlights how it is helping security […]

Attivo Networks, an award-winning leader in cyber deception and attacker lateral movement threat detection, has announced that its solutions provide organizations with a vast majority – 82% – of the active defense measures presented in MITRE Shield.  The ThreatDefend Platform components – ADSecure, BOTsink and Endpoint Detection Net (EDN) – represent the industry’s most comprehensive […]

Email is the top communications tool used by modern organisations, with many now shifting from on-premise to cloud-based. And while this has numerous business benefits, it also means that security must be top of mind. Werno Gevers, Regional Manager – Mimecast Middle East, tells us why organisations should look to adopt a defence in depth […]

Mimecast has announced it has received certification of its application with ServiceNow, available now in the ServiceNow Store.  Certification by ServiceNow is only granted to apps available in the store and signifies that Mimecast has successfully completed a set of defined tests focused on Now Platform security, compatibility, performance and integration interoperability. The certification also […]

We ‘Go Phish’ with Richard Cassidy, Senior Director of Security Strategy, Exabeam, who tells us about his career in cybersecurity and his most memorable achievement in the industry. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the cybersecurity industry? I made a decision a very long time ago to maintain a position as […]

Tom Kellermann, Head of Cybersecurity Strategy, VMware Carbon Black, introduces us to the concept of ‘digital distancing’ and tells us how to practice it.   COVID-19 has shaken up Australian workplaces and has forced many organizations to move to remote working to contain the spread of the virus. In an effort to practice ‘social distancing’, […]