Qualys, a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, has announced its new Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response (VMDR) app to provide customers with one streamlined workflow to scan, investigate, prioritise and neutralise threats.   VMDR helps organisations of all sizes to strengthen their security posture by offering a complete VM workflow that: Enables vulnerability management and IT teams complete and […]

Arcserve UDP Cloud Direct has overcome the cost and complexity of distributed environment backup and disaster recovery for SMEs. “It is a straightforward direct-to-cloud backup as a service (BaaS) and disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) solution for Managed Service Providers (MSPs),” said Byron Horn-Botha, Lead: Arcserve Southern Africa Channel and Partnerships. “Arcserve UDP Cloud […]

Veracode, a leading provider of application security testing (AST) solutions, has released findings from its State of Software Security (SOSS) Volume 10 report showing the finance industry fixes 76% of flaws in its software, well above the average 56% across all industries. Yet the report also found financial services institutions were the second slowest industry, […]

The security landscape is complex, meaning that decision-makers can, through no fault of their own, struggle to make the best choices for their organisations, says Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4. He tells us why organisations should use a mix of internal and external threat reports to obtain a holistic view of the threats […]

As part of the European Horizon 2020 programme, Capgemini has been entrusted to coordinate Project Phoenix, a programme set up and funded by the European Commission (€8 million), to protect the electrical energy systems and networks in Europe. This three-year project began on September 1, 2019. To address the security challenges facing energy infrastructure across […]

There’s a perfect storm for cloud security, so how do you tackle it? There’s a better way to secure your cloud infrastructure – it’s Cloud One. Hear Wendy Moore, VP of Product Marketing, Trend Micro describe how Trend Micro Cloud One will help you in this storm.

FireEye, the intelligence-led security company, has released its inaugural FireEye Cyber Trendscape Report. FireEye surveyed over 800 CISOs and other senior executives across North America, Europe and Asia to uncover attitudes towards some of cybersecurity’s most prevalent topics. Further, this global snapshot offers context that can aid critical planning discussions with key stakeholders. “Our new […]

David Warburton, Principal Threat Evangelist at F5 Networks, explains why consumers and retailers alike should be alert for the next few months. The seasonal e-commerce feeding frenzy is always big news. Hyperactive online activity and potentially compromised purchasing, promotion and sales behaviours are like a red rag to a bull for enterprising cybercriminals. From denial […]

Nik Whitfield, CEO, Panaseer, tells us how CISOs grappling with numerous disparate tools should consider automation tools to help make their lives easier. CISOs are currently suffering with compliance reporting overload. This is because organisations are subject to three critical market forces, which are fundamentally changing the cybersecurity sector. The first is that cloud and […]

A new, in-depth piece of research conducted amongst UK CIOs and senior IT professionals has revealed that the cybersecurity skills gap has reached a crisis point. British businesses are on the back foot in the ongoing war against online fraud and cybercrime and another recent industry study estimates that cybercrime cost UK businesses £2.3 million […]