Cybersecurity
Skurio and IntSights comment on DarkMarket Europol takedown
Given the recent news around the shutdown of DarkMarket by Europol authorities, Skurio CEO Jeremy Hendy provides the following comments: “Takedown of Dark Web marketplaces for illicit goods is positive news and law enforcement agencies have had significant success over recent years. We have seen, however, a pattern of marketplaces rising and falling and where…
Read MoreGenetec shares its top physical security trends predictions for 2021
Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today shared its top five predictions for the physical security industry in 2021. Innovative security solutions will help businesses thrive post pandemicWhile the world remains optimistic for 2021, organizations will need to remain creative about how they use,…
Read MoreThe 6 technology trends affecting the security sector in 2021
The 6 technology trends affecting the security sector in 2021 by Johan Paulsson, CTO at Axis Communications It’s useful when looking forward to first look backward: hindsight has a wonderful way of providing context for future-gazing activity. And when looking back over the past year, one insight could understandably be that attempting to predict the…
Read MoreVectra expands cloud services to see attacks moving between the cloud, hybrid and on-premise
Vectra, network threat detection and response (NDR), announced broader and deeper cloud capabilities to track and link accounts and data in hybrid environments. Current security approaches lose visibility when environments expand to the cloud where users leverage multiple different accounts and may access resources from shadow IT devices. Historically users and hosts were on-premises and…
Read MoreHow has cyber security changed during COVID-19?
As the UK entered lockdown, there was a rapid rise in the number of people who were working from home – more than ever before. A long-term pivot to remote working presented a significant security challenge. From setting up cloud-based IT systems to ensuring that teams did, and do, not become victims to unscrupulous cyber…
Read MoreDon’t overlook security as we return to work
As things start to get back to the “new normal” and we adapt to a different way of living, the importance of not overlooking security becomes much more prominent. Whilst quite rightly prioritising personal health, people shouldn’t forget how important robust security methods are in protecting their homes, belongings and businesses from theft and burglary. …
Read MoreTop priority security measures for businesses
The truth is, without multi-factor authentication (MFA), businesses are open to attacks if their employees fall for phishing scams or share passwords, which happens much more than you think (yes in your organisation too). Compromised credentials are an extremely dangerous threat to any company. Why is that? Once the attacker was able to compromise a…
Read MoreSophos adds cloud visibility features
Sophos, a specialist in next-generation cybersecurity, announced, that Intercept X for Server Advanced with EDR has been enhanced with powerful cloud visibility features from Cloud Optix. This integration gives customers critical insights into their wider cloud environments, including security groups, hosts, shared storage, databases, serverless, containers, and more in addition to the details on AWS,…
Read MoreExtraHop market share revenue ranked number three
ExtraHop market share revenue ranked number three for 3029 Network Detection and Response according to Gartner, showing the highest revenue change of all NDR vendors at 382% ExtraHop, announced that in less than three years it has the third highest global market share by revenue in 2019 in the Network Detection and Response (NDR) segment,…
Read MoreCybercrime Support Network launch hotline
NJ 211 and the Cybercrime Support Network (CSN) announce the launch of New Jersey’s first cybercrime support and recovery hotline. The new system, the second statewide cybercrime hotline in the U.S, allows New Jersey residents to dial 2-1-1 to report and find resources to recover from identity theft, financial fraud, cyberstalking, cyberbullying and other cybercrimes.…
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