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UK organisations have a worrying digital security gap
UK organisations reveals that while 82 percent of C-Suite and senior managers admit they are concerned about the vulnerability of their web sites, mobile applications and …

Six key principles for efficient cyber investigations
Many organizations today are not equipped to defend against traditional cyberattacks, as demonstrated by the ever-increasing numbers of successful breaches reported daily – …

Consumers are still making basic security faux pas online
Security remains top of mind as over 70 per cent of consumers noted they always think about their security/privacy when shopping online, according to Centrify. Unfortunately, …

How security collaboration will prove vital in 2017
The escalation of high-profile hacking and data dumps recently has underscored the increasing boldness of digital threat actors, culminating in July’s Democratic National …

Was your data breach an inside job?
Kaspersky Lab revealed the current state of security threats among businesses and how their perception of threats compares to the reality of cybersecurity incidents …

This year’s most hackable holiday gifts
Intel Security announced its second annual McAfee Most Hackable Holiday Gifts list to identify potential security risks associated with hot-ticket items this holiday season. …

DDoS protection quiz-based training course
The DDoS Protection Bootcamp is the first online portal to provide in-depth technical training in the field of DDoS protection. This comprehensive quiz-based training course, …

Oracle buys Dyn
Oracle today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Dyn, a cloud-based Internet Performance and DNS provider that monitors, controls, and optimizes Internet …

Ransomware success creates apathy towards traditional antivirus software
In the last 12 months, 48 percent of organizations across the globe have fallen victim to a ransomware campaign, with 80 percent indicating that they’ve suffered from three or …

The transformative impact of cloud adoption
Despite the average company using 1,427 cloud services to upload an average of 18.5 TB of data to cloud applications each month, less than 9 percent of cloud providers are …

35% of websites still using insecure SHA-1 certificates
35 percent of the world’s websites are still using insecure SHA-1 certificates, according to Venafi. This is despite the fact that leading browser providers, such as …

Hybrid cloud storage use to double in next 12 months
The use of hybrid cloud storage will accelerate rapidly over the next 12 months, according to Cloudian. Across 400 organisations surveyed in the UK and USA, 28% already use …