Comms security

06 August, 2016

Industry losing patience as US regulators fail to keep up with security concerns for consumer communications

Following the FTC’s recent announcement of its intention to study security update practices within the mobile industry, there is growing frustration in some quarters that the regulations take little account of the impact on the Internet of Things (IoT). Here, Jeremy Cowan reports on reaction to the regulatory hold-up and one company’s Asia-Pacific initiative to counter cyber attacks. (more…)

23 March, 2016

MDS enhances managed service with Cyber Essentials certification

MDS has announced that its Managed Service been awarded Cyber Essentials certification. Cyber Essentials is a new UK government-backed and industry-supported scheme that guides businesses in protecting themselves against cyber threats. (more…)

22 February, 2016

Nokia aims to strengthen its security portfolio with planned purchase of Canada’s Nakina Systems

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain. February 22, 2016 — Nokia plans to acquire Canadian software firm Nakina Systems for an undisclosed sum to reinforce its position in security. The companies previously had a five-year partnership where Nokia used Nakina’s software in several customer projects. (more…)

15 February, 2016

Pressure is rising on cybersecurity pros, says new Trustwave report

Trustwave^® released the 2016 Security Pressures Report, based on a survey of 1,414 in-house information security professionals, which shows a rise in both the current and expected pressures in the career field and offers ways for security professionals globally to mitigate the increasing tensions. (more…)

02 February, 2016

Key IT trends in enterprise mobility management

One of the most common customer complaints we heard in 2015 was the increasing lack of control they felt they had over their workers’ devices. End user computing today is unrecognisable to that of five years ago – many users have more than one device, and wish to connect to multiple networks via multiple Internet connections, which has created a mire of potential security threats for businesses’ IT teams to deal with. (more…)

26 January, 2016

TeleSign partners with BehavioSec to add behavioral biometrics to mobile identity portfolio

TeleSign, a provider of mobile identity solutions, has announced a new partnership with BehavioSec, the provider of behavioral biometric solutions for multi-layered authentication and verification. This initiative will bring additional capabilities to TeleSign’s mobile identity solutions for securing end-user accounts, preventing fraud and delivering continuous user verification and assurance. (more…)

22 January, 2016

Biometrics: Physical attributes vs. behavioural patterns – the privacy debate

Account takeovers are increasingly affecting a growing population of online user accounts due to a confluence of threats, such as weak consumer password practices, frequent mass data breaches and brute force attacks against web properties. The scope, scale and frequency of these online attacks against user accounts has demonstrated time and again that companies can no longer rely upon authentication methods based on static elements that can and will be stolen, traded and sold to the highest bidder in underground markets. (more…)

17 November, 2015

What can telcos learn from TalkTalk’s recent data security breach? – Part 2

Last month telecom giant, TalkTalk, became the victim of a cyber attack when hackers accessed its customers personal data. Cybercrime is big business for hackers and it’s on the rise. Research by the Ponemon Institute shows that in 2014, the average loss to companies in the case of data security breaches was US$3.5 million. With the UK now the top target for cyber criminals, securing data has never been more important. (more…)

13 November, 2015

What can telcos learn from TalkTalk’s recent data security breach? – Part 1

What history does TalkTalk have of being hacked?

There have been three attacks on the company within nine months. The first was in February, where customers were informed that personal information was taken from TalkTalk’s database. In August, there was a second attack on the mobile sales site in which personal data was again accessed. (more…)