No more ‘heads in the sand’ as security firms urge customers to patrol enlarged attack surface

Security never seems to get any easier, does it? Ransomware, say the experts, shows no signs of diminishing as a threat to consumers and enterprises. So if they can’t nullify

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One third of execs would pay hacker’s ransom demands instead of investing in security, report reveals

One third of global business decision makers report that their organisation would try to cut costs by considering paying a ransom demand from a hacker rather than invest in information

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UK the most security-breached country in Europe, but organisations aren’t feeling the threat

Critical information systems, cybersecurity and data security provider, Thales, reports that the UK was Europe’s most data security-breached country in 2017. This is according to the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report,

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Cybercriminals have seven-day advantage to weaponise vulnerabilities, according to new research from Tenable

Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, released a new research report that quantifies the window of opportunity cybercriminals have to weaponise vulnerabilities. The research found that cybercriminals have a median seven-day

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The internet of broken things? 10 key facts about IoT – part 2

Ian Kilpatrick, the enteprise vice president of cyber security at Nuvias Group, continues his article detailing the 10 key facts about IoT that organisations need to take into account to

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The internet of broken things? 10 key facts about IoT – Part 1

A recent survey shows 64% of organisations have deployed some level of IoT technology, and another 20% plan to do so within the next 12 months. This means that by

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BT and Symantec partner to provide best-in-class endpoint security protection

BT, one of the providers of communications services and solutions, and Symantec, the cyber security company, announced the availability of new endpoint protection solution for BT’s business customers.

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Almost half of UK organisations don’t feel they have the internal skills to deal with cyber threats

New research from business continuity and disaster recovery provider, Databarracks, has reported that almost half of UK organisations (47%) are concerned, about the abilities of their staff to address potential

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Emerging threats are encouraging greater collaboration among IT security professionals

Concerns around emerging threats such as ransomware and polymorphic malware have sparked a significant increase in collaboration by the cybersecurity industry, according to new research published by AlienVault®, the leading

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Securing the IoT threat vector

Organisations today know that they need to have a cybersecurity strategy in place to protect their intellectual property (IP) and sensitive data from getting into the hands of cybercriminals.

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