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Databarracks, the technology and business resilience specialist has acquired Glasgow-based PlanB Consulting to enhance its Operational Resilience and Cyber Continuity consulting practice. PlanB Consulting Chris Butler, Resilience Director, Databarracks commented, “We are thrilled to have PlanB join us. PlanB has been a powerhouse in Business Continuity and Resilience for almost two decades. They’re widely known, highly respected, and one of the true thought pioneers in our ind...

New data from the latest members’ survey of the ClubCISO community, in collaboration with Telstra Purple, highlight CISOs’ confidence in generative AI in their organisations. Around half of those surveyed (51%), and the largest contingent, 50%) believe these tools are a force for good and act as security enablers. In comparison, only 25% saw generative AI tools as a risk to their organisational security. Risks linked to Gen AI tools The study's findings underscore the proactive st...

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., an AI-powered, cloud-delivered cyber security platform provider, has published its Global Threat Index for April 2024.  Androxgh0st and LockBit3 attacks In April 2024, researchers revealed a significant increase in the use of Androxgh0st attacks, with the malware being used as a tool for stealing sensitive information using botnets.  Meanwhile, LockBit3 remained the most prevalent ransomware group in April, despite a 55% drop in its rate...

SailPoint Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in unified identity security for enterprises, has launched a digital Customer Success Centre aimed at further enabling customers at all stages of their identity security journey. The Customer Success Centre lives within the SailPoint Compass Community which boasts over 100K members. It provides SailPoint partners and customers with strategic programme resources, personalised onboarding and success planning sessions, and curated content focused on identity...

FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies, a pioneer in thermal and acoustic imaging, will be exhibiting at NEC Birmingham, Stand 4-K22, at Maintec 2024. The global energy crisis has placed an incredible financial strain upon businesses throughout the world. To assist businesses in cutting energy consumption, Teledyne FLIR designs and manufactures thermal and acoustic imaging cameras specifically for business use, supported by its exceptional total solution ecosystem. Solutions on display At Mainte...

Illumio Inc., a Zero Trust Segmentation company, announced it has become a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISV) and managed security service providers (MSSP), who have integrated their solutions with Microsoft security technology to build a better defence against a world of increasing cybersecurity threats. The development follows the release of Illumio for Microsoft Azure Firewall, which combines the security benefi...

The Cyber Safety Force (CSF) has launched to change the way businesses manage their cybersecurity. Forming a consortium of renowned cyber experts, the CSF takes a data-driven, collaborative approach to revolutionise the way businesses think about and manage threat defence and risk aversion – moving from ‘cybersecurity’ to ‘cyber safety’. The CFO recently found that 75% of security professionals have observed an increase in cyber attacks over 2023, with th...

Over three in ten US-based critical infrastructure organisations (36%) that have fallen victim to a ransomware attack have risked legal repercussions by paying a ransom. The findings are in new research by pioneering cybersecurity services firm Bridewell, surveying 519 staff responsible for cybersecurity at US critical infrastructure organisations in sectors such as civil aviation, telecommunications, energy, transport, media, financial services and water supply. Infringing UK and US laws 66%...

A single compromised account can be a gateway for attackers to access confidential data, leading to financial loss, legal consequences, and damage to the company’s reputation. This threat is not limited to any specific platform and affects everything from email accounts to secure business databases.  Before exploring strategies for MSPs to mitigate this cyber risk, let’s first understand what an account compromise is, its security impacts, and ways to detect it. What Is a comp...

The GSMA, a global organisation that conducts the world's largest exhibition and conference for the mobile ecosystem across different continents — the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) — has selected Regula as an identity verification provider for its event in Barcelona. In 2024 alone, the company’s solutions provided smooth and quick access for more than 100,000 attendees of the congress. MWC attracts tens of thousands of visitors, including representatives of mobi...

Cryptomathic, a global pioneer in data security and encryption, and Utimaco, one of the most trusted names in global IT security, have strengthened their partnership to provide complete solutions in cryptographic key management, eSignatures and payments issuance and authorisation. The enhanced partnership will deliver closer alignment between Cryptomathic’s industry-pioneering security software and Utimaco’s hardware security modules (HSMs), boosting security and business readiness...

Cohesity, a pioneer in AI-powered data security and management, announced the appointment of Dr. Craig Martell as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Dr. Martell will bring his deep industry expertise to shape the company's technical vision, incorporating current and evolving industry and customer trends to define and execute a strategic and impactful roadmap for the company’s future. Digital and AI plan growth Dr. Martell brings extensive industry and public sector experience and u...

VIVOTEK (3454TW), the global security solution provider, expands its AI security business and announces its AI entry-tier 9383-Series network camera, which allows users to utilise AI video analytics services at affordable costs, easily recognise attributes of people and cars, and enhance operation and management efficiencies. Core+ AI NVR or VSS Moreover, the camera seamlessly integrates with Core+ AI Network Video Recorder (Core+ AI NVR), or the VAST Security Station (VSS) system. With the ad...

Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, has announced the launch of a new DDoS protection point of presence (PoP) for its robust global edge network, in Dubai, UAE. The company has more than 30 protection PoPs across six continents, including Europe, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East. The new Dubai filtering point allows customers to take advantage of advanced DDoS protection services without delay. Dubai PoP By opening the Dubai PoP and expanding i...

Exabeam, a global cybersecurity pioneer that delivers AI-driven security operations, announced Investigation Timelines™ within the Exabeam Search™ application, a powerful new capability on the Exabeam Security Operations Platform™. An industry-first, Investigation Timelines break down silos and simplify investigations for security analysts with integrated cross-platform workflows. Designed to empower security teams amid growing threats and skills shortages, this innovative cap...

VIPRE Security Group, a global pioneer and award-winning cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection company, released its Q1 2024 Email Threat Trends report, based on an analysis of 1.8 billion emails. The findings reveal the evolving landscape of email-based threats and emerging tactics malicious actors are employing. The US, UK, Ireland, and Japan top the spam sources list. The report identifies the US as the top source of spam emails globally, followed by the U.K., Ireland, and Japan. The U...

Google Workspace is a set of productivity applications with over 3 billion users and 10 million paying customers around the world. As the storage of a massive amount of sensitive information, this cloud-based suite is a top security concern for businesses. The risk of data breaches makes it crucial for MSP to implement data loss prevention (DLP) controls to prevent leaks within apps, such as Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and more. Let’s review how. What is DLP in Google Workspace?...

Barracuda Networks, Inc., a trusted partner and major provider of cloud-first security solutions, announced that Neal Bradbury has been elevated to the role of Chief Product Officer. In this new role, Neal will lead a unified product, engineering, and advanced technology team to steer the vision for Barracuda’s comprehensive cybersecurity platform and drive customer-centric innovation across the entire portfolio. The platform is designed to protect customers across all attack surfaces inc...

DigiCert, a global provider of digital trust, announced the first World Quantum Readiness Day, which will take place on September 26, 2024.  This initiative aims to spotlight the critical need for current security infrastructures to adapt to the imminent reality of quantum computing. Quantum computing Quantum computing promises unparalleled computational power and will transform industries by making certain tasks exponentially faster. However, this leap forward also presents significant...

Global technology solutions provider - Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW) announced that Broadcom selected it as the sole provider for its CloudHealth from VMware offering. CloudHealth is designed to help businesses simplify financial management and operations (FinOps) across multi-cloud environments effectively. Arrow Electronics and Broadcom partnership “Arrow is pleased to build upon our strategic relationship with Broadcom by becoming the exclusive provider of the CloudHealth offering,&r...

Next DLP, a pioneer in data loss prevention and insider threat solutions announced that their Reveal Platform is the first Insider Risk Management solution to automatically map detection events to MITRE Engenuity Centre for Threat-Informed Defense’s (Centre) expanded Insider Threat Knowledge Base (ITKB 2.0). The ITKB 2.0 is the first of its kind to offer an evidence-based, multi-organisational, and publicly-available compendium of insider threat tactics, techniques, and procedures (TT...

Enhancing physical security, especially perimeter intrusion detection (PID) at critical infrastructure sites like airports, data centres, warehouses, and utilities, is increasingly crucial due to growing threats such as theft, protests, sabotage, terrorism, and war. Quanergy 3D LiDAR Solutions In its latest whitepaper, Quanergy 3D LiDAR Solutions Redefining the Physical Security of Critical Infrastructure, global technology intelligence firm ABI Research forecasts the worldwide physica...

Honeywell released its 2024 USB Threat Report, which provides new insight into how “silent residency” is an increasing cyber threat for industrial and critical infrastructure facilities. In the report, Honeywell highlighted the growing risk of “living off the land” (“LotL”) attacks in which adversaries use USB devices to gain access to industrial control systems to hide and observe operations before launching attacks that evade detection and manipulate the ta...

TEOCO, the provider of analytics and optimisation solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) worldwide, announces that KPN, a premier provider of communications services in the Netherlands, is utilising TEOCO's digital airspace management platform, AirborneRF, to support its Drone Connect service, which allows drone operators to connect to KPN's mobile 5G network and select the safest flight route with the best mobile coverage. The ability to launch drone flights quickly and s...

DigiCert, a major global provider of digital trust, reconfirmed its commitment to standards and compliance with the successful completion of 31 audits within a 12-month period. These audits include a range of crucial certifications, including the SOC 2 Type II audit for DigiCert® DNS Trust Manager and the ETSI audit for DigiCert CertCentral® Europe, underscoring DigiCert's dedication to ensuring robust security measures and regulatory adherence across its offerings, around the world. S...

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks involve manipulating or impersonating email accounts to deceive employees, often leading to financial fraud, breaches or data loss. According to Verizon, BEC attacks doubled last year and comprised nearly 60% of all social engineering incidents. To deal with this growing frequency of BEC attacks, MSPs need advanced strategies, such as user behaviour analysis and employee training programs. Let’s look at the key BEC protection strategies for MSPs. W...

Invicti, the pioneering provider of application security testing solutions, announced its new AI-enabled Predictive Risk Scoring capability. The feature assigns predicted risk to applications and helps organisations gain a strategic view of their overall application security risk. Predictive Risk Scoring allows organisations to determine which web applications should be scanned first and proactively prioritise remediation efforts. This new capability remaps the application security testing proc...

Quantum® Corporation, the pioneer in end-to-end data management solutions designed for the AI era announces DXi T-Series all-flash backup appliances to accelerate key data protection processes that help customers more effectively prepare, protect, and recover critical IT operations from ransomware and other data risks. DXi T-Series With data-intensive initiatives, like AI, a high priority, coupled with the continuing and ever-present threat of ransomware, data protection is an essential se...

Slack is the preferred communication, collaboration and file sharing hub for teams in more than 150 countries. The number of Slack’s monthly active users is expected to reach 79 million by 2025, per Statista. While the user-friendly interface and versatile app integrations of Slack make it a fan favourite, over time, the platform becomes a repository of sensitive data. Users often share a wealth of information, from project details to business strategies and account credentials, in both p...

Entrust, a global pioneer in trusted payments, identities, and data security announced a single-vendor enhanced authentication solution that integrates identity verification (IDV) and identity and access management (IAM) to fight deepfakes, phishing, account takeover (ATO) attacks and other threats.  Identity authentication By enhancing the Entrust Identity as a Service (IDaaS) platform with Onfido’s AI-powered document and biometric verification, customers will be able to deploy ne...