Cybersecurity

Keeper Security

Keeper Security survey finds 91% of IT leaders are better protected with Privileged Access Management

Keeper Security have released findings from its Privileged Access Management Survey: Deployment Amid Economic Uncertainty. The report explores global insights from IT and security executives, revealing that while IT leaders consider PAM solutions critical to their security stack, cost constraints and complex solutions are impacting deployment. 56% percent of respondents tried to deploy a PAM […]

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Lookout introduces Gen AI assistant ‘Lookout SAIL’

Lookout, Inc have announced the launch of Lookout SAIL, the Company’s new generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) assistant that will reshape the way cybersecurity professionals interact with Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security and Lookout Cloud Security. In the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity, companies are engaged in an ongoing battle against cyber criminals who are constantly

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Synopsys

Synopsys introduce Software Risk Manager to streamline enterprise-scale application security testing

Synopsys has introduced its Software Risk Manager, which is an on-premises application security posture management (ASPM) solution. This tool empowers security and development teams to effectively prioritise risks and concentrate on critical areas. The platform brings together policy, orchestration, correlation, integrated static application security testing (SAST), and software composition analysis (SCA) engines, seamlessly integrating security

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Keeper Security

Introducing the Keeper influencer programme

Keeper Security have announced the launch of its Keeper Influencer Program. This initiative aims to collaborate with content creators from all social media platforms who are passionate about cybersecurity and eager to share their experiences using Keeper’s password manager. The Keeper Influencer Program is on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals who have personally experienced the

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Dragos

Macnica and Dragos to deliver OT cybersecurity to critical infrastructure and manufacturing control systems in Japan

Dragos and Macnica Corporation have signed an agency agreement to provide Dragos’s OT cybersecurity solutions in Japan and have announced availability. Challenges and Background of OT Security Cyber risks are rapidly increasing in critical infrastructure and manufacturing, driven by the rise of threat groups targeting OT and the rise in ransomware attacks. In particular, cyber

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Lookout

Lookout research reveals lack of awareness of the NCSC Cyber Essentials framework

Lookout has released the results of a survey conducted at Infosecurity Europe, which evaluated the opinions of 246 security professionals towards the NCSC Cyber Essentials framework. The research found only 28% of organisations had fully implemented Cyber Essentials, with over a third (40%) of security professionals claiming they were unfamiliar with the scheme. Of those

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Salt Security report identifies significant API vulnerabilities in financial services

Salt Security have released findings from its first industry-focused report on API security, the 2023 “State of API Security for Financial Services and Insurance.” The report combines empirical data from Salt customers and findings from two separate surveys to provide an in-depth analysis of the impact of API security threats and vulnerabilities on these industries.

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Outpost24

Outpost24 CORE delivers complete visibility of technology assets and threat exposure

Outpost24 have announced the release of Outpost24 CORE, a unified exposure management solution that gives visibility and real-time insights into an organisation’s IT asset inventory and their threat exposure across the entire attack surface. With the threat of cyberattacks at all-time high, exposure management is now a business problem impacting the bottom line. CISOs are

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Dragos

Dragos accelerates growth in Europe as demand for OT cybersecurity intensifies

Dragos Inc. has announced its deepening commitment to Europe to provide industrial and critical infrastructure organisations in the region with the Dragos Platform, threat intelligence and services, including incident response. Since first establishing a presence in the UK in October 2021, Dragos has grown to 25 full-time employees across Europe. Leading this expansion are Area

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Specops

Specops | Qwert the top keyboard walk patterns found in compromised passwords

Recently, the research team at Specops Software unveiled the findings of research regarding the top keyboard walk patterns found in compromised passwords. The team analysed an 800 million password subset from the extensive Breached Password Protection database, encompassing over three billion breached passwords. Keyboard walk patterns refer to passwords that consist of keys located adjacent

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Salt Security

Salt Security chosen to protect APIs at Jemena

Salt Security have announced that Jemena, an energy supplier across the east coast of Australia and the Northern Territory, has chosen Salt to protect its critical gas and electricity infrastructure. Integrating seamlessly within Jemena’s AWS environment, Salt provides Jemena with a purpose-built and AI-driven API security solution for API discovery, posture management, and threat protection

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Adarma

Adarma enhances managed detection and response (MDR) offering

Adarma has announced the expansion of its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offering with the integration of its Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) capabilities. This latest addition aims to close the gap in incident response often seen between most MDR providers and specialist incident response consultancies; and will reinforce the company’s promise of cyber

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Cato Networks

Cato Networks revolutionises network security with real-time, machine learning-powered protection

Cato Networks has introduced real-time, deep-learning algorithms for threat prevention as part of Cato IPS. The algorithms leverage Cato’s unique cloud-native platform and vast data lake to provide highly accurate identification of malicious domains, which are often used in phishing and ransomware attacks. In testing, the deep learning algorithms identified nearly six times more malicious

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Salt Security

Global CISO survey from Salt Security finds digital-first economy introduces unforeseen risks for 89% of CISOs

Salt Security have released key findings of the new “State of the CISO 2023” report, which was conducted by Global Surveyz for Salt, the global CISO survey gathered feedback from 300 CISOs/CSOs around the world on issues resulting from digital transformation and enterprise digitalisation. The results highlight significant CISO challenges including the biggest security control

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Cato Networks

Cato Networks recognised as a Global Security Service Edge (SSE) leader

Cato Networks has been awarded the 2023 “Product Leadership Award” by Frost & Sullivan for its Cato SSE 360, a key component of the Cato SASE Cloud platform. The Cato SSE 360 is a cloud-native security platform built using the Cato Single Pass Cloud Engine (SPACE) architecture and converges SWG, NGFW, IPS, NGAM, CASB, DLP,

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Salt Security

Salt Security joins Wiz Integrations (WIN) to augment security gap analysis with application insights

Salt Security has announced its partnership and bi-directional platform integration with Wiz, with this strategic partnership, part of the newly announced Wiz Integration (WIN) platform, providing Salt and Wiz customers with a robust and holistic understanding of API threats and vulnerabilities that spans both application and cloud environments. This partnership enriches Wiz’s robust cloud security

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Synopsys

Synopsys recognised as a leader in software composition analysis by independent research firm

Synopsys has announced it has been recognised as a leader in The Forrester Wave: Software Composition Analysis, Q2 2023. The report identifies the 12 most significant vendors in the software composition analysis (SCA) market and evaluates them against 32 criteria grouped into three high-level categories: current offering, strategy, and market presence. Synopsys’ Black Duck SCA

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Cato Networks

Cato Networks breaks SASE speed barrier again with 5 Gbps encrypted tunnels to sites and the cloud

Cato Networks have announced a new SASE throughput record, achieving 5 Gbps on a single encrypted tunnel with all security inspections enabled. Cato is also simplifying multi-cloud and hybrid cloud networking and security with cloud cross-connect, a high-speed, SLA-backed, direct connection between Cato and nearly any cloud provider worldwide. Both capabilities extend SASE to meet

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Dragos

Dragos launches new OT global partner program

Dragos Inc have announced the launch of the Dragos Global Partner Program, which comprises OT cybersecurity technology, services, and threat intelligence. The Dragos Partner Program extends even further by offering training that prepares partners as experts who can offer their customers assessment services based on Dragos’s proven assessment methodology; resell the Dragos Platform including asset

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Armis

Armis identifies riskiest OT and ICS devices across critical infrastructure industries

Armis have released new research identifying the riskiest devices that pose threats to critical infrastructure industries: manufacturing, utilities and transportation. Data analysed from the Armis Asset Intelligence and Security Platform, which tracks over three billion assets, found that the operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) devices that present the highest risk to these

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Outpost24

Outpost24 acquires external attack surface management provider Sweepatic to reduce risk exposure of internet facing assets

Outpost24 has announced the acquisition of Sweepatic – a Leuven, Belgium based external attack surface management (EASM) platform. Gartner identified EASM as a top Security and Risk Management (SRM) trend for 2022. By leveraging their EASM solution across Outpost24s full-stack security assessment and threat intelligence offering, customers will be provided with the most comprehensive view

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Salt Security

Salt Security uncovers API Security flaws in Expo framework

Salt Security have released new threat research from Salt Labs that details several critical security flaws in the Expo framework. The flaws were found in the implementation of the Open Authorisation (OAuth) social-login functionality utilised by Expo, which had the potential to affect any users logging in to an online service using the Expo framework

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Salt Security

Salt Security achieves AWS WAF Ready Designation

Salt Security have announced it is now an Amazon Web Service (AWS) Web Application Firewall (WAF) Ready Partner. This service helps customers discover Partner solutions validated by AWS Partner Network (APN) Solutions Architects that integrate with AWS WAF to accelerate adoption of an enhanced and holistic security approach. AWS WAF is available to all AWS

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One Identity

Quest Software and One Identity receive multiple 2023 CRN Accolades

Quest Software, a global systems management, data protection and security software provider and One Identity, part of the Quest family of businesses, have announced shared success in the 2023 CRN Partner Program Guide. CRN is a brand of The Channel Company; the CRN 5-star Partner Program Designation recognises an elite subset of those vendors participating

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Häfele

Häfele recovers from ransomware attack using SASE

Following a well-publicised ransomware attack in February 2023, Häfele was able to recover in record time by moving to Cato SASE Cloud. The international manufacturer and supplier of furniture fittings, architectural hardware and lighting products rebuilt its 50+ country, 180-site network in under 30 days. “When your network is down from a cyberattack, every minute

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comforte AG | Tick-box GDPR compliance and high cyberattack volumes put European data at risk

comforte AG have announced research that reveals that European IT and security leaders may be dangerously over-confident in their ability to avoid cyberattacks and mitigate the risk of serious data compromise. comforte AG commissioned Censuswide to interview 503 IT Security Specialists and Chief Information Officers across the UK, France, and Germany. The findings reveal that

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Lookout

Lookout launches mobile endpoint detection and response for MSSPs

Lookout Inc. have announced the addition of Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security, a mobile endpoint detection and response (EDR) offering for managed security service providers (MSSPs). This solution enables MSSPs to deliver a complete turn-key program for identifying risk, protecting sensitive data and securing their customers’ mobile devices. With Lookout’s Mobile EDR, MSSPs can help organisations

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Cato Networks

Cato Networks introduces instant RBI featuring single-click activation

At the RSA Conference 2023, Cato Networks announced the addition of Cato Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) to its Cato SASE Cloud platform. With Cato RBI, enterprises can deliver RBI to all users worldwide in minutes, allowing them to access unclassified websites and applications, without compromising their security. IT teams face a dilemma in the grey

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Outpost24

Outpost24 expands leadership team by appointing Brendan Hogan as Chief Strategy Officer

Outpost24 have announced it has appointed Brendan Hogan as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). Hogan is responsible for spearheading M&A Strategy, Corporate Development and Alliance strategy for the company. Hogan has over 20 years of strategy and corporate development experience across technology and security. In his new role as Outpost24 CSO, Hogan will drive the long-term

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Dragos

Dragos OT-CERT hardens industrial infrastructure, supply chain with free cybersecurity resources for small and mid-sized organisations

It’s been one year since the launch of Dragos Inc.’s OT-CERT (Operational Technology – Cyber Emergency Readiness Team) resource, which saw OT-CERT become the industry’s first cybersecurity resource designed to provide industrial asset owners and operators with free OT-specific cybersecurity resources to help them build their OT cybersecurity programs, improve their security postures and reduce

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Salt Security

Salt Security accelerates API threat detection with new investigation capabilities

Salt Security have announced the addition of new advanced threat detection capabilities and improved API discovery to the Salt Security API Protection Platform. Providing the industry’s only patented AI algorithms for API security, Salt now includes richer detection of user intent, analytics to evaluate API threat severity and rapid investigation enhancements that reduce time to

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KnowBe4

KnowBe4 phishing test results reveal IT and online services emails drive dangerous attack trend

The results of the Q1 2023 top-clicked phishing report have been released by KnowBe4 and include the top email subjects clicked on in phishing tests from organisations. It showcases the shift in phishing topics to IT and online service notifications such as laptop refresh or account suspension notifications that can affect end users’ daily work.

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Outpost24

Outpost24 introduces enhanced threat intelligence technology in Outscan NX to automate vulnerability risk management

Outpost24 have announced the release of a new Vulnerability Risk Management solution, Outscan NX. The utilisation of threat intelligence-led vulnerability prioritisation technology (VPT), along with automated network and cloud security assessment, provides a risk-based approach to vulnerability management that cut cost, save time and efficiently focus on reducing the biggest risks for your organisation. With

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Verimatrix

Verimatrix launches new cybersecurity microsite, VMX Labs and enhanced user experience for Extended Threat Defence

Verimatrix has launched a new cybersecurity microsite (verimatrixcybersecurity.com), a new UX for its Extended Threat Defence (XTD) product and a new VMX Labs research team offering cyber threat advisories and insights. “I am excited to unveil a new UX for our cybersecurity product, Extended Threat Defence, along with new services from Verimatrix to help our

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barox show Ethernet switch VMS integration capabilities at The Security Event 2023

barox Kommunication AG, a global manufacturer of professional standard switches. PoE media and IP extenders, specifically designed for video applications, will be exhibiting at The Security Event, 25-27 April 2023, NEC, Birmingham, stand # 4/F97. To promote ease and depth of integration with 3rd party VMS control, at the show, barox will be displaying a

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Synopsys’ fully integrated SaaS offerings levels up application security testing

Synopsys has announced it will showcase the Fast Application Security Testing (fAST) offerings that represent the latest capabilities and features of the Polaris Software Integrity Platform at RSA Conference 2023, April 24-27 in San Francisco. Synopsys fAST Static and Synopsys fAST SCA enable DevOps teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities in their proprietary code

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New Lookout Research Highlights Increased Security Risks Faced by Organisations Due to Remote Work and BYOD

Lookout the endpoint to cloud security company, today released its new report, “The State of Remote Work Security,” to help raise awareness amongst IT and security leaders about the growing threats associated with remote work and bring your own device (BYOD) policies. Survey results show that with remote and hybrid working, personal and work tasks

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Cato

Cato Networks recognised as the leader in the single-vendor SASE quadrant analysis

Cato Networks have announced that it has been named the Leader in the Single-Vendor SASE Quadrant Analysis published in TechTarget. “Cato’s global cloud-native, single pass engine is the right architecture for single-vendor SASE,” says Steve Garson, report author and president of SD-WAN Experts, an independent technology advisory firm that has conducted dozens of SASE evaluations

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Salt Security

Latest Salt Security State of API Security Report shows 400% increase in attackers, finds API Security has become a C-level discussion

Salt Security have released the Salt Labs State of API Security Report, Q1 2023 and this fifth edition of the report found that attackers have upped their activity, with Salt customer data showing a 400% increase in unique attackers in the last six months. In addition, about 80% of attacks happened over authenticated APIs. Not

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The rising threat of the Traffer Ecosystem – deep dive by Outpost24

Outpost24 have released a new report revealing the underground operation of Traffers, cybercriminal organisations reshaping the business of stolen credentials. The Rising Threat of Traffers report, compiled by Outpost24’s Threat Intelligence team, KrakenLabs, provides a deep dive into the credential theft ecosystem and encourages organisations to evaluate their security measures against these evolving threats. Stolen

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Specops | Coca-Cola, Microsoft and Starbucks names among most compromised passwords

Specops Software have released a blog outlining the most common Fortune 500 company names that show up in compromised password data. The Specops research team analysed an 800 million password subset of the larger Breached Password Protection database to obtain these results. Among the top ten, popular household names like Coca-Cola (16,710 appearances), Starbucks (3,800

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Specops

‘Password’ still the most common term used by hackers to successfully breach enterprise networks, according to Specops 2023 weak password report

Specops Software have announced the release of its annual Weak Password Report which analysed over 800 million breached passwords, and proves passwords are still the weakest link in an organisation’s network. The study found 88% of passwords used in successful attacks consisted of 12 characters or less, with the most common being 8 characters (24%).

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Adarma

Adarma launches new Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offering based on Microsoft’s XDR technology

Adarma have announced a new service within its Managed Detection & Response (MDR) suite of offerings based on Microsoft XDR (Extended Detection & Response) technology. The turnkey service is aimed at customers who require coverage against the UK’s most prevalent threats and who do not have the in-house teams to manage a 24×7 Security Operations

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Cato

Industry embraces single-vendor SASE as Cato reports record growth

Cato Networks have its 2022 business results and highlights include ARR exceeding $100M in record-breaking time, enterprise customers increasing by 45% and more than 3,000 updates being made to Cato SASE Cloud in 2022. Today, 1600+ enterprises with 28,000+ sites and 520,000+ remote access ZTNA users across 150+ countries rely on Cato every day. “Despite

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Cybersmart

CyberSmart attracts £12.75m investment in Series B funding round to protect UK’s 5.5m SMEs

CyberSmart have announced the completion of its Series B funding round, raising an additional £12.75 million following its initial Series A investment of over £8 million. Oxx led the oversubscribed round, with participation from British Patient Capital, Legal & General Capital and Solano Partners, alongside IQ Capital, which backed the company since its seed stage,

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Synopsys

Latest research from Synopsys reveals 84% of codebases contain at least one open source vulnerability

Synopsys has released the 8th edition of its Open Source Security & Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report. The 2023 OSSRA report examines the results of more than 1,700 audits of commercial and proprietary codebases involved in merger and acquisition transactions and highlights trends in open source usage across 17 industries. The report delivers an in-depth look

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Dragos

Two new threat groups identified by Dragos in annual year in review report

Dragos have unveiled their annual ICS/OT Cybersecurity Year in Review for 2022. The report disclosed the identification of two new threat groups: CHERNOVITE and BENTONITE. It also examines new and existing threat activity, key ransomware findings, service engagement updates, as well as information disclosed around key vulnerabilities. One of the most significant findings from the

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Keeper Security

Keeper Security shares password best practices ahead of data privacy day  

This week, we mark Data Privacy Day, dedicated to creating awareness around how to best protect your data and information online. There are growing risks associated with the collection, processing and storage of personal data, both on the individual and corporate levels. Even today, most people do not know how to respond when their rights

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Barrier Networks

Ivanti and Lookout extend strategic partnership to deliver mobile threat defence as part of Ivanti’s Unified Endpoint Management Solution

Ivanti and Lookout, Inc. have announced the extension of their strategic partnership to now include Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security as part of the Ivanti Neurons automation platform. The combined solution, which also includes Ivanti Go and Ivanti Neurons for Modern Device Management, is a best-in-class security and management solution that enables Ivanti customers to deploy

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Outpost24

Cyber threat landscape study 2023: Outpost24’s honeypot findings from over 42 million attacks

The Outpost24 research team have released the results of attack data gathered from a network of honeypots deployed to gather actionable threat intelligence. In total, 42 million attacks were registered between January 1st and September 30th 2022, with 20 honeypots evenly distributed around the world. A detailed research report, which is available to view here,

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Specops

Specops Software find Kane, Messi and Pele among the most breached sporting passwords

With the 2022 Qatar World Cup now underway, Specops Software has released its findings that observed the commonality of passwords that contained a likely player, country or World Cup-related term within a password. According to the research by Specops, which analysed over 800 million compromised passwords (a subset of a larger list included within its

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DigiCert

DigiCert survey highlights importance of digital trust in business outcomes

DigiCert, Inc. have released its 2022 State of Digital Trust Survey that finds that almost half of consumers (47%) have stopped doing business with a company after losing trust in that company’s digital security. More tellingly, if companies do not manage digital trust, 84% of their customers would consider switching, with 57% saying switching would

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AmiViz CyberME Studio

AmiViz and CyberME Studio showcase cybersecurity solutions at Black Hat MEA

AmiViz have announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Saudi Arabia-based CyberME Studio, an independently operating Venture Studio focusing on identifying, investing, nurturing, launching and promoting Saudi based start-ups purely focused on cybersecurity solutions. Both companies are exhibiting together at Black Hat MEA in Riyadh from November 15-17, 2022 and at the

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LiveAction

Orange Cyberdefense acquires Swiss companies SCRT and Telesys

Orange Cyberdefense, the cybersecurity subsidiary of Orange, have expanded massively as they have successfully acquired 100% of two Swiss cybersecurity companies in SCRT and Telsys. The deal was completed on November 8, 2022 and the two sister companies have their common headquarters in Morges near Lausanne and employ around 100 employees. These are all experts

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Scality ranked #1 for the Backup use case in the 2022 Gartner Critical Capabilities report

Scality has announced that it has been ranked #1 by Gartner for the Backup use case in the 2022 Gartner® Critical Capabilities report for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage, among 18 storage vendors. Scality was also recognised as a Leader in the just-issued 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage1

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Network Optix | Cyber Security enhancements in v5

v5 of Nx Meta VPaaS and Nx Witness VMS introduced a ton of new usability features, like Resource Grouping, Audio Mapping, Desktop Client Auto Updates, Advanced Object Search, and more. But perhaps most importantly, Network Optix introduced a suite of new features in v5 focused on one thing: hardening Nx against Cyber Security threats, such as Man-in-the-Middle attacks and Ransomware – which is projected to cost its victims around 265

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Forescout unveils the world’s riskiest connected devices including X-ray machines, ATMs and patient monitors

Each device could be taken over by a hacker, or create a back door into an organisation. Forescout’s research team, Vedere Labs has revealed the riskiest IT, IoT, OT and IoMT devices of 2022. The research, which was collated from 19 million devices deployed across five different industries, has revealed that the riskiest device groups

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1 in 4 internet users victim of identity theft, says National Cyber Security Alliance (NCA) and CybSafe

Extensive new research released from the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCA) and CybSafe has given unique insights into the general public’s opinions and behaviours regarding cyber security. The ‘Oh, Behave! The Annual Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behaviors report’ gathered information from 3000 individuals across the UK, US and Canada, highlighting worrying trends on issues from password

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Johnson Controls invests in Nozomi Networks and signs framework agreement for cybersecurity services

Johnson Controls has signed a framework agreement with Nozomi Networks, allowing Johnson Controls to utilise the Nozomi Networks toolset for the benefit of its customers. Johnson Controls also participated in last year’s $100 million funding round for Nozomi Networks – further signalling its commitment to deliver specialised cybersecurity solutions for its OpenBlue secure communications stack.   “Johnson Controls is at

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KnowBe4 launches resource kit to help defend against surging “Human Layer” attacks

KnowBe4 has kicked off support activities for Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October with a resource kit designed to help IT and Infosec professionals improve their security posture. KnowBe4’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month Resource Kit contains a user guide and weekly training suggestions to assist in planning out the month. The kit includes user resources featuring eight

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New UK maritime security strategy to target latest physical and cyber threats

The UK’s position as a maritime nation is secured by a new strategy that will enhance capabilities in technology, innovation and cyber security. Unveiling the 5-year strategy, the Secretary of State for Transport has today (Monday 15 August 2022) set out the guiding principles for the UK government’s approach to managing threats and risks at home

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Nominations open for Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2022

Eskenzi PR has today opened nominations for its seventh annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards. Whether educating the public, fighting cybercrime on the frontlines or mentoring a newcomer, these awards are an opportunity to acknowledge the people who make the industry great, and keep us safe online. Among other long-standing categories, the awards this year will

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Feedzai and Lloyds Banking Group recognised as a Aite-Novarica Group 2022 Fraud Impact Award Winner

Feedzai has been named Best Transaction Fraud Monitoring and Decisioning Innovation in the Aite-Novarica Group 2022 Fraud Impact Innovation Awards. The award highlights how Feedzai empowers the bank’s data scientists to protect customers from scams and other fraud using a patented algorithm and providing a 360-degree entity view of payment risk. Due to its proficiency

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Ransomware attack highlights healthcare supply chain vulnerability

A ransomware attack on UK National Health Service IT services provider, Advanced, has highlighted different attack vectors that cybercriminals are using to target healthcare providers. Advanced provides digital services like patient check-in and NHS 111, both key patient services. Rather than directly target the organisation, attacking a key supplier exposed an alternative weakness that caused

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73% of organisations have significantly increased their software supply chain security efforts as a result of Log4Shell, SolarWinds and Kaseya

Synopsys has revealed new research that software supply chain risk extends beyond open source. Based on a recent survey of 350 application development, information technology, and cybersecurity decision-makers, the research, conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and commissioned in part by the Synopsys Software Integrity Group, features within the Walking the Line: GitOps and Shift Left

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Global Cyber Summit speakers announced

The speaker line-up has been announced for International Cyber Expo’s annual Global Cyber Summit sponsored this year by Snyk and hosted at Olympia London on the 27th and 28th of September 2022. Introduced by former CEO of NCSC, Professor Ciaran Martin CB, the Summit endeavours to be an educational platform for IT professionals, C-Level executives

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State of API Security Report reveals 94% of companies experienced security incidents in production APIs in the past year

Salt Security’s Salt Labs State of API Security Report, Q3 2022 found that 94% of survey respondents experienced security problems in production APIs in the past year, with 20% stating their organisations suffered a data breach as a result of security gaps in APIs. In addition, the report found that API attack traffic has doubled

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Armis joins UK Finance to bolster financial sector cyber resilience

Armis has joined the premier industry body for financial services in the UK, UK Finance, to help members tackle cybersecurity challenges stemming from managed or unmanaged connected assets in their environments. As an associate member, Armis will use the partnership to drive awareness of financial institutions’ risk exposures and the need for real-time visibility of every

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Searchlight Security elevates dark web intelligence to board level with new automated reporting

Searchlight Security has introduced new automated reporting functionality into its DarkIQ dark web monitoring solution to help security analysts and MSSPs to quickly and easily communicate external threats to executives. DarkIQ is a powerful dark web monitoring solution that utilises the most comprehensive dark web dataset on the market, and the only one that includes dark

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Forescout | Securing OT that can’t be patched 

In this article, Daniel dos Santos, Head of Security Research, Forescout looks at the current OT challenges that industrial organisations are facing and what steps can be taken to mitigate against threats. As industrial organisations digitise their environments, this is exposing critical operational technology (OT) to security vulnerabilities, while presenting new windows of opportunity for

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Dragos and Emerson expand global agreement

Dragos Inc has announced the expansion of its global agreement with Emerson which is set to validate the Dragos Platform within its DeltaV distributed control system (DCS) providing organisations with greatly enhanced ICS/OT cybersecurity. This extended agreement builds on the initial global agreement between Dragos and Emerson to protect industrial control systems and operational technologies for power

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70% of organisations feel they’ve wasted cybersecurity budget on failing to remediate threats, says Gurucul

Despite 43% of businesses believing their biggest challenge in detecting and remediating threats is an over-abundance of tools  A worrying 73.48% of organisations feel they have wasted the majority of their cybersecurity budget on failing to remediate threats, despite having an over-abundance of security tools at their disposal. The survey conducted by Gurucul, the leader in

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Network Optix launches Nx Witness VMS v.5.0

Network Optix has just launched the latest Nx Witness VMS v.5.0  – a full featured release focused on cyber security, enhanced usability of existing features, and new interactivity features. Highlights of some key features  ADVANCED OBJECT SEARCH Operators can now use the new Advanced Object Search to search for objects identified by analytics and stored

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Cyber Safety Review Board releases report into Log4j vulnerabilities and response

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released the Cyber Safety Review Board’s (CSRB) first report, which includes 19 actionable recommendations for government and industry. The recommendations from the CSRB – a public-private initiative that brings together government and industry leaders to review and assess significant cybersecurity events – address the continued risk posed

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Armis finds asset visibility as top challenge for security professionals

In response to the growing number of ransomware and cyberattacks across the globe, Armis has surveyed over 100 security professionals to explore the major challenges, risks, and worries of business leaders in the cybersecurity industry. Top industry risks were found to be employee behaviour, poor asset visibility and poor patch management practices. After years of

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One in three untrained employees will click on a phishing link says KnowBe4’s Annual Benchmarking Report

KnowBe4 has released its new 2022 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organisation’s Phish-prone Percentage (PPP), which indicates how many of their employees are likely to fall for phishing or a social engineering scam. With ransomware payments averaging $580,000 in 2021 and business email compromise (BEC) losses topping $1.8 billion in 2020, a

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Morphean | Benefits of hosted security for a changing world

Morphean’s VP of Sales and Marketing, Martyn Ryder, looks at cloud’s ability to help businesses become more efficient while improving security and operational capabilities. We are living in turbulent times. Brexit and Covid have brought with them great uncertainty as their effects look set to continue long into the future. And as we enter a

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NCSC urges organisations to prepare for the long haul on Russia-Ukraine

Cyber security experts have urged UK organisations to prepare for an extended period of heightened threat in relation to the Russia-Ukraine conflict as they published new guidance aimed at supporting staff resilience. The guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – is the latest in a series of interventions which

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Opinion | Channel 4’s The Undeclared War: Cyber Fact or TV Fiction?

The Undeclared War kicked off on Channel 4 last week, telling the story of the UK wrestling with future nation state cyber-attacks. With the UK pledging £5m to the state of Georgia to prepare them for such attacks, and the Russian cyber threat increasing worldwide: are the lines between fact and TV fiction blurring? Ross

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KnowBe4 kicks off ransomware awareness month with resource kit

KnowBe4 has announced the release of a resource kit for IT managers as part of a month-long effort in July to increase awareness of ransomware, its many forms and methods used by cyber criminals to extort funds. Some of the resources for download include a Ransomware Master Class, Ransomware Rescue Manual, infographics, posters, digital signage

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International Cyber Expo announces esteemed Advisory Council members

Nineteen Group, organisers of International Cyber Expo, is thrilled to announce the members of this year’s event Advisory Council. Chaired by former CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Professor Ciaran Martin, CB, the Advisory Council combines 30 of the cybersecurity’s most well-respected industry figures from government, private and academic sectors. The council is united

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Armis unveils AVM across extended asset attack surface 

Armis has announced Armis Asset Vulnerability Management (AVM) which enables organisations to prioritise mitigation efforts across the entire asset attack surface, including IT, OT, ICS, IoMT, IIoT, Cloud and cellular-IoT, managed or unmanaged. This solution strengthens the Armis Platform which provides unified asset visibility and superior security across the extended attack surface. Geopolitical instability associated

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SafeBreach expands global reach with launch in EMEA

SafeBreach has announced the launch of their EMEA programme, which will aim to bring their dynamic continuous security validation platform to an EMEA audience. The SafeBreach platform enables security teams to assess the efficacy of their security ecosystem by safely executing attacks across the entire cyber kill chain to validate and optimise security controls, prioritise remediation

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BSIA launch security equipment manufacturer’s cybersecurity registration scheme

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has launched a security equipment manufacturer’s cybersecurity registration scheme through its special interest group, the Cybersecurity Product Assurance Group (CySPAG). The new self-declaration registration scheme is based on the requirements of BSIA Form 343 Manufacturers of safety and security systems cybersecurity code of practice. Its aim is to provide

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Obrela Security Industries | GDPR – is it time to change?

In acknowledgment of the GDPR anniversary (25th May), Yiannis Fragkoulopoulos, Buyer Safety Director at Obrela Security Industries, assesses the current use of GDPR as well as the challenges it poses for businesses of all size, regardless of geographic location.  GDPR has come under some scrutiny in the past few years since its implementation. In theory the General Data

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Forescout launches Forescout Frontline to help organisations tackle ransomware

Forescout Technologies has announced the launch of Forescout Frontline, a new threat hunting service utilising a team of highly-trained cybersecurity analysts to support cybersecurity teams by proactively identifying risks, enabling accelerated incident response, and maturing security posture. Forescout is offering this complimentary service for organisations that lack the internal resources and visibility to defend themselves from cybersecurity attacks,

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New ‘Think Before you Link’ app to counter malicious approaches online

A new app, allowing users of social media and professional networking sites, to better identify the hallmarks of fake profiles used by foreign spies and other malicious actors, and take steps to report and remove them, has been launched today. In the last year, over 10,000 UK nationals from across society have been targeted on

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Cato Networks opens new Point of Presence (PoP) in Marseilles

Cato Networks has announced the opening of its Marseilles point of presence (PoP), the twentieth Cato PoP in EMEA. With the new PoP, Cato extends enterprise-grade threat prevention, data protection, and global traffic optimisation to the sites and users in Southern France. And with PoPs in Paris and Marseilles, Cato adds PoP-level redundancy across France.

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UK joins international cyber agency partners to release supply chain guidance

The UK and its international partners have issued advice to IT service providers and their customers as part of wider efforts to protect organisations in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The joint advisory from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – and its partners sets out a series of

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NCSC significantly expands services to protect UK from record number of online scams

A record number of online scams were removed from the internet last year thanks to the nation’s cyber experts significantly expanding the UK’s defences to push back against fraudsters, it has been revealed today. Ahead of the opening of its flagship CYBERUK conference, the National Cyber Security Centre – a part of GCHQ – disclosed

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DigiCert highlights role of digital trust at annual Security Summit

At its annual Security Summit, DigiCert addressed the role of digital trust in enabling individuals and businesses to successfully operate in a connected world challenged by growing cybersecurity threats. The company outlined its vision for cybersecurity and how it will evolve as digital transformation continues to expand the surface area of where and how the world

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Synopsys highlights software supply chain challenges in new OSSRA report

Synopsys, Inc has released the 2022 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report. The report, produced by the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC), examines the results of more than 2,400 audits of commercial and proprietary codebases from merger and acquisition transactions, performed by the Black Duck Audit Services team. The report highlights trends in open source usage within commercial and

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Nineteen Group appoints Eskenzi PR to promote International Cyber Expo

Nineteen Group, organisers of the International Cyber Expo, has partnered with Eskenzi PR to help spread the word about the industry’s newest cybersecurity event.  Eskenzi PR has been a pillar within the industry for nearly three decades and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the Nineteen Group team. The agency currently offers PR support for over

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UK joins international partners to issue advice on latest Russian cyber threat

The UK has joined international partners to share updated mitigation advice against Russian state-sponsored and criminal cyber threats. The advisory is published jointly by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – alongside agencies in the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, as well as the UK’s National Crime Agency. It

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One Identity announces fiscal year-end results

One Identity has announced that its One Identity Partner Circle Program reportedly achieved exceptional results during the recently ended fiscal year as evidenced by 80% of global company sales linked to the channel (fiscal year 2022 ended January 31). Other milestones include the addition of more than 600 new partners driven by the recent acquisition of OneLogin

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International cyber security leaders to appear at flagship UK conference

Two of President Biden’s key advisers on cyber security will join representatives shaping the UK’s digital landscape at a flagship summit in Wales next month. CYBERUK 2022 will see the ICC Wales in Newport transformed into a vibrant celebration of the digital age, with over 1,500 attendees from industry, academia and government brought together to

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