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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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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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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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ALPHV: Breaking down the complexity of the most sophisticated ransomware

In a new threat briefing report, Forescout’s Vedere Labs describes how it analysed files and tools used by an affiliate of the ALPHV ransomware group during an attack. ALPHV, also known as Black Cat, is a Ransomware-as-a-Service gang that was first discovered in November 2021. This gang has hit more than 60 organisations and large enterprises

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SIA offers grants to UK charities with confiscated cash from criminals

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is calling on UK charities and community groups to register their interest for funds to support good causes. Organisations will be eligible to apply if they are a registered charity or not for profit organisation and are able to clearly demonstrate the positive impact of the grant to public protection.

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Outpost24 reports on America’s top healthcare providers run vulnerable web apps

Outpost24 has announced results from its 2021 Web Application Security for Healthcare report, which analysed the top 10 American healthcare providers, as ranked by the 100 largest hospitals and health systems in the US. The report revealed the majority of US healthcare providers (90%) had an external attack surface score of above 30 (out of 58.4) –

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Tenable report says 55% of organisations lack confidence in cyber risk analysis

A recent study, commissioned by Tenable and conducted by Forrester Consulting, has highlighted the cybersecurity investments organisations plan to make in the next 12 to 24 months. The data is drawn from ‘Beyond Boundaries: The Future of Cybersecurity in the New World of Work,’ a commissioned study of more than 1,300 security leaders, business executives

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National Cyber Security Centre publishes updated guidance on BYOD practices

The National Cyber Security Centre has published updated guidance on Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practices for organisations. The guidance includes general advice for organisations on enabling staff to use their own smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop PCs to access work information. The primary audience for this guidance will be large and medium sized organisations considering,

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DigiCert releases 2021 State of PKI Automation Survey

DigiCert has released its 2021 State of PKI Automation survey that shows the typical enterprise manages over 50,000 publicly and privately trusted PKI certificates. Manually managing this volume of certificates can lead to costly outages if not handled correctly. Two-thirds have experienced outages caused by certificates expiring unexpectedly and 25% have experienced five to six such outages in the past six months alone. Due to these issues

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72% of UK organisations blame cyberattacks on vulnerabilities put in place during pandemic, says Tenable

Tenable has published results of a study that found 72% of UK organisations attribute recent business-impacting* cyberattacks to vulnerabilities in technology put in place during the pandemic, while 68% suffered attacks that targeted remote workers. The data is drawn from ‘Beyond Boundaries: The Future of Cybersecurity in the New World of Work,’ a commissioned study

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Organisations prioritise cyber initiatives but lack fundamentals, says ReliaQuest

In partnership with Ponemon Research, ReliaQuest has announced publication of a survey report detailing the needs and priorities of cybersecurity leaders in the United States and United Kingdom. The report, “Making Security Possible and Achieving a Risk-oriented Security Posture,” shows that organisations are prioritising strategic security programs but missing the foundational capabilities they need to

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New Cybereason ransomware study reveals loss of revenue to businesses

Cybereason has released research findings from a global ransomware study of nearly 1,300 security professionals that reveals more than half of organisations have been the victim of a ransomware attack. In the UK specifically, 305 companies were contacted and 84% of businesses that chose to pay a ransom demand suffered a second ransomware attack, often

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Digicert introduces new digital signature solution

DigiCert has announced a cloud-based solution for securing digital signatures for documents – the DigiCert Document Signing Manager. The new online manager ensures that the signer identity is correct and that the signed document has not been modified, with audit-ability that meets requirements for legal validity.  The Document Signing Manager enables companies to meet regulatory demands

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New Security Culture Report released by KnowBe4 Research

Security awareness training platform, KnowBe4 has announced its research platform KnowBe4 Research has released a 2021 Security Culture Report. This report has doubled the sample size from the 2020 report, with more than 320,000 employees in 1,872 organisations around the world. This year’s results revealed a large gap between the best performers and the poor

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