New virtual B2B events from Forum

Forum Events and Media Group, organiser of face-to-face meetings-based events like the Security IT Summit, is launching a series of new Virtual Forums. For over 20 years Forum has been bringing together procurement decision-makers with suppliers for pre-arranged meetings and networking at its Forums and Summits. These events have generated £millions of new business agreements […]
Breaking down AI’s role in cybersecurity

Data security is now more vital than ever. Today’s cybersecurity threats are incredibly smart and sophisticated. Security experts face a daily battle to identify and assess new risks, identify possible mitigation measures and decide what to do about the residual risk. This next generation of cybersecurity threats require agile and intelligent programs that can rapidly adapt to new and unforeseen attacks. AI […]
Do you specialise in Authentication solutions? We want to hear from you!

Each month on IT Security Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the cyber security market – and in July we’re focussing on Authentication solutions. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help IT security buyers find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re an Authentication solutions specialist and […]
Security IT Summit: Claim the last delegate place!

We only have one place remaining for this month’s virtual Security IT Summit – we will be closing registrations for the event this week! Our final bespoke place is entirely free and includes benefits such as; Flexibility – Your attendance is flexible, you can either attend for half a day or the full day. LIVE Seminars – Attend LIVE topical seminar […]
Unmanaged personal devices at home threatening corporate security

More than half of UK employees working remotely during lockdown use unmanaged personal devices to access corporate systems. That’s according to a study published today by CyberArk, which found that UK employees’ work-from-home habits – including password re-use and letting family members use corporate devices – are putting critical business systems and sensitive data at risk. […]
Proving ROI in cyber security

Research shows that almost half of businesses have reported cyber security breaches or attacks in the last 12 months. Amongst these businesses that identified breaches or attacks, more have experienced these issues at least once a week so far this year. Moreover, the unprecedented events of recent months have seen the number of attempted data breaches continue to rise, […]
The first and last line of defence

As the frequency and sophistication of cyber attacks increase at an alarming rate, much attention has been paid to high-profile data breaches of enterprise companies. Just recently, EasyJet revealed that the personal information of 9 million customers was accessed in a cyber attack on the airline; and the examples don’t stop there. British Airways was […]
Claim your virtual place at the Security IT Summit!

Have you secured your virtual place at this month’s Security IT Summit on Tuesday 30th June? Your attendance is entirely flexible and will allow you to source budget-saving and innovative solution providers to prepare for every eventuality – Plus, you can enjoy all the benefits of the event from the comfort of your own home. […]
Without automation, security gets harder during a business disruption

FireMon’s 2020 State of Hybrid Cloud Security Survey found that 69.5 percent of respondents have a security team of just 10 people or fewer. And most manage both on-premise network security and cloud security. These teams are already bogged down with manual tasks at the best of times, so when a crisis hits, it magnifies the risks of manual processes. Not only is it difficult to maintain essential network operations, but the number of misconfigurations that threaten compliance go up dramatically. Worse still, if unexpected interruptions to […]
Transitioning to Secure Remote Working During and Beyond COVID-19

By Steve Law, CTO, Giacom and Sébastien Gest, VadeSecure Organisations of all sizes that typically work in office environments have been thrown into the deep end due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Social distancing measures and restricting unnecessary travel has meant that a majority of companies had to unexpectedly revert to remote working. Many of these […]