GUEST BLOG: From employee to security risk – How to protect your business
By Alex Viall, Director, Mustard IT As businesses become more aware of the threat of cyber-attacks, technical defences are becoming stronger. It’s far more difficult to hack into corporate networks than it used to be. Because of this, hackers are creating new methods of accessing secure data. These efforts are being directed at the new […]
Global cyber security market to grow 13% by 2021
The global cyber security market will grow at a CAGR of almost 13 per cent during 2017-2021, according to a new report from Technavio. The study covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global cyber security market across the forecast period. Clearly, with the increase in the number of attacks and threats from […]
Register today for the Security IT Summit 2018
The next Security IT Summit takes place on July 3rd 2018 at the Hilton London Canary Wharf and will once again provide the leading platform for senior IT security professionals to meet with trusted solution providers, learn from the sector’s preeminent thought-leaders and network with peers. The 2017 instalment of the event was the most successful yet, with delegates able to […]
Cisco White Paper: Organisations must disrupt cyber attacks
Cisco and Dimension Data have published a white paper that provides organisations with a framework for ransomware defence. Called Ransomware: The Pervasive Business Disruptor, the paper looks at ransomware trends and impacts, and how to respond before a threat becomes a business disruptor. According to a Cisco 2017 Mid-Year Cyber Security Report, ransomware is one […]
HMRC site suffering from ‘serious’ security flaws
A researcher who spent 57 days trying to report a bug on HMRC’s online tax service site has said that the UK tax office must improve the way it handles website security problems – adding that finding the correct contact to report the issue to was even more challenging than actually finding the bug in […]
Nuvias appointed pan-EMEA distributor for Juniper Networks
Nuvias is now a pan-EMEA distributor for Juniper Networks’ full range of networking, security, data centre and cloud solutions. The firm will support Juniper’s continued growth plans for EMEA, particularly in the mid-to-high end enterprise market. Alongside Juniper, Nuvias has designed a full channel partner development and acceleration programme that complements Juniper’s existing channel strategy. […]
Retailer CeX suffers data hack
Tech trade-in retailer CeX has suffered a data breach, which could affect top to two million of its registered website customers. In an email to its customers, managing director David Mullins said it was investigating the breach “as a priority” and that they would be “taking a number of measures to prevent this from happening […]
Anglo-Irish task force needed ahead of Brexit
A top Irish cyber security expert has claimed that ongoing Brexit negotiations are failing to address the most basic cyber security issues, and that an Anglo-Irish Cyber Task Force should be set up as soon as possible. Paul C Dwyer, president of the International Cyber Threat Task Force (ICTTF) has voiced concern regarding the security […]
What does GDPR mean for your business?
With the arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on May 25th 2018, many companies are still unsure as to how the new legislation actually affects them and the implications on how organisations store, secure and manage personal data. Ian Kilpatrick, executive vice president of Cyber Security for Nuvias Group, explains what GDPR means […]
A third of UK infrastructure fails to meet basic cyber security standards
According to Freedom of Information requests by Corero Network Security, over a third of the UK’s critical infrastructure doesn’t meet the most basic cybersecurity standards. The fact that so many infrastructure organisations have not completed the ’10 Steps to Cyber Security’ programme indicates a lack of cyber resilience within organisations which are critical to the […]
