Deloitte hit by cyber hack
Global accountancy firm Deloitte has been hit by a targeted hack, resulting in confidential emails and client plans being compromised. The attack is thought to have gone unnoticed for several months before the firm being alerted in March this year. The Guardian reported that the accountancy giant was the victim of a sophisticated hack that […]
VASCO and Nuvias expand distributor agreement
VASCO Data Security International and Nuvias have expanded their existing distributor agreement across EMEA in line with the demand for digital security solutions across the region. Nuvias will play a key role in driving further growth and meeting demand across EMEA for VASCO’s security solutions, including two-factor authentication, transaction data signing, e-signatures, identity management and […]
UK Public and education sector face major DNS threats
New research has revealed DNS-based attacks cost global organisations an average of over £1.7 million in 2016 alone, with UK councils, Government offices and schools affected badly. One in five (19%) of public sector sites and 11% of education bodies affected by DNS attacks say sensitive information was stolen, compared to 16% in the UK […]
Oracle unveils automated database cyber defence solution
Oracle Executive Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison has unveiled new machine learning applications for database and cyber security in the opening keynote presentation at Oracle OpenWorld 2017 in San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Ellison introduced Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud, the world’s first 100 percent self-driving autonomous database, and new automated cyber defense applications that detect and […]
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. […]
