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Attacks on manufacturing industry continue to rise
The frequency and sophistication of cyber attacks continues to rise globally according to research data in the Q2 Threat Intelligence Report released by NTT Security. Four …

UK essential service operators with poor cyber security face massive fines
Organisations who fail to implement effective cyber security measures could be fined as much as £17 million or 4 per cent of global turnover, as part of plans to make …

Where does corporate cloud security responsibility begin and service provider responsibility end?
Security has, is and will continue to be the cornerstone of advancement in the digital age. Conditions of trust, real or expected, are essential for digital economies to grow …

Most organizations are not leveraging the benefits of business agility
Only 12 percent of organizations can claim that their whole organization is on the path to business agility, according to CA Technologies. The survey finds improved business …

Has healthcare misdiagnosed the cybersecurity problem?
Take a cursory look at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) wall of data breach shame and you might be scratching your head: Why does the healthcare sector …

Dash invites researchers to hack their blockchain
Thousands of security researchers will be incentivized to identify critical software vulnerabilities within Dash’s code and present them to the Dash Core Team for remediation. …

Week in review: MalwareTech arrested, hacking Amazon Echo
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: US senators introduce bill to improve IoT security, protect researchers …

Identity-in-depth and the evolution of defense
We’ve seen it over and over again: the parade of companies and government agencies announcing the impact of their latest breach. These players have something in common that …

Malicious content delivered over SSL/TLS has more than doubled in six months
Threats using SSL encryption are on the rise. An average of 60 percent of the transactions in the Zscaler cloud have been delivered over SSL/TLS. Researchers also found that …

Intrusion detection is speeding up: Is it enough to tackle global cyber threats?
As criminals continue to develop new methods to break or sidestep cyber defences, in many cases the focus is shifting towards the ability to detect and respond to an incident …

DigiCert to acquire Symantec’s website security business
Under the terms of the agreement, Symantec will receive approximately $950 million in upfront cash proceeds and approximately a 30 percent stake in the common stock equity of …

High-Tech Bridge appears in three Gartner Hype Cycles 2017
High-Tech Bridge has been identified as a Sample Vendor in the July 2017 Gartner reports “Hype Cycle for Application Services, 2017”, “Hype Cycle for Cloud …
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