cybersecurity
IBM Watson to power cognitive security operations centers
At RSA Conference 2017, IBM Security announced Watson for Cyber Security, the industry’s first augmented intelligence technology designed to power cognitive security …
Security skills gap? What security skills gap?
After the year we’ve had, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that cybersecurity skills are heavily in demand. Breaches, attacks and incidents have never been far from the …
Five ways to prevent data leaks
The story still strikes fear into the hearts of IT departments: As many as 70 million credit- and debit card accounts were compromised in less than a month during the Target …
CERT updates insider threat guidebook
The CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University released the fifth edition of the Common Sense Guide to Mitigating Insider Threats. …
Security practices need to evolve in order to handle complex threats
There is no one-size-fits-all security solution to address the threat landscape today’s businesses face. Each organization has unique security obstacles and obligations. …
Why you need a tailored application security program
For companies that provide applications to their customers, keeping those applications secure is a must. Setting up an application security program is the next logical step, …
Recommendations to help the security of ICS-SCADA systems
The use of long-range communication networks, and specially the Internet, has revolutionised ICS-SCADA systems and architectures. The use of network communication in these …
AppSec teams facing resourcing issues that are making them vulnerable
A new Bugcrowd study of one hundred CISOs revealed that 94 percent are concerned about breaches in their publicly facing assets in the next 12 months, particularly within …
CSOs reveal true cost of breaches
Over one-third of organizations that experienced a breach in 2016 reported substantial customer, opportunity and revenue loss of more than 20 percent, according to the Cisco …
Why companies shouldn’t feel helpless in the fight against ransomware
According to recent reports, ransomware is now a billion dollar business for cybercriminals. Attackers are honing in on the weak spots of organisations; human behaviour …
Six best practices for managing cyber alerts
Security professionals know that the number of cyber alerts is growing at a frantic pace. Even a mid-sized company can face tens of thousands of alerts every month. As the …
Irregular application testing: App security in healthcare
Nearly half (45%) of NHS trusts scan for application vulnerabilities just once a year, with less only 8% doing so on a daily basis, according to Veracode. This potentially …
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