Insight – Security

Just What Does It Take to Develop a Career in the Cybersecurity Domain?

January 12, 2021 by Beth Smith

Beth Smith

This is a reminder I get every day when I interact with people from the cybersecurity fraternity, most of whom say that they landed a career in cybersecurity purely by chance. I recently made a LinkedIn post asking people to share their stories about how they happened to become…

Creating a culture of cybersecurity and tech innovation

January 11, 2021 by Sabina

Sabina

Cloud native technologies have the potential to truly change the way we access and secure applications, but the success of this relies on the people and processes in place to handle the roll out of these technologies. This requires appropriate leadership, and decision makers within an organisation who demonstrate robust…

A discount isn’t just for Christmas – why data can hold the key to relationships that go beyond the festive season

December 23, 2020 by Shallu Behar-Sheehan

Shallu Behar-Sheehan

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated years of change in just eight months, particularly in the way companies across the globe conduct business. Specifically, it has driven an unprecedented number of people online, to shop and perform numerous transactions which they can no longer do in person – and companies and…

The IT skills gap: flexible resourcing is the solution

December 23, 2020 by Mark Skelton

Mark Skelton

The pandemic’s effect on our relationship with technology is a profound one. Lockdown ushered in a sudden and wide-spread adoption of remote working, and the uncertainty brought with it a slew of opportunist cybercriminals. The result of this rapid rate of change highlighted that the UK’s already glaring tech skills…

Why 2020 will be a bumper Christmas for cybercriminals – and what retailers can do about it

December 18, 2020 by The Gurus

The Gurus

It may have had a negative impact on the UK economy, but COVID-19 doesn’t appear to have dampened enthusiasm for Christmas shopping. More than 70 percent of consumers intend to spend at least as much on presents this year as they have in the past. But, while this may be…

The ambition for a ‘made in Europe’ AI: the Why, the What and the How

December 18, 2020 by Elisabetta Zaccaria

Elisabetta Zaccaria

The global race for Artificial Intelligence (AI) is on. The European Commission (EC) has developed an ambitious AI strategy and its implementation will require member states to join forces. Yet in the face of a pandemic, fractures among states have appeared to only be widening. What is at stake for…

Why a fear of cyber threats is not paranoia

December 9, 2020 by The Gurus

The Gurus

Booking.com and Expedia recently made the headlines – and not because of the hotel deals they were offering as people eased out of lockdown. Instead, it had been discovered that one of their software providers had not stored sensitive data correctly, running the risk that the details of millions of…

The Challenge of Secure Wi-Fi

December 1, 2020 by Martin Lethbridge

Martin Lethbridge

It’s fair to say that we have all been spending less time jumping onto Wi-Fi hotspots at cafes, hotels, airports or company guest networks, over the last sixth months. But as lockdown measures were eased, we saw more people looking for a change of scenery in coffee bars and pubs offering workspaces.…

Why the power to neutralise the threat of ransomware lies within your network

November 27, 2020 by Dahwood Ahmed

Dahwood Ahmed

Ransomware attacks are on the up. Due to low execution costs, high rates of return, as well as a low risk of being caught, ransomware has become the preferred method of attack for those operating illegally within the online space. In fact, research highlights a surge in the number of…

Is 2FA by SMS a bad idea?

November 25, 2020 by Gemma Moore

Gemma Moore

Two-factor authentication is ubiquitous and it’s a really valuable tool to protect systems and data assets. But with increasing reliance on home working and remote access in the current pandemic, what mechanism should we choose? It’s very common these days for SMS messages to be used for two-factor authentication –…

Why test data does not need to be protected

November 20, 2020 by Nynke Hogeveen

Nynke Hogeveen

The title of this article might seem contradictory, but it is not as conflicting as you might think. Sure, we all know that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) prescribes us to protect personal data, wherever it may be. Production, development, testing, QA, training environments – data is stored everywhere.…

Internet freedom in Asian countries: an analysis

November 16, 2020 by David Balaban

David Balaban

Asia is a controversial region when it comes to civil liberties, in general, and Internet freedom, in particular. Even in countries like Japan and Singapore, which boast a high level of technological progress and mind-boggling Internet penetration rates, the web is an increasingly regulated environment. Residents of some Asian countries…

Cyberattacks increase by 260% in the first nine months of 2020

November 12, 2020 by The Gurus

The Gurus

New research by Zscaler, analyzing 6.6 billion security threats, has discovered a 260% increase in attacks during the first nine months of 2020. Among the encrypted attacks was an increase of the amount of ransomware by 500%, with the most prominent variants being FileCrypt/FileCoder, followed by Sodinokibi, Maze and Ryuk. Here’s…

Future-proof attack protection

November 11, 2020 by Sabina

Sabina

One of the greatest truths in cybersecurity is that defenders need to be right all the time, while cybercriminals only need to be right once. Attacks are increasingly sophisticated and ramified, simultaneously targeting a range of potential entry points with multiple tactics, techniques and procedures. One the other hand, security…

AI, ML, or just automation?

November 10, 2020 by Stuart Jubb

Stuart Jubb

We all experience artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) every day, whether through search engines, voice-controlled devices or simply taking a photograph on a smartphone. For certain areas of industry that rely on big data analysis, both are already proving their value, identifying patterns in data, or relationships between…

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