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GDPR is imminent but 69% of businesses can't secure customer data

Wed, 7th Mar 2018
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​GDPR is looming (May 25) over the heads of IT staff throughout Europe and beyond but this survey found data is still not being managed properly.
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Gartner positions Trustwave as a new “Leader” in MQ for managed security services

Fri, 2nd Mar 2018
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Trustwave was previously positioned as a Challenger in the 2017 version of the report, marking its first appearance in the report.
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Cybercriminals likely to attempt GDPR extortion for greater ROI

Thu, 1st Mar 2018
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Trend Micro says cybercriminals are becoming more business-minded and are likely to target organisations that are trying to comply with GDPR.
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CrowdStrike detail rise of state-sponsored attacks in new global threat report

Tue, 27th Feb 2018
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CrowdStrike's 2018 Global Threat Report spotlights the rise in state-sponsored cyber attacks, revealing a shift in how adversaries share and repurpose tactics.
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New advisory platform finds 41m PDFs part of a cyberattack in last 3 months

Fri, 16th Feb 2018
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Barracuda announced the availability of its new platform that provides advanced threat trends in real time - along with some shocking findings.
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Top leaders revealed in Gartner's 2018 Endpoint Protection Quadrant

Fri, 2nd Feb 2018
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network infrastructure
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network security
Gartner's 2018 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms has revealed the latest batch of leaders which include Trend Micro, Sophos, & Symantec.
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Sophos' Intercept X dives into deep learning for security

Thu, 1st Feb 2018
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network infrastructure
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network security
Next-generation endpoint security provider Sophos is taking advanced deep learning neural networks to the fight against malware.
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LogRhythm SIEM gets a boost with Webroot threat intelligence & IP reputation services

Wed, 31st Jan 2018
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LogRhythm and Webroot partner to enhance SIEM intelligence with IP reputation and threat intelligence services.
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Millions of DDoS attacks hit Asia Pacific in 2017

Thu, 25th Jan 2018
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Automation and managed services may be the key mechanisms for fighting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
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How to stop 'sleeper-agent' hackers from causing havoc

Wed, 24th Jan 2018
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In an evolving cyber threat landscape, companies pivot from prevention to detection, with 60% of budgets geared towards rapid response, reveals Gartner.
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Where to focus your threat protection strategies this year

Tue, 23rd Jan 2018
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Some might think that by now organisations would have come to a point where they are a step ahead of criminals.
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Proficio to deepen APAC presence after 'record-breaking' 2017

Wed, 17th Jan 2018
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Proficio plans to expand its global presence across Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America after a record-breaking 2017.
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ESET: A breakdown of 2017's ransomware epidemic - and what to expect next

Thu, 14th Dec 2017
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​Given the digital plague around the world in 2017, it would be unseemly not to give ransomware its own dedicated piece.
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LogRhythm, McAfee, Splunk & IBM round out Leaders in 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM

Tue, 12th Dec 2017
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LogRhythm, IBM, Splunk and McAfee named 'leaders' in Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).
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Cylance, Symantec, Carbon Black lead next-gen endpoint security market

Wed, 6th Dec 2017
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risk & compliance
Cylance, Symantec and Carbon Black have all featured top of the ranks in the Enterprise Management Associates next-generation endpoint security report.
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Interview: BT on securing cooperation between government and industry

Tue, 5th Dec 2017
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Rajiv Shah, former BAE Systems executive, is appointed as Director of Government Cybersecurity for BT in Australia.
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AI could be the key to ending cybercrime

Tue, 5th Dec 2017
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Over the last few years, the world has seen a steady and increasing flow of high profile data breaches hitting the headlines...
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How to make attackers' lives harder with effective threat hunting

Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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Sandboxing was big, but I believe that in two years sandboxing won't be an effective control, because the bad guys understand it.
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2017's threat landscape report shows ransomware epidemic

Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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Cyberthreats have changed significantly in 2017 - Bitdefender's annual report shows one in six spam emails now contain some form of ransomware.
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NCSC reveals unclassified look into New Zealand's cyber threat landscape

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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The NCSC released its 2016/2017 Cyber Threat Report last week, which reveals that there were 396 cyber incidents this year - 58 more than last year.