Following the news that The Reform thinktank said using websites and artificially intelligent “chat bots” could improve efficiency and save billions of pounds – but at huge cost for workers who lose steady jobs. The technology could remove the need for some 130,000 Whitehall administrators – around 90% of the total – by 2030 and save £2.6bn a year in the process, the report said. IT security experts from Redwood Software and Ricoh UK commented below. Neil Kinson, Chief of Staff at Redwood Software: “The implementation of robotics across the public sector will ensure that efficiencies will be gained, simply…
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New solutions give customers the protection and intelligence required to keep applications and user data secure London, UK. F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced a portfolio of security solutions to provide new levels of visibility and control in an ever-evolving threat landscape. The company also revealed details of an enhanced Security Incident Response Team™ and threat intelligence analytics in the formal launch of F5 Labs™. The move comes as growing concerns over privacy and security drive encrypted traffic growth, which is expected to represent 70 per cent of all internet traffic this year according to the 2016 TLS Telemetry Report1. It also follows on…
Most online businesses purely rely on the marketing analytics i.e., the page views, new site visits etc. for taking any strategic business decision. If you own a website or are a admin of a website, you should have come across spam such as ” Secret.ɢoogle.com You are invited! Enter only with this ticket URL. Copy it. Vote for Trump! ” ” lifehacĸer.com” Note: This is not lifehacker.com. This url visually looks like alphabet characters, except these are special characters called Latin Letter Small Capital. This traffic from such sources will not affect your website but will definitely skew your analytics.…
Reports have broken that the Metaspoilt tool, which can be used to maneuver through networks, servers and even OSes, is now being used to control the physical world. Researchers have discovered a new addition on Metaspoilt that extends Metaspoilts capabilities into hardware devices. Cesare Garlati, Chief Security Strategist at the prpl Foundation commented below. Cesare Garlati, Chief Security Strategist at the prpl Foundation: “Being an advocate of open source, prpl welcomes the ability for Metaspoilt to be used to test hardware, which is often neglected in pentesting typically limited to networks and network connectivity. Hardware is critical to journey to…
New Capgemini research shows that only one in five banks and insurers are confident they could adequately detect a cybersecurity breach. Capgemini’s release states: Banks and insurers enjoy a significantly higher level of trust from consumers in the cybersecurity of their systems (83%) than any other sector (with e-commerce firms at 28% and both telcos and retailers at 13%). However, the financial services industry doesn’t share the same sentiment. Just one in five banking executives (21%) are highly confident in their ability to detect a breach, let alone defend against it. IT security experts from VASCO Data Security and CipherCloud commented below. John Gunn, VP of Communications at VASCO Data…
Automated programs known as bots are used for doing repetitive tasks, at exceptional speed, which are impossible for humans to think of. Most bots are created for malicious purposes and has negative impact on your business. A malicious bot is programmed to extract web data illegally from various websites. The data may very well include a diverse range of information from various business verticals including, but not limited to, online media and publishing. So, how can bots affect your online media and publishing sites? Content replicated on other websites – Malicious scraper bots are programmed to lift off original content…
Computer security companies have been accused of “massively” exaggerating the abilities of malicious hackers. Dr Ian Levy, technical director of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, made the accusation in a speech. He said the firms played up hackers’ abilities to help them sell security hardware and services. Overplaying hackers’ skills let the firms claim only they could defeat attackers, a practice he likened to “witchcraft”. Alex Mathews, Lead Security Evangelist at Positive Technologies commented below. Alex Mathews, Lead Security Evangelist at Positive Technologies: “The issue needs to be looked at in context. Hackers don’t always need to be skilled masterminds to break into some…
Following the news that The Public Accounts Committee has warned government ministers need to tackle the skills shortage gap to best equip Britain against cyber-attack, IT security experts from Intercede, Vectra Networks, Experis UK & Ireland and Thales e-Security commented below. Richard Parris, CEO at Intercede: “It’s refreshing to see the Public Accounts Committee taking the growing cyber security threat seriously but simply throwing more people at the problem is not the answer. There is a gross skill shortage in the area and so we need to change our approach to securing critical data and infrastructure in the public and private sector. It’s time…
Following the news about BRC Retail Crime Survey, Henry Rex, Programme Manager, Justice & Emergency Services at techUK commented below. Henry Rex, Programme Manager, Justice & Emergency Services at techUK: “According to the BRC’s annual Retail Crime Survey, 53% percent of retail fraud is now cyber-enabled. Alongside this emerging threat, there has been a shocking 40% increase in violence and abuse of retail staff. techUK encourages retail businesses large and small to explore how the latest developments in digital tech can help them prevent crime and protect staff. In our recent paper, Digital Policing: The Future of Modern Crime Prevention, we highlight…
The Commons Public Accounts Committee has released a report that heavily criticises the government’s approach to cyber security. It labeled the current cyber-security strategy as “inconsistent and chaotic” and said that the government has taken too long to “coordinate the ‘alphabet soup’ of agencies” protecting Britain in cyberspace. IT security experts from Barracuda Networks and WhiteHat Security commented below. Wieland Alge, VP and GM EMEA at Barracuda Networks: “Finally, governments are starting to realise that cyber threats are as imposing as those from land, sea and air. The UK has put efforts into its cyber policy and spending, but not necessarily into all the right places. One…