Malware attacks are becoming more common and every day we are seeing more organisations fall victim to malicious malware. Recently Panda Labs announced the findings of a survey which revealed more than one in four PC’s in the UK will become infected by malware. We are all aware of the recent hacking stories such as the Sony scandal but companies are still leaving things to changes. Comment from David Fisk, EMEA, Sales Director at Quorum who discusses the importance of having an affective backup and disaster recovery plan in an age where malware poses such a risk : “We are…
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SAP as an Island “Running SAP” often means managing business-critical processes through and storing your most sensitive data in SAP’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. SAP often contains the most sensitive data a company possesses, such as trade secrets and secret formulas, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), unreleased financial results, Bill of Material (BOM) information, and a lot more. With SAP being a mission-critical piece of IT infrastructure, a significant amount of resources are spent on ensuring high-availability and security. The latter includes such measures as protecting network segments that include SAP systems with firewalls and intrusion detection, compartmentalizing access to…
NopSec Releases 2015 State of Vulnerability Risk Management Report Revealing the Continued Remediation Struggle and New Social Media Effect NopSec, a provider of precision threat prediction and remediation solutions, today released a new report, “2015 State of Vulnerability Risk Management.” The report reveals key security vulnerability issues historically and by industry, analyzes cross-industry remediation developments and highlights the effect social media has on the risk associated with security vulnerabilities. Conducted by the NopSec Labs research team, the report analyzed more than 65,000 vulnerabilities contained in the National Vulnerability Database over a 20-year period, as well as a subset of more…
Cybercriminals in Q1 2015 carried out more than 23,000 botnet-assisted DDoS attacks on web resources located in 76 countries. Servers in the USA, Canada and China were most frequently targeted, while the top 10 victims also included resources in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, according to Kaspersky Lab’s latest statistics. The greatest number of attacks on a single web resource in Q1 was 21 – about two attacks a week. In Q4 2014, the equivalent figure was 16. The most protracted botnet attack in Q1 was almost six days long. There were a total of 23,095 attacks in Q1. These…
Instead of just adding value to the insurance sector, technology underpins its very growth and evolution. In the last few years alone, the use of mobile devices, GPS, social media and CCTV footage have all impacted hugely upon the way claims are processed and policies assessed. The analysis and value of “big data” gleaned through customer interactions has become more important than ever, as insurers look to maximise efficiencies and profits whilst keeping customers happy. The impact of technology With e-commerce giants impacting the way consumers shop for insurance, one of the biggest trends has been the adoption of multiple…
Leveraging leading global threat intelligence to accelerate cybersecurity response and containment time Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading next-generation security and compliance company, today announced that it is developing a pioneering, integrated threat response and advanced threat intelligence platform. The Proofpoint Threat Response 3.0 solution will be a uniquely powerful combination of technologies that provides security teams with the situational awareness to understand their most pressing threats and the tools to act quickly to remedy them. New features will include enhanced cloud-based intelligence, boosted by recently-acquired Emerging Threats advanced threat intelligence, support for STIX/TAXII and automatic alert integration across multiple…
Industry-leading advanced malware protection capabilities to secure users across LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading next-generation security and compliance company, today announced that it is extending its Proofpoint Targeted Attack Protection solution to enable organizations to safeguard individual social media accounts from advanced malware, social phishing and compliance violations. With this new capability, Proofpoint will protect email, branded social networking pages and key employees’ social media activities from advanced targeted attacks. “Our research indicates that the same attackers are increasingly using both email and social media vectors to directly target key executives,” said David Knight, executive vice…
As the payments world prepares to meet in London for PayExpo 2015, ONPEX, The Online Payment Exchange is bringing a positive message of the benefits of simplicity, transparency and automation in payments. To mark ONPEX’s presence at PayExpo 2015, they have produced a white paper, Simplicity, Automation, Transparency – A vision to make all payments truly accessibly globally. The white paper acknowledges the problems of the fragmented payments landscape but gives the example of the ONPEX ethos as a way of meeting the expectations of both merchants and consumers. Simplicity – The complex world of global payments needs simplification. Consumers…
A major challenge for society in the near future will be meeting the needs of an aging population, set to rise by 23% from 2010 to 2018, with the 65+ population expected to reach 16.9 million by 2035. The combined pressures of this demographic change, reduced health and social care budgets and the desire of individuals to lead independent lives for longer will drive the need for more personalised health programmes based on home-centric care and IoT will have a big part to play in this movement says Mark Lee, Chief Commercial Officer at Intamac, an IoT enabler and innovator,…
New expert comments on the latest breach news Reuters reported that Japan’s Pension Service staff computers were improperly accessed by an external email virus, leading to the leak of some 1.25 million cases of personal data. Security experts from Lieberman Software, Proficio and Securonix commented on this news : Philip Lieberman, President, Lieberman Software (www.liebsoft.com) : “The APAC region and Japan in particular has been a region that is resistive to the adoption of modern security technologies. The breach at Sony is typical of a culture that does not recognize the risks they are taking in world of Internet connected systems. As a company…