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The four key challenges to building a data-driven business

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Security + Compliance

To build an agile, digital business, companies need to focus on data. And that means ensuring it flows around the organisation, and can be used to drive deeper personalisation for existing customers and to reach new prospects in order to increase revenues. Jim Conning, Managing Director of Royal Mail Data Services (RMDS), writes.

Published in Datacentre + Network Security Security + Compliance

Optiv Security has published its 2018 Cyber Threat Intelligence Estimate (CTIE) which details the current state of the cyber-threat landscape and uses estimative intelligence to predict how that landscape stands to change in the future. This report is generated to provide Optiv’s clients with a global view of security threats and trends, so they can effectively adapt their strategic plans to mitigate anticipated enterprise risk.

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Digital Business

Polish Credit Office, the largest credit bureau in CEE, commits to implementing Billon blockchain for storage and secure access to sensitive customer information.

Published in Datacentre + Network Security Security + Compliance

Exploits – software that takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability – for Microsoft Office in-the-wild hit the list of cyber headaches in Q1 2018. Overall, the number of users attacked with malicious Office documents rose more than four times compared with Q1 2017. In just three months, its share of exploits used in attacks grew to almost 50 per cent - double the average share of exploits for Microsoft Office across 2017. These are the main findings from Kaspersky Lab’s Q1 IT...

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Omnitude and Williams Martini Racing announce new partnership

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Digital Business

Williams Martini Racing is partnering with Omnitude to look at how blockchain technology can become a crucial tool within a Formula One team.

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44% of data breaches in the last year involved privileged identity

Published in Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Device Security Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Only 41% of privileged accounts are assigned to permanent employees of the business with the majority being made up of contractors, third-party vendors and resellers – indicating IT has less visibility of privileged account access.

Zero trust momentum continues

Survey results released by Enterprise Management Associates and Pulse Secure reports that 60% of...

Phishing attacks with malicious URLs up 126 percent

Mimecast has published the latest Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA) report, an aggregated...

Vulnerable UK energy system among top targets for cybercriminals

Data shows the UK was the most attacked country in Europe, with the energy and finance sectors each...

Palo Alto Networks and Deloitte expand strategic alliance

Providing clients with integrated AI-powered cybersecurity solutions and insights to help enhance...

CompTIA ISAO comes to the UK

CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the global information technology (IT) industry, has...

86% of MSP customers looking to consolidate their security tools

The OpenText Cybersecurity 2023 Global Managed Security Survey reveals tool consolidation is driven...

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Case Study: @nifty Delivering IT Security to Their Customers with Kaspersky

NIFTY Corporation is one of the leading Telecoms and Internet Service Providers in Japan, supplying high-speed broadband connectivity to more than 1.39 million broadband users. Providing robust security for the many subscribers to its online services is very important because repeated security breaches or loss of service may result in customers suffering damage or losses - and ultimately leaving NIFTY and moving to competitors' services.

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